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Investigation estimates over 4,000 Covid pandemic victims at Madrid care homes ‘could have been saved’

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More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System - KFF Health News A shortage of primary care providers is driving more people to seek routine care in emergency settings. In Rhode Island, safety-net clinics are under pressure as clinicians retire or burn out, and patients say it’s harder to find care as they lose connections to familiar doctors. khnerich KFF Health News

U.S.health system problems: More Americans are losing their doctors, and too few new pediatricians

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CDC, Virginia warn of invasive meningococcal bacterial outbreak --rare but severe.

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-04-02 10:07

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How to improve preparedness for the next pandemic The key to improving pandemic preparedness in the U.S. is not simply additional funding, but also better management of federal resources. ckulat The Hill

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Opinion: How to improve preparedness for the next pandemic

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-03-29 17:51

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Since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an unfortunate decline in policy interest in preparations for the next one.

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The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients - KFF Health News It’s estimated that an older patient can spend three weeks of the year getting care — and that doesn’t count the time it takes to arrange appointments or deal with insurance companies. khnkit KFF Health News

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Analysis: The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-27 10:59

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After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail The danger was obvious in 2021, when ransomware gangs struck hospitals already overwhelmed by the covid-19 pandemic. Joseph Menn The Washington Post

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Analysis: After years of ransomware attacks, health-care defenses still fail

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-20 10:58

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Health experts plead for unvaxxed Americans to get measles shot as cases rise The US hit last year's total in under 12 weeks, suggesting we're in for a bad time. Beth Mole Ars Technica

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Measles: AMA and CDC health experts plead for unvaxxed Americans to get measles shot as cases rises

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-20 10:06

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COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic Despite remarkable scientific advances, key weaknesses in the country's COVID response have only become more glaring. Caitlin Owens Axios

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Analysis: Backlash to COVID countermeasures could leave the U.S. less ready for a future pandemic.

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-03-18 09:59

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More parents are delaying their kids' vaccines, and it's alarming pediatricians More parents are choosing to delay childhood vaccinations, such as the MMR vaccine. Doctors worry toddlers remain vulnerable as measles spreads. Yahoo News

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Delays in kids getting vaccine and Trump's vaccine rhetoric causes concern

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-03-11 17:53

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