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Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt.

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Climate migration is about to explode. Cities will bear the brunt. With planning, some mayors see an opportunity to flip a crisis into an opportunity. Dave Levitan Grid News
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U.S. Community health groups that played crucial role during Covid-19 pandemic say they’re being left out of government funding

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Community health groups that played crucial role during Covid-19 pandemic say they're being left out of government funding | CNN As the US government distributes some of the most significant investments ever to improve public health, grass-roots organizations that work in underserved communities say they're being overlooked. Elizabeth Cohen,Lauren Mascarenhas CNN
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Pediatric respiratory cases, flu strain Pacific NW hospitals

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Pediatric respiratory cases, flu strain Pacific NW hospitals PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Children's hospitals in the Pacific Northwest are struggling to maintain enough space for their young patients, and some report being over capacity amid increasing strain due to a surge in respiratory illness and hospitalizations. AP NEWS

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Two hospitals in Oregon that account for much of the state’s pediatric intensive care capacity have moved to crisis standards of care. The state government standards provide guidelines for hospitals on how to provide care in cases of limited resources....

 

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Shortages of antivirals, antibiotics complicate treatments for children hit by viral illnesses

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Shortages of antivirals, antibiotics compound stress of a rough season for viral illnesses in kids | CNN Shortages of key medications used to treat common childhood illnesses like flu, ear infections and sore throats are adding to the misery of this year's early and severe respiratory virus season. Brenda Goodman,Raenu Charles CNN

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Only a quarter of Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment orders will go to developing countries--Oxfam

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Just a quarter of Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment orders will go to developing countries | Oxfam International

Some nations could be paying ten times the price of Paxlovid’s generic equivalent, as WHO chief calls for treatment access to battle acute and long COVID-19

Rich countries have secured almost three times as many courses of a World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommended COVID-19 medicine, Pfizer’s Paxlovid, according to new analysis from Oxfam and the People’s Vaccine Alliance.

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Canadian hospitals strain to care for influx of sick chidren but are short staffed

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Canadian hospitals, strapped for staff, strain with sick children Canadian hospitals are straining to care for an influx of sick children, many with respiratory illnesses, in the midst of staffing constraints and as a shortage of children's over-the-counter medication sends more kids to hospital. Anna Mehler Paperny Reuters
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RSV, covid and flu are pushing U.S.hospitals to the brink

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RSV, covid and flu push hospitals to the brink — and it may get worse Hospitals across the United States are overwhelmed, and experts believe conditions will deteriorate in coming months. Sabrina Malhi Washington Post
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U.S. Pediatricians lobby for more federal help to fight wave of respiratory llnesses

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Pediatricians beg for more federal help to fight wave of RSV - Roll Call Two medical groups have asked the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency to respond to the glut of respiratory viruses. Roll Call

After two winters spent masked and six feet apart, pediatric respiratory viruses have returned with a vengeance, and pediatric hospitals, emergency room doctors and pediatricians are lobbying Congress and the Biden administration to provide more support.

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U.S. faces third Covid winter, without key tools and treatments

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U.S. set to face third Covid winter without key tools and treatments Already, some hospitals in New York City are planning to stop using certain drugs because resistant Covid variants are spreading, an infectious disease specialist told STAT. Andrew Joseph STAT
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Information on the new COVID variants that are circulating

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New COVID Variants Are Circulating. Here's What to Know. As it gets colder and more people move their activities indoors, the recent decline in COVID-19 cases across the United States has started to level off. Coronavirus-related hospitalizations are ticking up in a number of states, including Arizona, Indiana, Illinois, Nevada, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. And there have been a variety of unnerving headlines about the immune evasion and increased transmissibility of the next round of coronavirus subvariants. At least half a dozen v YahooNews

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