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Measles cases surge in the U.S.; health experts plead for more vaccinations

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-03-26 10:00

US sees surge in measles cases as health experts plead for more vaccinations This year’s total tally has now outpaced last year’s numbers, with 64 confirmed cases in 17 states so far, compared with 58 in 2023 The Guardian

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A look at how generation Z started charities duriung the COVID-19 Pandemic

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-03-25 11:46

Stuck at home during COVID-19, Gen Z started charities Nothing has spurred the entrepreneurial spirit of Gen Z quite like the COVID-19 pandemic and that extends to launching nonprofits. AP News

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Opinion: U.S. needs nonpartisan commission to examaine what wrong in dealing with early stages of COVID pandemic

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-03-22 19:30

What Did the US Get Wrong During Covid? We Need to Know In the first year of the pandemic, leaders badly fumbled. We need a nonpartisan investigation into how things went so wrong. F.D. Flam Bloomberg

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Native Americans are hit hardest by rising syphilis rates

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-03-21 11:12

Rapid Rise in Syphilis Hits Native Americans Hardest - KFF Health News With U.S. syphilis rates climbing to the worst level in seven decades, public health experts and the federal Indian Health Service are scrambling to detect and treat the disease in Native American communities, where babies are infected at a higher rate than in any other demographic. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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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

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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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

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: WHO says it is critical to catch up vaccinations to stem current outbreaks

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-20 10:00

'Critical' to catch up on measles vaccinations to stem outbreaks, says WHO Vaccinating children who missed their measles shots during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday, as outbreaks of the infectious disease increase worldwide. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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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

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: Overview of how COVID both changed America and then faded into background

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-03-14 10:06

Analysis: 4 years, 1.2 million lives and trillions of dollars later, a rematch | CNN Politics Americans may feel like they’re reliving 2020, with a general election rematch set for 2024. But while the politicians’ faces are the same, life is much different. Zachary B. Wolf CNN

..it’s equally remarkable, precisely four years later, how Covid-19 has both changed American life and also faded to the background.

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Analysis: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-03-13 13:13

How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health - KFF Health News Framed in the rhetoric of choice, Tennessee’s new law governing childhood vaccinations is among more than a dozen recently passed or pending nationwide that set parental freedom against community and children’s health. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Measles cases surge in the U.S.; health experts plead for more vaccinations

A look at how generation Z started charities duriung the COVID-19 Pandemic

Opinion: U.S. needs nonpartisan commission to examaine what wrong in dealing with early stages of COVID pandemic

Native Americans are hit hardest by rising syphilis rates

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

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

Measles: WHO says it is critical to catch up vaccinations to stem current outbreaks

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

Analysis: Overview of how COVID both changed America and then faded into background

Analysis: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health

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