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Is the U.S. heading toward California, which has America's best COVID numbers, or Michigan, which has the worst?

Thu, 2021-04-08 14:51 — mike kraft

California has America’s best COVID numbers. Michigan has the worst. Which way is the U.S. heading? After enduring a steep, nationwide surge over the holidays — followed by a decline in cases that was just as steep and just as widespread — America has entered a strange new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. YahooNews

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OPINION: CDC has public health messaging problems about the Covis pandemic

Wed, 2021-04-07 12:48 — mike kraft

CDC's messaging problem highlights pandemic's uncertain future Recent missteps from the CDC have muddied public health messaging at what some experts are calling a precarious moment in the course of the pandemic. NBC News

At a particularly crucial juncture in the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a messaging problem.

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In the midst of a global health pandemic, ordinary flu season did not hit

Tue, 2021-04-06 12:10 — mike kraft

Despite warnings, a flu season that wasn't As the nation suffered through a devastating winter surge of coronavirus cases, the phones at Old Dominion Pediatrics in Virginia rang off the hook. Reid Wilson TheHill

Public health experts, general practitioners and pediatricians had warned for months that a surge in coronavirus cases over the winter months would be compounded by a typical flu season, which kills tens of thousands Americans annually. But a funny thing happened in the midst of a global health pandemic: Flu season was effectively canceled.

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The Navajo Nation contains the coronavirus after a difficult start

Mon, 2021-04-05 20:45 — mike kraft

Covid-19: With Big Vaccine Push, Navajo Nation Has Tamed Virus Although U.S. vaccinations are at a record high, experts are warning of a fourth wave. In his Easter address, Pope Francis called on world leaders to expand access to vaccines. The New York Times

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Roundup: Vaccinating adults appears to protect children around them; bar opening event linked to 46 COVID-19 cases

Mon, 2021-04-05 20:08 — mike kraft

Vaccinating adults appears to protect children around them; bar opening event linked to 46 COVID-19 cases The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Nancy Lapid U.S.

(Reuters) - The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

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Another US Covid-19 surge may affect younger people more sharply

Mon, 2021-04-05 11:28 — mike kraft

Another US Covid-19 surge may look different, experts say, particularly for younger people. Here's how Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the US are going extremely well -- but not enough people are yet protected and the country may be at the start of another surge. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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Noted epidemiologist Says covid varient causes US to confront a new wave of infections

Sun, 2021-04-04 19:35 — mike kraft

U.S. must confront Covid spike, noted epidemiologist warns "We are going to have to respond somehow," Michael Osterholm said. David Cohen POLITICO

A leading epidemiologist said Sunday the nation has to accept that a new wave of Covid cases has hit the United States.

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ANALYSIS: The pandemic is entering a “tornado” phase in America.

Sat, 2021-04-03 13:29 — mike kraft

The Threat That COVID-19 Poses Now After a year of waves and surges, the pandemic is entering a “tornado” phase in America. Alexis C. Madrigal The Atlantic

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California tries to cope as maskless crowds flood vacation hotspots

Sat, 2021-04-03 11:11 — mike kraft

California scrambles as maskless crowds flood vacation hotspots Tens of thousands flood Santa Monica Pier as authorities send mixed messages about coronavirus safety the Guardian

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Biden Administration's Infrastructure Plan includes efforts to improve minority neighborhoods and wages for home health aides.

Fri, 2021-04-02 22:17 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — America’s most celebrated infrastructure initiative, the interstate highway system, rammed an elevated freeway through the center of Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans in the late 1960s.

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