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At least 30 strikes of health care workers have hit U.S. facilities this year

Wed, 2021-10-20 10:30 — mike kraft

Walkouts and strikes hit hospitals in pandemic hot spots There have been at least 30 strikes of health care workers so far this year, according to a tracker from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. POLITICO

Hospitals taxed by the pandemic over the last 20 months have a new problem: Labor strife and a wave of resignations have people waiting longer for care.

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Analysis:The U.S. may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one because of threats, resignations and politics--NY Times survey .

Mon, 2021-10-18 12:06 — mike kraft

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State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to America’s early response to the pandemic.

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Russia is behind in meeting global orders for Sputnik V vaccine

Fri, 2021-10-15 17:42 — mike kraft

Russia struggles to meet global orders for Sputnik V vaccine CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Esperita García de Perez got her first vaccination against COVID-19 in May. That, along with her Catholic faith, made her feel better protected against the virus, and she had hoped to get her second shot of the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine a few weeks later. AP NEWS

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America's decentralized, underfunded reporting system hampers efforts to combat the coronavirus--Analysis .

Thu, 2021-09-30 14:02 — mike kraft

Messy, incomplete U.S. data hobbles pandemic response This country’s decentralized, underfunded reporting system has repeatedly hampered efforts to combat the coronavirus. Washington Post

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COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies

Mon, 2021-09-20 13:05 — mike kraft

COVID creates shortages of an array of U.S. medical supplies Shortages of masks and gloves that marked the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to a host of other items needed at medical facilities in the United States, from exam tables and heart defibrillators to crutches and IV poles. Timothy Aeppel Reuters

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Part of US West see health care rationing because COVID-19 surge, Idaho seeks help from neighboring states

Fri, 2021-09-17 10:07 — mike kraft

COVID-19 surge forces health care rationing in parts of West BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In another ominous sign about the spread of the delta variant, Idaho public health leaders on Thursday expanded health care rationing statewide and individual hospital systems in Alaska and Montana have enacted similar crisis standards amid a spike in the number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. AP NEWS

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COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse years of progress made in patient safety, CDC study suggests

Mon, 2021-09-06 13:30 — mike kraft

COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse years of progress made in patient safety, CDC study suggests After years of progress reducing health care-associated infections, a CDC study found these types of infections increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY YahooNews

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Gaps in CDC and states reporting data on breakthrough Covid cases hampers response

Fri, 2021-08-27 11:43 — mike kraft

Holes in reporting of breakthrough Covid cases hamper CDC response The agency originally tried to track all infections in vaccinated people, from mild to severe. But in May it decided to focus on the most severe cases. Erin Banco POLITICO

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is using outdated and unreliable data on coronavirus breakthrough infections to help make major decisions, such as who gets booster shots, according to three officials with direct knowledge of the situation.

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U.S Nurse shortage is in Crisis: Staff Shortages Put Patients at Risk

Mon, 2021-08-23 17:53 — mike kraft

... Nursing shortages have long vexed hospitals. But in the year and a half since its ferocious debut in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has stretched the nation’s nurses as never before, testing their skills and stamina as desperately ill patients with a poorly understood malady flooded emergency rooms. They remained steadfast amid a calamitous shortage of personal protective equipment; spurred by a sense of duty, they flocked from across the country to the newest hot zones, sometimes working as volunteers. More than 1,200 of them have died from the virus.

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