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Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout

Thu, 2021-08-26 10:53 — mike kraft

'I think we already broke': Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout Earlier this month, Mississippi ICU nurse Nichole Atherton resigned, worn down by the stress, young patients and preventable deaths that have overwhelmed the state's hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Madeline Holcombe, Erica Hill and Laura Dolan, CNN CNN

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UK Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:14 — mike kraft

Study: Patients, not staff, source of most hospital COVID spread Also, 21% of patients caused 80% of infections, UK researchers find. CIDRAP

Most hospital patients diagnosed as having COVID-19 contracted the virus from other patients rather than healthcare workers (HCWs), with 21% of patients causing 80% of cases, finds a UK study today in eLife. ...

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U.S..Overview: Daily vaccination rate rises for Americans getting their first shot ...

Tue, 2021-08-24 19:44 — mike kraft

Covid-19 live updates: Daily vaccination rate is rising among Americans getting their first shot, officials say Twenty-six percent of Americans ranked the pandemic as the most important problem facing the United States, according to a new Gallup poll. Derek Hawkins, Bryan Pietsch, Adela Suliman, Lateshia Beachum Washington Post

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National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived...

Tue, 2021-08-24 11:19 — mike kraft

National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived when they heard the news Kentucky hospital officials high-fived one another during a news conference Monday as they learned multiple National Guard teams would be deployed to hospitals across the state dealing with rising Covid-19 cases and hospital staffing shortages. Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN CNN

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National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived

Tue, 2021-08-24 11:01 — mike kraft

National Guard will be deployed across Kentucky to help overwhelmed hospitals. Health care workers high-fived when they heard the news Kentucky hospital officials high-fived one another during a news conference Monday as they learned multiple National Guard teams would be deployed to hospitals across the state dealing with rising Covid-19 cases and hospital staffing shortages. Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN CNN

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U.S Nurse shortage is in Crisis: Staff Shortages Put Patients at Risk

Mon, 2021-08-23 17:53 — mike kraft

... Nursing shortages have long vexed hospitals. But in the year and a half since its ferocious debut in the United States, the coronavirus pandemic has stretched the nation’s nurses as never before, testing their skills and stamina as desperately ill patients with a poorly understood malady flooded emergency rooms. They remained steadfast amid a calamitous shortage of personal protective equipment; spurred by a sense of duty, they flocked from across the country to the newest hot zones, sometimes working as volunteers. More than 1,200 of them have died from the virus.

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ANALYIS: Private contractors cost taxpayers millions while demonstrating few clear results

Sun, 2021-08-22 22:13 — mike kraft

How the U.S. vaccination drive came to rely on an army of consultants Private contractors cost taxpayers millions while demonstrating few clear results and papering over weaknesses in the country’s public health system. Isaac Stanley-Becker Washington Post

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What should you do if you get a breakthrough infection? Advice from an expert weighs in

Sun, 2021-08-22 21:23 — mike kraft

What should you do if you get a breakthrough infection? Our expert weighs in Many people have questions about what to do if they are vaccinated but test positive. Should they isolate, and for how long? What about family members? CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen has some answers. Katia Hetter, CNN CNN

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U.S: Mask, vaccine conflicts descend into violence and harassment

Sun, 2021-08-22 21:11 — mike kraft

Mask, vaccine conflicts descend into violence and harassment PHOENIX (AP) — The Hawaii lieutenant governor watched in horror as protesters showed up outside his condo, yelled at him through bullhorns and beamed strobe lights into the building to harass him over vaccine requirements. AP NEWS

PHOENIX (AP) — The Hawaii lieutenant governor watched in horror as protesters showed up outside his condo, yelled at him through bullhorns and beamed strobe lights into the building to harass him over vaccine requirements.

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