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Covid Still Threatens Millions of Americans. Why Are We So Eager to Move On?

Tue, 2022-02-22 18:06 — mike kraft
Covid Still Threatens Millions of Americans. Why Are We So Eager to Move On? Those who are living with disabilities, chronic illnesses or are immunocompromised because of medications or cancer treatment feel that their needs are not being considered as states open back up a… khnvictoriak Kaiser Health News

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Analysis: Biden administration vacancies are hurting White House health priorities

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:30 — mike kraft
Biden agency vacancies to drag on White House priorities WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a year, the Food and Drug Administration lacked a permanent head when the agency was central in the battle against COVID-19 . AP NEWS

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Overview: Hong Kong to test entire population, other developments

Tue, 2022-02-22 10:15 — mike kraft
Hong Kong to test entire population of 7.5M people 3 times in March: Latest COVID updates Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb. 15, imperiling its healthcare system. More updates. YahooNews

Hong Kong, struggling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, will test every one of its 7.5 million people for the coronavirus three times next month, the city’s leader said Tuesday.

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Navajo Nation maintains mask mandate as New Mexico drops it

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:54 — mike kraft
Navajo Nation maintains mask mandate as New Mexico drops it WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is maintaining a mask mandate to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, even as the last of the states that surround the reservation dropped the requirement. AP NEWS

 

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Iran returns vaccines donated by Poland because they were made in US

Mon, 2022-02-21 17:43 — mike kraft
Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in US TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has returned 820,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by Poland because they were manufactured in the United States, state TV reported Monday. TV quoted Mohammad Hashemi, an official in the country’s Health Ministry, as saying that Poland donated about a million doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran. AP NEWS

 

 

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Australia lifts travel restrictions for fully vaccinated arrivals, New Zealand will wait until after the peak

Mon, 2022-02-21 10:29 — mike kraft
Australia welcomes back tourists with toy koalas, Tim Tams CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — International tourists and business travelers began arriving in Australia with few restrictions on Monday, bringing together families in tearful reunions after separations of two years or longer forced by some of the most draconian pandemic measures of any democracy in the world. AP NEWS

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Opinion: After the pandemic, long covid may unleash a tidal wave of health troubles-_Washington Post

Mon, 2022-02-21 10:12 — mike kraft
Opinion | After the pandemic, long covid may unleash a tidal wave of health troubles Slowly, researchers are uncovering the face of long covid, and it is not a happy one. In two years of the pandemic, millions of people survived the infection but felt debilitating symptoms linger for months. Editorial Board Washington Post
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NY Y won’t enforce booster mandate for health care workers

Fri, 2022-02-18 18:19 — mike kraft
NY won't enforce booster mandate for health care workers ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will not enforce its mandate requiring health care workers to get COVID-19 boosters in light of concerns about staffing shortages, state health officials said Friday. Gov. AP NEWS
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U.S. will step up vaccine support to 11 African countries

Fri, 2022-02-18 10:10 — mike kraft
U.S. will ‘surge’ vaccine support to 11 African countries The initiative aims to protect Americans and the world from new coronavirus variants. Washington Post
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Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine production technology

Fri, 2022-02-18 10:00 — mike kraft
Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology BRUSSELS (AP) — The first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a summit meeting of European Union and African Union nations heard on Friday. AP NEWS

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