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Commentary: Will America’s public health reckoning ever come?

Wed, 2023-01-11 19:24 — mike kraft

Will America’s public health reckoning ever come? Despite the many failures of our Covid response, very little about U.S. pandemic infrastructure has changed. But some are still working to find compromise reforms. Rachel Cohrs STAT

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Virtually everyone generally agrees some kind of transformative public health reform is needed — Republicans, Democrats, and the public health agencies themselves. But they disagree on how to go about changes. It doesn’t help that Congress couldn’t agree on putting together a commission to examine the pandemic response.

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CDC Head Will Roll Out Sweeping Changes to Handle Emergencies

Tue, 2023-01-10 10:59 — mike kraft

CDC Director to Unveil Big Changes in Effort to Restore Public Trust After a nearly yearlong review of the CDC's pandemic response, Rochelle Walensky prepares to shake up its operations and culture. Riley Griffin Bloomberg.com

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The Symptoms Of COVID Variant XBB seen so far

Fri, 2023-01-06 08:59 — mike kraft

The Symptoms Of COVID Variant XBB That Doctors Are Seeing Right Now Pay attention to these common signs of infection. YahooNews

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Because XBB is relatively new, scientists are still working to figure out if and how the variant behaves differently from other recent variants. Though XBB’s symptoms are expected to be on par with past omicron infections, doctors say they are seeing some issues becoming more prevalent than others.

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2022 was the worst for many US hospitals. THe problems will continue

Wed, 2023-01-04 19:02 — mike kraft

2022 was the worst for many US hospitals. The aftershocks will last for years. Constant health crises have made it impossible for some hospitals to plan for the future. Patients will pay the price. Dylan Scott Vox

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Misinformation issue: Public Health Agencies Try to Restore Trust as They Fight Misinformation

Wed, 2023-01-04 18:51 — mike kraft

Public Health Agencies Try to Restore Trust as They Fight Misinformation As public health departments work on improving their message, the skepticism and mistrust often reserved for covid-19 vaccines now threaten other public health priorities, including flu shots and c… khnkytjaw Kaiser Health News

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Analysis: 3 challenges to watch in global health in 2023

Wed, 2023-01-04 11:02 — mike kraft

3 challenges to watch in global health in 2023 As the third year of the Covid pandemic ends and we look to 2023, what can be spotted on the horizon? Helen Branswell STAT

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As the third year of the Covid pandemic ends and 2023 begins, what can be spotted on the horizon? We already know about a bunch of things that are going to jostle for our attention; rest assured others we’re not anticipating will materialize as well.

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Biden administration seeks to rescind Trump-era ‘conscience’ protections for health workers

Thu, 2022-12-29 22:02 — FNUOvviyaa

Biden administration seeks to rescind Trump-era ‘conscience’ protections for health workers The Biden administration is proposing to largely undo a Trump-era rule that boosted the rights of medical workers to refuse to perform abortions or other services that conflicted with their religio… nweixel The Hill

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Are U.S. Healthcare Workers Better Off Unionized?

Wed, 2022-12-28 22:14 — FNUOvviyaa

Are U.S. Healthcare Workers Better Off Unionized? Study finds higher earnings and benefits, but unionization still stalled Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

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Out of 14,298 healthcare workers surveyed, 13.2% reported union membership or coverage, with no significant trend from 2009 through 2021, according to Xiaojuan Li, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, both in Boston, and colleagues.

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