Category: Public Health

US records most deaths in 1 week; Pfizer vaccine meets FDA criteria for authorization — 5 COVID-19 updates

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, Public Health
December 8, 2020

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Tracking COVID’s Spread Inside a Tight-Knit Latino Community

By Markian Hawryluk in COVID-19, Kaiser Health News, Public Health, states
December 8, 2020

Contact tracing for COVID-19 in a Latino immigrant community has some unique challenges. But as public health officials in Telluride, Colorado, are showing, using resources from inside those communities can help track and contain the coronavirus.

Senate Republicans Throw the Brakes on Timing for Becerra Hearings

By EMMARIE HUETTEMAN in Biden Administration, Kaiser Health News, Public Health
December 8, 2020

Republican spokespeople for the committees responsible for vetting Health and Human Services nominations said the Senate may not hold hearings on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the department, until the Senate approves committee assignments for the new Congress. That could delay the start of the process.

A Child’s Death in the Heartland Changes Community Views About COVID

By Sara Shipley Hiles in COVID-19, Kaiser Health News, Public Health, states
December 8, 2020

As America enters a dark winter with no national directives against COVID-19, Washington, Missouri, faced the same dilemma numerous other communities are grappling with: enact restrictions to curb the pandemic or leave people to their own will? Then a local 13-year-old died.