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Misinformation issue: Health experts worry as Meta rolls back some COVID misinformation policies

Mon, 2023-06-19 18:45 — mike kraft

Public health experts fear that Meta's decision to roll back some of its COVID-19 misinformation measures will lead to more disinformation about the virus, treatments for it and vaccines.

The company announced the changes on Friday after it asked its independent oversight advisory board whether it should continue its COVID-19 misinformation policy for Facebook and Instagram or take a "less restrictive approach."

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Global water reservoir volumes decline despite new dams construction boom-- study

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:30 — mike kraft

Global water reservoir volumes decline despite construction boom, study says Global reservoir volumes fell during the last 20 years despite a construction boom that drove up storage capacity, a new study showed on Tuesday, suggesting that new dams will not be enough to solve growing strain on the world's water supplies. David Stanway Reuters

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Analysis: Covid disputes made it nearly impossible to pass new vaccine rules in some states

Mon, 2023-06-05 10:33 — mike kraft

How Covid made it nearly impossible to pass new vaccine rules Around the country, vaccine policy is on hold while lawmakers recover from a pandemic-policy hangover. POLITICO

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Toxic, pandemic-era battles over immunizations and school closures have made vaccine politics radioactive, even on diseases wholly unrelated to Covid-19. In California, where lawmakers pushed through some of the nation’s strictest mandates through 2019, schools are wary of wading back into the fight.

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Long Covid: The end of the public health emergency leaves many fearful they will be forgotten

Tue, 2023-05-30 12:48 — mike kraft

For covid long-haulers, the pandemic is far from over The end of the coronavirus public health emergency has left long-covid patients fearful they will be forgotten. Frances Stead Sellers Washington Post

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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired

Fri, 2023-05-26 11:57 — mike kraft

Hundreds of Thousands Have Lost Medicaid Coverage Since Pandemic Protections Expired WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of low-income Americans have lost Medicaid coverage in recent weeks as part of a sprawling unwinding of a pandemic-era policy that prohibited states from removing people from the program. Early data shows that many people lost coverage for procedural reasons, such as when Medicaid recipients did not return paperwork to verify their eligibility or could not be located. The large number of terminations on procedural grounds suggests that many people may be losing Yahoo News

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Analysis: Research into treating long COVID is stuck

Mon, 2023-05-08 09:42 — mike kraft

Long COVID Treatment Research Is Stuck in a Frustrating Catch-22 Patients are feeling abandoned, for good reason. Liz Highleyman Slate Magazine

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People worldwide lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic -- UNICEF survey

Thu, 2023-04-20 10:47 — mike kraft

People lost faith in childhood vaccines during COVID pandemic, UNICEF says People all over the world lost confidence in the importance of routine childhood vaccines against killer diseases like measles and polio during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF. Jennifer Rigby,Emma Farge Reuters

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About 100,000 nurses in U.S. left the workforce due to pandemic-related burnout

Thu, 2023-04-13 10:32 — mike kraft

About 100,000 nurses left the workforce due to pandemic-related burnout and stress, survey finds | CNN About 100,000 registered nurses in the US left the workplace due to the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the results of a survey published Thursday by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. Kyla Russell CNN

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U.S. to spend $5 billion to speed up development of new COVID vaccines

Mon, 2023-04-10 19:34 — mike kraft

U.S. spending $5 billion to speed up development of new COVID vaccines The U.S. government is spending over $5 billion on an effort to speed up the development of new COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) spokesperson and a Biden administration official said on Monday. Reuters Reuters

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Global warming may push more hurricanes toward the U.S. east and Gulf coasts--study

Mon, 2023-04-10 17:25 — mike kraft

Study says warming may push more hurricanes toward US coasts A new study says changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts. Friday's study looks more at steering currents of future storms than past research, focusing on where storms will go instead of how big or frequent they will be. The study projects that in the future extra warming in the eastern equatorial Pacific will ripple through the atmosphere to push storms in the Atlantic more eastward toward the Southeast Coast and north in the Gulf of Mexico.

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