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More mask mandates reemerge in U.S. amid upturn in COVID-19 cases

Thu, 2023-08-24 10:13 — mike kraft
Mask mandates reemerge amid upturn in COVID-19 cases The recent upturn in COVID-19 cases in some regions has spurred a handful of entities around the country to reinstate mask mandates, reigniting the debate over what place masking requirements have … colinmeyn The Hill
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More than 300 persons charged with theft of milions from U.S. Covid emergency funds

Wed, 2023-08-23 17:24 — mike kraft
Justice Department announces charges against hundreds of alleged COVID-19 fraudsters Hundreds of people have been charged with the theft of more than $830 million in COVID-19 emergency aid following a nationwide operation conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. AP News

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Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans, officials warn

Tue, 2023-08-22 11:36 — mike kraft
Fake Arizona rehab centers scam Native Americans far from home, officials warn during investigations Hundreds of Native Americans have been recruited to addiction treatment centers in Phoenix from states as far away as Montana in a widespread billing scheme that mostly targeted Medicaid’s American Indian Health Program. AP News

 

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Cyberattack on some U.S. hospitals keeps computers offline for weeks

Fri, 2023-08-18 17:54 — mike kraft
Cyberattack keeps hospitals' computers offline for weeks Key computer systems at hospitals and clinics in several states have yet to be turned back on more than two weeks after a cyberattack forced some emergency room shutdowns and ambulance diversions. AP News
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Binge drinking, substance use reached all -time high in U.S. during 2022 --NIH

Fri, 2023-08-18 12:55 — mike kraft
Binge drinking, marijuana and hallucinogen use reach all-time highs, NIH says - UPI.com Cannabis and hallucinogen use, as well as binge drinking, among U.S. adults ages 35-50 reached a historic high in 2022, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday. UPI

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Misinformation issue: Report spotlights 52 US doctors who posted potentially harmful COVID misinformation online

Thu, 2023-08-17 11:22 — mike kraft
Report spotlights 52 US doctors who posted potentially harmful COVID misinformation online Arkadiusz Warguła / iStock CIDRAP

Two new studies describe a couple sources of the COVID-19 "infodemic" on social media: US physicians and proponents and practitioners of "doing your own research."

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Covid fraud: Utah man posing as doctor selling fake COVID-19 cure arrested after three-year manhunt

Wed, 2023-08-16 10:12 — mike kraft
Utah man posing as doctor selling fake COVID-19 cure arrested after three-year manhunt Gordon Hunter Pedersen, 63, said his "structural alkaline silver" product made the virus "incapable" of infecting someone. CBS News

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U.S. COVID hospitalizations rise for fourth straight week

Tue, 2023-08-15 19:54 — mike kraft
COVID hospitalizations rise for fourth straight week ER visits are also climbing, with the steepest rise in kids. Yahoo Life

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Generalized vaccine hesitancy a factor in most decisions to not get COVID-19 vaccines --study

Wed, 2023-08-09 17:45 — mike kraft
Vaccine hesitancy behind most decisions to not get COVID-19 vaccines The level of hesitancy for the COVID-19 vaccine was much higher than for other routinely given vaccines. CIDRAP

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Vaccine hesitancy, which began to grow steadily in the US during the early 2000s with false claims that common childhood vaccines caused autism, soared again during the pandemic, as employee vaccine mandates became political footballs.

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Extroverts more likely to refuse vaccines, Canadian study finds

Wed, 2023-08-09 12:47 — mike kraft
Extroverts more likely to refuse vaccines, study finds - UPI.com Compared to other personality styles, extroverts were 18% more likely to refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, a new study found. UPI

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When studying which personality types were more likely to resist getting vaccines, researchers got a surprise.

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