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Nearly 50,000 Americans are hospitalized with coronavirus as experts warn of growing health care pressure

Mon, 2020-11-02 09:27 — mike kraft

Nearly 50,000 Americans are hospitalized with coronavirus as experts warn of growing health care pressure The fall surge has left nearly 50,000 people hospitalized across the US due to Covid-19, and experts say the strain health care systems are under could soon get worse. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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‘At Capacity’: Covid-19 Patients Push U.S. Hospitals to Brink

Fri, 2020-10-23 10:16 — mike kraft

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — A hospital in Idaho is 99 percent full and warning that it may have to transfer coronavirus patients to hospitals in Seattle and Portland, Ore. Medical centers in Kansas City, Mo., turned away ambulances on a recent day because they had no room for more patients. And in West Allis, just outside Milwaukee, an emergency field hospital erected on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair admitted its first virus patient this week.

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Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported?

Mon, 2020-10-19 10:51 — mike kraft

Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported? WASHINGTON (AP) — After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests. But the boom comes with a new... AP NEWS

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Laboratory-made antibodies are a best bet for a coronavirus treatment, but there won’t be enough

Wed, 2020-09-30 11:53 — mike kraft

These laboratory-made antibodies are a best bet for a coronavirus treatment, but there won’t be enough Experts have big hopes for these specialized drugs created by living cells. But they are expensive and hard to scale up, so even success will have limited impact on the virus. Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year

Fri, 2020-09-25 13:46 — mike kraft

China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese health official said Friday that the country's annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year, following an aggressive government... AP NEWS

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese health official said Friday that the country’s annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year, following an aggressive government support program for construction of new factories.

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Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing

Thu, 2020-09-10 10:30 — mike kraft

Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. Now, as she... AP NEWS

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ANALYSIS IN DEPTH The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most

Tue, 2020-09-01 09:49 — mike kraft

The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most It is one of many weaknesses that left the United States ill-prepared for a pandemic. Chelsea Janes, William Wan Washington Post

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Why Some People Are Waiting Weeks for Their COVID-19 Test Results

Thu, 2020-08-13 11:39 — mike kraft

Why Some People Are Waiting Weeks for Their COVID-19 Test Results Labs and agencies are grappling with supply shortages, logistical challenges, and a lack of federal guidance Time

....As the United States struggles to control the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the country are using Twitter to announce the arrival of their virus test results. The point of these tweets is not just to broadcast the result itself, but to point out the absurdity of receiving a result so stale that it’s almost completely useless from a public health standpoint.

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Pandemic Is Overwhelming U.S. Public Health Capacity In Many States. What Now?

Tue, 2020-07-28 08:54 — mike kraft

When the coronavirus pandemic began, public health experts had high hopes for the United States. After all, the U.S. literally invented the tactics that have been used for decades to quash outbreaks around the world: Quickly identify everyone who gets infected. Track down everyone exposed to the virus. Test everyone. Isolate the sick and quarantine the exposed to stop the virus from spreading.

The hope was that a wealthy country like the United States would deploy those tried-and-true measures to rapidly contain the virus — like quickly dousing every ember from a campfire to keep it from erupting into a forest fire.

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Hoboken and Morristown Shortages

Thu, 2012-11-01 15:02 — mdmcdonald

It appears that there are food, water and energy shortages in Hoboken and Morristown. The problem right now is that commercial companies and thir vehicles are having difficulties operating in the flooding areas like Hoboken. In those areas, emotions are getting stretched, where facilities and residences have no electricty or supplies.

http://weather.aol.com/2012/10/31/tempers-flare-as-food-runs-short-in-hoboken-n-j/?ncid=webmail1

The National Guard has several vehicles that can deliver food and water neighborhood by neighborhood. Citizen groups are also forming to assist with food and water distribution.

Burger King has an emergency food and water distribution group. They have been contacted. Wegmans is fully operational in New Jersey. Contacts have been made with New Jersey Emergency Services and with the New Jersey Food Council.

Efforts are now underway to establish channels for using crowd-sourcing, intelligent social networks, social network analysis, and media analysis on the New Jersey food and water assessments. Linkages are being made between DHS and the National Center for Food Protection and Defense to identify and resolve gaps in assessment processes.

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