Federal COVID aid helped boost telehealth expansion in rural America

 

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Federal pandemic aid also helped slow the rate of rural hospital closures. But as facilities contend with lingering inflation, workforce shortages and declining populations, the pace of those closures is picking up again.

Telehealth offers a chance to bridge the gap in hospital deserts.

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U.S.'s preterm birth and infant mortality measures remain stubbornly high compared to other countries

 

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Germany’s highest court blocks government effort to shift billions in COVID relief funding for climate measures

No end to rising greenhouse gases; more than half of world's richest companies quetly lobby againstg climate change policies

Measles cases and deaths increase worldwide, as childhood vaccinations rates decline --report

COVID and flu vaccine rates are declining for US health care workers --CDC

COVID and flu vaccine rates are declining for US health care workers, CDC reports: ‘Disturbing trend’ (foxnews.com)

 

...They found that flu vaccine coverage was 81% among health care employees at hospitals and 47.1% at nursing homes.

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Long Covid hits U.S. veterans hard; 4th COVID vaccine dose helped those with rheumatic disease

Nearly half of 363,000 US veterans who tested positive for COVID-19 still had symptoms up to 6 months later, and the risk factors for this condition were Black race, older age, diabetes, and severe infection, concludes a study published yesterday in the Annals of Epidemiology.

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Hospitals are turning to warning systems to help protect health workers from violence

Covid widened the life expectancy gap between women and men in the U.S. --study

 

For more than 100 years, American women have outlived American men, largely due to differences in rates of cardiovascular disease and lung cancer. Now COVID-19 has widened the gendered life expectancy gap, according to a research letter published yesterday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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New reports on global climate efforts highlight increased fossil fuel subsidies, ill health

 

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Only about 14% of American adults have received the updated COVID vaccine: CDC

Small preliminary study suggests Covid rebound is far more common with Paxlovid than without

Hospital-based Covid-19 transmissions became less serious after Omicron--study

 

Hospital-acquired (nosocomial) COVID-19 transmission was associated with higher rates of 30-day mortality and more severe disease during the early phases of the pandemic, but the risk has lessened in the post-Omicron landscape, according to a new study from JAMA Network Open based on outcomes seen in Sweden during the past 3 years.

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Polls indicate percentages of Americans who believe they dont need vaccinations, have little confidence in scientists

A third of Americans surveyed in a new poll from researchers at Ohio State said they do not believe they need vaccines for the flu or COVID-19 this season because they do not consider themselves high risk for complications from the viruses. ...

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New government report descibes how climate change is affecting all regions of the U.S.

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