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WASHINGTON -- Nursing home care in the U.S. needs improvement, and the Biden administration is taking steps to do just that, the White House announced Monday.

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Hospitals in New Hampshire and elsewhere threatened by ivermectin advocates

Tue, 2022-03-01 10:46 — mike kraft

This hospital tried to save a man with covid. Then the threats started. Valley Regional Hospital was flooded with calls and emails connected to its treatment of a covid patient. Joanna Slater Washington Post

CLAREMONT, N.H. — It was still dark when Jocelyn Caple pulled into the parking lot of Valley Regional Hospital one morning in early December.

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Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine, WHO warns

Mon, 2022-02-28 12:41 — mike kraft

Medical oxygen running out in Ukraine as war rages, WHO warns Ukraine is running out of oxygen supplies that critically ill people need, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, calling for safe passage for emergency imports as combat rages. Reuters Reuters

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Covid-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic, mainly younger persons and unvaxed.

Thu, 2022-02-24 09:28 — mike kraft

Covid-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic. Here's who's still at risk Plummeting Covid-19 case counts across the United States are leading to lifted mask mandates and more conversations about steps toward normalcy -- but more people are dying of the coronavirus now than during most points of the pandemic. Deidre McPhillips, CNN CNN

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Rural U.S. hospitals stave off mass exodus of workers to vaccine mandate

Tue, 2022-02-22 11:29 — mike kraft

Rural hospitals stave off mass exodus of workers to vaccine mandate Nearly two dozen hospital officials and association leaders told POLITICO they've lost just a fraction of their staff to the federal immunization requirement. POLITICO

Rural hospital officials who expected Covid vaccine mandates to cause a staffing crisis are facing a pleasant surprise: Religious exemptions and education efforts for the hesitant are keeping almost all health care workers on the job.

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Family members of ICU patients with acute Covid cases show PTSD symptoms three months later --French study

Mon, 2022-02-21 18:02 — mike kraft

Association of COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome With Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members After ICU Discharge (JAMA)

In a prospective cohort study of 517 family members of ICU patients, PTSD-related symptoms at 90 days after ICU discharge were significantly more common in family members of patients with COVID-19 ARDS compared with non–COVID-19 ARDS (35% vs 19%). In a multivariable analysis adjusting for age, sex, and level of social support, COVID-19 ARDS was independently associated with PTSD-related symptoms in family members (odds ratio, 2.05).

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