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Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help, travel nurses in demand

Wed, 2020-12-02 21:01 — mike kraft

Nurses wanted: Swamped hospitals scramble for pandemic help OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are trying to lure nurses and doctors out of retirement, recruiting students and new graduates who have yet to earn their licenses... AP NEWS

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TheHill.com Major glove factories close after thousands of workers test positive for COVID-19

Fri, 2020-11-27 12:25 — mike kraft

Major glove factories close after thousands of workers test positive The largest rubber glove manufacturer in the world said this week that orders would be delayed by weeks and some of its factories would be shut down after thousands of its workers tested positive for COVID-19. Joseph Choi TheHill

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A Rush On Coronavirus Testing Strains Laboratories, Drives Supply Shortages

Wed, 2020-11-18 15:04 — mike kraft

With the pandemic out of control in the United States, the nation's precarious coronavirus testing system is starting to strain again.

Long lines are again forming in some places as the surge of infections drives a surge in demand for testing. Testing companies, lab directors and testing policy experts warn that waiting times for results could soon start to lengthen. In fact, one of the largest commercial testing companies Tuesday reported turnaround times had already started creeping up.

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Rich Countries Reserve Billions Of Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Even Before There Is One

Thu, 2020-11-05 19:41 — mike kraft

Rich Countries Reserve Billions Of Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Even Before There Is One A vaccine for Covid-19 is not yet available but many rich countries and some middle-income ones have entered partnerships to reserve vaccine doses. This shopping spree means that there will be fewer doses for billions in low-income countries. Disha Shetty Forbes

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Nearly 50,000 Americans are hospitalized with coronavirus as experts warn of growing health care pressure

Mon, 2020-11-02 09:27 — mike kraft

Nearly 50,000 Americans are hospitalized with coronavirus as experts warn of growing health care pressure The fall surge has left nearly 50,000 people hospitalized across the US due to Covid-19, and experts say the strain health care systems are under could soon get worse. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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REPORT: As Covid-19 spreads shortages of staple drugs may worsen

Fri, 2020-10-23 11:44 — mike kraft

As Covid-19 intensifies, shortages of staple drugs may grow worse A new report finds there may be sustained shortages of medicines needed to combat Covid-19 and other conditions. Ed Silverman STAT

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Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates

Tue, 2020-09-15 09:57 — mike kraft

Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever: Bill Gates The coronavirus pandemic has wiped out progress on lofty goals such as ending world poverty and hunger in the next decade, but the economic damage of COVID-19 shows how badly such global development is needed, philanthropist Bill Gates said. Ellen Wulfhorst U.S.

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Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing

Thu, 2020-09-10 10:30 — mike kraft

Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. Now, as she... AP NEWS

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Climate crisis could displace 1.2bn people by 2050, report warns

Wed, 2020-09-09 17:31 — mike kraft

Climate crisis could displace 1.2bn people by 2050, report warns Countries unable to withstand ecological threats among world’s least peaceful, analysis finds Jon Henley the Guardian

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First Famines of Coronavirus Era Are at World’s Doorstep, U.N. Warns

Sun, 2020-09-06 11:03 — mike kraft

The first famines of the coronavirus era could soon hit four chronically food-deprived conflict areas — Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned.

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