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OP_ED: How to infuse urgency into speeding up vaccinations

Mon, 2021-01-04 14:51 — mike kraft

Opinion | Here’s what leadership on vaccination would look like The federal government must do more than just ship vaccines to states. Leana Wen Washington Post

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UK Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic, warn nurses

Sat, 2021-01-02 11:42 — mike kraft

Covid wards 'full of children' for first time in pandemic, warn nurses Medics are starting to see “whole wards of children” suffering from Covid for the first time during the pandemic, a senior nurse has warned. Laura Duffell, a matron at King’s College Hospital, London, said the new strain of Covid was affecting children and younger adults with no underlying health conditions in worrying numbers. She said: “It’s very different. That’s what makes it so much scarier for us as doctors, nurses and porters and everyone else who is working on the front line.

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It'll be months before vaccines are widespread enough to turn the tide of the pandemic in the US, experts say

Fri, 2021-01-01 10:42 — mike kraft

It'll be months before vaccines are widespread enough to turn the course of the pandemic in the US, experts say As the US ushered in 2021, more than 125,300 Covid-19 patients remained hospitalized -- another record for the fourth day in a row. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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Local funding crisis threatens U.S. vaccine rollout

Thu, 2020-12-31 12:25 — mike kraft

Local funding crisis threatens U.S. vaccine rollout Seattle public health officials have so little COVID-19 funding on hand they worry they will have to shut down some virus testing sites as they mount a campaign to dose their 2.3 million residents with Pfizer Inc's and Moderna Inc's vaccines. Carl O’Donnell, Rebecca Spalding U.S.

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Here’s Why Distribution of the Vaccine Is Taking Longer Than Expected

Thu, 2020-12-31 12:02 — mike kraft

In Florida, less than one-quarter of delivered coronavirus vaccines have been used, even as older people sat in lawn chairs all night waiting for their shots. In Puerto Rico, last week’s vaccine shipments did not arrive until the workers who would have administered them had left for the Christmas holiday. In California, doctors are worried about whether there will be enough hospital staff members to both administer vaccines and tend to the swelling number of Covid-19 patients.

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Record Covid-19 hospitalizations in US could soon force health experts to ration care

Tue, 2020-12-29 10:31 — mike kraft

Record Covid-19 hospitalizations in US could soon force health experts to ration care The number of patients hospitalized across the US with Covid-19 is the highest it's ever been -- and at this rate health experts warn they may have to ration nurses, respirators and care. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Number of ICU patients with Covid-19 in the US continues to grow, HHS data shows

Mon, 2020-12-28 10:32 — mike kraft

Number of ICU patients with Covid-19 in the US continues to grow, HHS data shows The share of intensive care unit patients with Covid-19 in the US has been steadily increasing each week since the end of September, according to a CNN analysis of data published Monday by the US Department of Health and Human Services. By <a href="/profiles/ben-westcott">Ben Westcott</a>, Adam Renton, Melissa Macaya and <a href="/profiles/melissa-mahtani">Melissa Mahtani</a>, CNN CNN

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Countering Covid-19 -- Field hospitals are increasing being used. Here's a look inside a Rhode Island one

Sun, 2020-12-27 11:17 — mike kraft

Inside a Rhode Island field hospital, preparing for the worst of the pandemic States turn to battlefield medical facilities as the coronavirus’s uncontrolled spread continues. Lenny Bernstein Washington Post

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