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Opinion: How to Control the 'Information Fire Hose' of the Pandemic

Mon, 2022-06-27 12:50 — mike kraft

Opinion | How to Control the 'Information Fire Hose' of the Pandemic Government agencies need to hire a narrative officer Randy Olson, PhD medpagetoday

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Throughout the pandemic the biomedical community has unleashed a veritable fire hose of information on the public. Experts of all sorts have appeared on national television with countless explanations of the science. But for most of the public, it has simply been TMI: too much information. Not TMI of the silly personal type, but rather the more dangerous public health variety.

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U.S. CDC panel recommends US seniors get souped-up flu vaccines

Fri, 2022-06-24 19:09 — mike kraft

CDC panel recommends US seniors get souped-up flu vaccines NEW YORK (AP) — Americans 65 and older should get newer, souped-up flu vaccines because regular shots don't provide them enough protection, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday. The panel unanimously recommended certain flu vaccines that might offer more or longer protection for seniors, whose weakened immune systems don't respond as well to traditional shots. AP NEWS

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COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, new estimates

Thu, 2022-06-23 18:50 — mike kraft

COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists say Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached, researchers reported Thursday. AP NEWS

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The researchers used data from 185 countries to estimate that vaccines prevented 4.2 million COVID-19 deaths in India, 1.9 million in the United States, 1 million in Brazil, 631,000 in France and 507,000 in the United Kingdom.

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Europe sees new Covid wave as summer starts

Wed, 2022-06-22 09:56 — mike kraft

Summer starts in Europe with new Covid wave Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are rising across the continent, spurred by Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. Eliza Mackintosh and Hafsa Khalil, CNN CNN

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Report dives into Latinos’ trust in science, representation in STEM

Wed, 2022-06-15 14:59 — FNUOvviyaa

Report dives into Latinos’ trust in science, representation in STEM A Pew Research survey reveals what many Hispanics think about health care and Covid, and how Latinos in science and math think they're perceived by non-Latinos. NBC News

Although Hispanics hold “largely trusting” views about scientists, about 6 in 10 feel Latino scientists aren’t visible enough in successful STEM jobs, according to survey results released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center...

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French medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID

Tue, 2022-06-07 15:35 — FNUOvviyaa

French medics protest hospital crisis, deepened by COVID PARIS (AP) — Health workers protested Tuesday around France to demand more hiring and better salaries in public hospitals, after years of cost cuts that left medics submerged when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and are now forcing emergency rooms to cut services. AP NEWS

Nine unions and collectives organized a day of protest, including a demonstration outside the Health Ministry in Paris and in dozens of other towns and cities, to call the government’s attention to growing concerns about staff shortages.

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WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns

Mon, 2022-05-30 09:04 — mike kraft

WHO: Monkeypox won't turn into pandemic, but many unknowns LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. AP NEWS

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Patient group calls for more regular scheduling of recurring COVID-19 boosters to encourage vaccinations

Fri, 2022-05-27 17:28 — mike kraft

Patient group calls for recurring COVID-19 boosters to cut through vaccine apathy The nonprofit ECRI said adopting a booster shot schedule targeting emerging variants would create certainty and convince more Americans to get shots. YahooNews

Fewer than one in three Americans have received an extra shot of the COVID-19 vaccine and one patient safety group thinks that's a public health challenge.

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