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Delta accounts for 93% of COVID-19 cases: 11 CDC stats to know

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, Public Health
August 6, 2021

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Hard Lessons From a City That Tried to Privatize Public Health

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester in Health Industry, Kaiser Health News, Public Health, states
August 6, 2021

Facing bankruptcy, Detroit largely dismantled its public health department in 2012, and the city essentially went two years without a government-run public health system. Five years later, this major American city offers a grim cautionary tale.

Clarity on Covid Count: Pandemic’s Toll on Seniors Extended Well Beyond Nursing Homes

By Judith Graham in CDC, COVID-19, Kaiser Health News, Navigating Aging, Nursing Homes, Public Health
August 6, 2021

The latest research shows that although deaths in nursing homes received enormous attention, far more older adults who perished from covid lived outside of institutions. People with dementia and other severe neurological conditions, chronic kidney disease and immune deficiencies were hit especially hard.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta Blues

By Syndicate – Kaiser Health News in Biden Administration, COVID-19, fda, Global Health Watch, Kaiser Health News, KHN's 'What The Health?', Multimedia, Podcasts, Public Health, states, Vaccines
August 5, 2021

Covid is back with a vengeance, with some people clamoring for booster shots while others harden their resistance to getting vaccinated at all. Meanwhile, the Food and Drug Administration is pushing hard on drugmaker Pfizer’s request to upgrade the emergency authorization for its vaccine and give it final approval. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also, for “extra credit,” the panelists suggest their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read, too.