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Wisconsin, other midwest hospitals facing new COVID surge

Fri, 2021-12-10 17:17 — mike kraft
Hospitals in the Midwest Face New COVID Surge Amid increasing Delta cases, staffing is down, and Omicron looms Jennifer Henderson medpagetoday

Nearly 2 years into the pandemic, hospitals in the Midwest are getting hit with a staggering new surge.

Capacity is strained, and so is staff. And no one knows for sure what the Omicron variant will bring.

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California: First Omicron case found in San Diego, state's medical director harassed by anti-vaxxers

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:22 — mike kraft
1st Case of COVID Omicron Variant Found in Fully Vaccinated and Boosted San Diegan On Thursday, San Diego officials reported the first case of a local patient who had tested positive for the omicron variant of COVID. Brenda Gregorio-Nieto,Eric S. Page,The Associated Press NBC 7 San Diego

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Military medical teams sent to New Mexico and six other western and midwestern states

Fri, 2021-12-10 10:07 — mike kraft
Navy medics join COVID fight in hard-hit New Mexico Dozens of U.S. Navy medics have deployed to New Mexico to treat a Delta variant-fueled surge in COVID-19 patients as part of a military operation to treat virus hotspots across Western and Midwest states. Shannon Stapleton Reuters
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Michigan snapshot: Covid-19 cases way up but not a single person who had booster shot has died

Fri, 2021-12-10 09:53 — mike kraft

(CNN) Nurse Katie Sefton never thought Covid-19 could get this bad -- and certainly not this late in the pandemic.

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Three more U.S. states facing Covid-19 case surges, hospital strains

Thu, 2021-12-09 19:28 — mike kraft
Indiana hospitals see record patient count amid virus surge | AP News INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana hospitals are seeing their highest-ever overall patient counts amid a monthlong COVID-19 surge and the state’s largest hospital system announced Thursday it had enlisted National Guard assistance. AP NEWS
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Three Northeast states deploy National Guard amid medical capacity crisis due to pandemic

Thu, 2021-12-09 10:10 — mike kraft

(CNN) The governors of Maine and New York deployed the National Guard in response to dangerously low capacity at statewide medical facilities due to the pandemic.

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Vaccinations for children slow and pediatricians also face other medical challenges.

Wed, 2021-12-08 19:08 — mike kraft
Amid Push to Vaccinate Children, Other Challenges Deluge Pediatricians CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Near the end of one of the first days that 5- to 11-year-olds could get a coronavirus shot last month, Dr. Anne Steptoe, a pediatrician, sat hunched in her cramped office between packages of diapers, onesies and children’s books, cataloging the week’s patients on her laptop. One teenage girl had been sleepless and suicidal; another was anemic. Several young boys had gained weight during the pandemic.
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Public health worker recruitment major focus of Senate’s new BIO Preparedness Workforce Act

Mon, 2021-11-29 19:53 — mike kraft
Public health worker recruitment major focus of Senate’s new BIO Preparedness Workforce Act - Homeland Preparedness News With COVID-19 daily emphasizing how critical health care workers are to modern society, a collection of U.S. senators this week proposed a student loan repayment program to drive recruitment and retention in the field of public health. The BIO Preparedness … Read More » Chris Galford Homeland Preparedness News
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Military medical staffers to help Michigan hospitals; Most Connecicut towns in red zone for COVID infections

Wed, 2021-11-24 17:47 — mike kraft
Military to help Michigan cope with COVID-19 patient surge | AP News LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The federal government will send 44 military medical staffers to Michigan to help beleaguered hospitals treat COVID-19 patients amid a fourth surge that is the worst in the country, state health officials said Wednesday. AP NEWS

 

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White House unveils $1.5B investment to train more than 22,700 new healthcare providers

Tue, 2021-11-23 11:01 — mike kraft
White House unveils $1.5B investment to train more than 22,700 new healthcare providers American Rescue Plan-funded investments will yield "the largest field strength in history" for the National Health Service Corps, Nurse Corps and the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Program, according to the White House. Dave Muoio FierceHealthcare
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