Category: Public Health

Biden’s pandemic plan could enlist FEMA to operate up to 100 vaccination sites

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Childhood obesity rates hit all-time high, survey finds

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Mask stickers could help detect early COVID-19 infections

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Assume UK variant is deadlier, Fauci says; social distancing, masks needed until late July, model predicts — 9 COVID-19 updates

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How pandemic fatigue has affected social distancing, mask-wearing efforts: 4 notes on American behavior

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Amid Covid Health Worker Shortage, Foreign-Trained Professionals Sit on Sidelines

Hospitals dealing with staff shortages during the current covid surge are unable to tap into one valuable resource: foreign-trained doctors, nurses and other health workers, many with experience treating infectious diseases. Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Nevada are the only states to have eased credentialing requirements during the pandemic.

Vaccine Ramp-Up Squeezes Covid Testing and Tracing

The ability of California health officials to multitask in a pandemic will be severely tested as they scramble to find staff for vaccination sites while maintaining testing and contact tracing.

Mixing COVID-19 vaccine doses OK in rare situations, CDC says

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60% of Americans don’t have enough information about COVID-19 vaccine availability, survey finds

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Some evidence indicates UK strain is more deadly, Boris Johnson says

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