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COVID set back the fight against cancer, and it’s only getting worse

Wed, 2023-06-14 15:57 — mike kraft
How COVID set back the fight against cancer, and why it’s only getting worse When COVID lockdowns began in early 2020, millions of people went without cancer screenings they otherwise would have gotten. The full cost of this lapse in cancer surveillance is only starting to … colinmeyn The Hill

...physicians fear this screening gap could continue getting wider in the years ahead because of other factors exacerbated by the pandemic, such as health care workforce shortages and altered patient habits. 

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Pandemic tied to lower confidence in vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa --study

Mon, 2023-06-12 15:58 — mike kraft
Study shows pandemic tied to lower confidence in vaccines in sub-Saharan Africa The biggest declines in the belief "Vaccines are important for children" occurred in the DR Congo (20% decline), followed by Uganda (14%) and Nigeria (10.5%). CIDRAP
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Analysis of how pandemic changed attitudes toward mandating childhood vaccinations

Thu, 2023-06-08 17:05 — mike kraft
Pandemic changed attitudes toward mandating childhood vaccinations CIDRAP

A new analysis of 21 polls conducted before and after the COVID-19 pandemic shows parents are changing how they think about school vaccination mandates, but not about vaccine safety.

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Opinion: We've made huge advances against COVID. Why is it still killing so many people?

Tue, 2023-06-06 16:11 — mike kraft
Opinion: We've made huge advances against COVID. Why is it still killing so many people? Many immunocompromised and older Americans feel abandoned. That's a public health failure. Yahoo News

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why are so many people still dying? And how do we reconcile those numbers with the vast improvements in our COVID tools?

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

Mon, 2023-06-05 16:33 — 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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US births in 2022 didn’t return to pre-pandemic levels--data

Thu, 2023-06-01 17:02 — mike kraft
US births in 2022 didn't return to pre-pandemic levels U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation continues to see fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released provisional birth data for last year. A little under 3.7 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, about 3,000 fewer than the year before. Births to moms 35 and older continued to rise, with the highest rates in that age group since the 1960s. But those gains were offset by record-low birth rates to moms in their teens and early 20s. AP NEWS

 

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China faces a new Covid wave that could peak at 65 million cases a week

Thu, 2023-05-25 23:34 — mike kraft
China faces a new Covid wave that could peak at 65 million cases a week China is bracing for a new wave of Covid-19 infections that could see as many as 65 million cases per week by the time the surge peaks at the end of June. Yahoo News

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Study outlines the favorable and unfavorable trends in cancer risk factors during Covid pandemic

Thu, 2023-05-04 17:04 — mike kraft
ACS spotlights favorable, unfavorable trends in cancer risk factors amid COVID Smoking, inactivity, and heavy drinking declined a bit, but obesity levels rose and fewer women received cervical cancer screening. CIDRAP

 

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WHO releases strategy paper on COVID disease management and long-term disease prevention

Thu, 2023-05-04 16:55 — mike kraft
From emergency response to long-term COVID-19 disease management: sustaining gains made during the COVID-19 pandemic The updated two-year strategy builds on the objectives of the 2022 SPRP and supports countries as they are working to transition their critical emergency response activities to longer-term sustained COVID-19 disease prevention, control and management.
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COVID outbreak occurred after CDC annual conference

Wed, 2023-05-03 18:25 — mike kraft
CDC investigating COVID outbreak after its own annual conference The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed it is conducting an investigation into several dozen COVID-19 cases linked to the agency’s annual conference that occurred in Georgia last week. The CDC’s three-day 2023 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) conference began April 24 in Atlanta, where the agency is headquartered. The purpose of the… Yahoo News

...CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday that about 35 people had tested positive as of May 2.

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