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Despite announced plans, delays in vaccinating slaughter house workers

Tue, 2021-03-02 10:27 — mike kraft

Some U.S. meatpackers announce vaccine plans, but many workers still waiting COVID-19 vaccines are making their way into the arms of U.S. meat and agriculture workers, but companies and union officials say progress needs to be faster after coronavirus outbreaks idled slaughterhouses and sickened thousands of workers. Tom Polansek U.S.

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California program is reaching out to vaccinate farm workers

Mon, 2021-03-01 19:49 — mike kraft

COACHELLA, Calif. — The sun-baked desert valley tucked behind the San Jacinto Mountains is best known for an annual music festival that draws 100,000 fans a day and a series of lush, oasis resort towns where well-heeled snowbirds go to golf, sunbathe and party. But just beyond the turquoise swimming pools of Palm Springs, more than 10,000 farmworkers harvest some of the country’s largest crops of date palms, vegetables and fruits.

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Survey of specialized centers that are trying to treat Covid long-haulers

Mon, 2021-03-01 09:47 — mike kraft

Inside 'post-Covid' clinics: How specialized centers are trying to treat long-haulers NBC News surveyed dozens of "post-Covid" clinics across the country to find out how they're helping patients recover from an illness with no known cure. NBC News

As the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. appears to be turning a corner, another health crisis is brewing: Covid-19 survivors struggling to bounce back to their former selves.

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Federal Scientists urge governors not to list restrictins: decline incases stall

Sat, 2021-02-27 13:29 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials warned impatient governors on Friday against relaxing pandemic control measures, saying that a recent steep drop in coronavirus cases and deaths in the United States may be leveling off at a very high number — a shift that the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said “must be taken extremely seriously.”

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As downward trend in COVID-19 cases stalls, CDC calls situation tenuous

Fri, 2021-02-26 19:23 — mike kraft

"Things are tenuous," U.S. CDC says as downward trend in COVID-19 cases stalls The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday that a recent decline in COVID-19 cases may be stalling, a development she described as concerning while urging that safeguards to fight the virus remain in place. Jeff Mason, Carl O’Donnell U.S.

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J&J cornavirus vaccine wins endorsement from advisory group, paving way for FDA.

Fri, 2021-02-26 17:36 — mike kraft

US advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the... AP NEWS

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Iceland: Countering the pandemic, bringing life back to normal

Fri, 2021-02-26 13:51 — mike kraft

The Keys to Iceland’s Success Here’s the latest news from the global pandemic. Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir Bloomberg.com

While the rest of the world grapples with mass vaccinations and fear of the new coronavirus variants, life in Iceland is getting closer to normal.

Since the beginning of the month, not a single person has been diagnosed with Covid-19 domestically apart from a handful of people who were already in quarantine.

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State Governors relax restrictions as Covid infection numbers fall.

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:01 — mike kraft

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/26/world/covid-19-coronavirus#governors-relax-restrictions-as-infection-numbers-fall

With the coronavirus slowly receding, governors around the United States are beginning to relax pandemic restrictions.

But the rules ae being eased much in the same way as they were imposed: in a patchwork fashion that largely falls along party lines. Republicans are leaning toward rollbacks, and Democrats are staying the course or offering a more cautious approach.

On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said he was considering lifting a statewide mask mandate that has been in place since July.

“We’re working right now on evaluating when we’re going to be able to remove all statewide orders, and we will be making announcements about that pretty soon,” Mr. Abbott said.

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