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COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking--survey

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-10-02 10:24

Survey: COVID home test results can enhance disease tracking At least one household member and six healthcare workers who encountered the index case-patient are being investigated after showing symptoms of viral infection. CIDRAP

Online nonprobability survey estimates suggest that 54 million US COVID-19 infections went uncounted in official records after home tests were widely deployed and institutional testing waned starting in February 2022. ...

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Measles in Chicago spreading to nearby counties.

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-27 10:51

Measles cases in Chicago, 2 suburban counties have State of Illinois taking action The Pilsen migrant shelter at 2248 S. Halsted St. is the origin point for the majority of the measles cases in Chicago, and now health officials say the cases confirmed in Lake and Will counties are both connected to this outbreak. CBS Chicago

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A group of Minnesotans are suing local hospitals after loved ones died from COVID-19

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2023-12-28 18:19

A group of Minnesotans are suing local hospitals after losing loved ones to COVID-19 A group of Minnesotans gather together to share stories about COVID-19 and the loved ones they lost. CBS Minnesota

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The group believes doctors received bonuses and incentives for giving medications, like remdesivir, to sick family members. They claim their loved ones got worse after receiving the medication....

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Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2022-12-06 10:32

Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites BOSTON (AP) — Boston is planning to establish 11 wastewater testing sites across the city to help monitor for spikes in the COVID-19 virus. The head of the Boston Public Health Commission said the city is partnering with vendors to create the sites as COVID-19 levels in wastewater across the region have begun rising. AP NEWS

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Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston’s public health commissioner, said the city will be sampling water from the sites on a weekly basis. Ojikutu said the testing will also help the city monitor for the appearance of new variants of the disease.

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How one Minnesota county has been rapidly housing the homeless since the pandemic

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2022-10-17 08:44

How one Minnesota county has been rapidly housing the homeless since the pandemic | CNN Politics With financial help from the federal pandemic aid packages passed by Congress, Hennepin County has been able to move at lightning-fast speed to implement a multilayer plan addressing housing and homelessness -- work that usually moves at a snail's pace. Katie Lobosco CNN

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U.S. flu cases are rising as masks come off

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2022-03-28 09:57

As Covid-19 cases fall and masks come off, flu cases are rising After circulating at nearly nonexistent levels last year, influenza is increasing in most of the United States. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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While flu activity has been increasing in most places across the country, the highest levels have been recorded in the central and south-central regions of the United States, according to the CDC. ...

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