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Paxlovid protects against hospital care, death, especially in older patients -new study

Wed, 2025-01-22 10:13 — mike kraft
Paxlovid protects against hospital care, death, especially in older patients, data show Researchers observed lower rates of use among Black and Hispanic patients than among White patients. CIDRAP
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Climate change: Germany's response to Trump--Europe should stay on course to counter climate change

Wed, 2025-01-22 10:05 — mike kraft

Holding on to green energy course best response to Trump, Germany's Habeck says

BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Germany and Europe should continue on the path of expanding low-carbon energies during the second presidency of Donald Trump, a climate change sceptic, outgoing German vice chancellor Robert Habeck said on Tuesday.
 
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Bird flu surge continues on US poultry farms: steps to reduce contamination of raw pet food

Wed, 2025-01-22 09:52 — mike kraft
Avian flu surge continues on US poultry farms as feds address contamination of raw pet food Over the past few days, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed more H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in poultry from eight states, including the first at a commercial farm in Georgia. CIDRAP

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Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the USDA on January 17 announced new steps to step up the safety of raw pet food, following recent reports of H5N1 infections in household cats. ...

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Trump rolls back Biden directive to study methods of lowering prescription costs

Wed, 2025-01-22 08:55 — mike kraft
Trump rolls back Biden directive to study methods of lowering prescription costs Among the dozens of Biden-era executive orders he rescinded on day one, President Trump nixed one that aimed to explore new health care payment models that would lower prescription costs for Medica… jchoi The Hill
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Trump officials order health agencies to pause public communications, advisories

Wed, 2025-01-22 08:19 — mike kraft
Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications | CNN Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has asked federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories, according to sources within the agencies. Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell CNN

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Africa CDC Mobilizes Immediate Response to Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania

Tue, 2025-01-21 12:42 — mike kraft
Tanzania Declares Marburg Outbreak: Africa CDC Mobilizes Immediate Response – Africa CDC ADDIS ABABA, January 20, 2025 – Tanzania has declared a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after confirming one case and identifying 25 suspected cases in the Kagera Region of Northwestern Tanzania. The Marburg virus, a highly infectious and often fatal disease, is similar to Ebola and is transmitted to humans from fruit bats and monkeys. […] Africa CDC
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Trump’s Executive Orders reverse Biden on health care costs and other medical issues.

Tue, 2025-01-21 11:35 — mike kraft
Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination. Sarah Owermohle STAT
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Misinformation issue: Vaccine misinformation --a lasting side effect from COVID

Tue, 2025-01-21 11:13 — mike kraft
Vaccine misinformation: a lasting side effect from COVID A fringe anti-vaccine movement took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to bring conspiracy theories to a much wider audience, propelling dangerous misinformation about life-saving jabs that still endures ... Medical Xpress

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The pandemic also marked a change in strategy by anti-vaxxers, who previously targeted parents because children routinely received the most jabs.

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Analysis: How COVID-19 situation has changed during five years since the first case in America

Tue, 2025-01-21 11:03 — mike kraft
COVID-19: It has been five years since the first case in America. What's it like today? Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil. Sam Woodward USA TODAY

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COVID-19 doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon despite advancements in vaccines against the virus.

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Trump Signs Executive Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies

Tue, 2025-01-21 10:45 — mike kraft

Hours after his inauguration on Monday, President Trump signed a barrage of executive orders to grant his administration new powers to promote fossil fuels and to withdraw support for renewable energy, signaling that the United States government would no longer fight climate change.

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COVID Map Update Describes test results in US States

Tue, 2025-01-21 10:11 — mike kraft
COVID map update reveals worst hit US states 6.6 percent of all COVID-19 tests across the country came back positive, but Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin had an 8.9 percent rate. Newsweek

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The CDC data also reveals that 1.3 percent of visits to the emergency room around the U.S. were diagnosed as COVID-19 during the same time period, down 0.6 percent from the week before.

Additionally, 1.8 percent of deaths were due to COVID-19, marking a 28.6 percent rise from the week prior.

 

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Trump withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization. WHO officials and others criticize move.

Tue, 2025-01-21 09:08 — mike kraft
Trump announces US withdrawal from World Health Organization | CNN Politics President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts. Betsy Klein CNN
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Tanzania, Sierra Leone, England confirm new Marburg cases

Mon, 2025-01-20 14:55 — mike kraft
Tanzania Confirms Marburg Outbreak - Health Policy Watch Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following Health Policy Watch
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Bird flu: U.S. Poultry operations under pressure, Georgia suspends poultry activities

Mon, 2025-01-20 14:25 — mike kraft
‘All hands on deck’: Bird flu in US poultry puts state cooperation to the test Unusually late migration season means poultry operations may continue to see H5N1 outbreaks, officials say The Guardian
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Trump White House announces it will withdraw from Paris climate agreement.

Mon, 2025-01-20 14:02 — mike kraft

Trump to withdraw from Paris climate agreement, White House says

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will once again withdraw the United States from the Paris climate deal, the White House said on Monday, removing the world's biggest historic emitter from global efforts to fight climate change for the second time in a decade.
 
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