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COVID and flu surge could strain hospitals as JN.1 variant grows, CDC warns

Published December 15, 2023

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Published by: CBS News
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By Alexander TIn

Hospitals and emergency rooms could be forced to ration care by the end of this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thursday, saying recent trends in COVID-19 and influenza are now on track to again strain America’s health care system. The new COVID variant JN.1 is making up an increasing share of cases, the CDC’s tracking shows.

“COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising quickly,” the agency said in its weekly update. “Since the summer, public health officials have been tracking a rise in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), which is caused by COVID-19. Influenza activity is growing in most parts of the country. RSV activity remains high in many areas.”

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US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

Published November 29, 2023

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Published by: The Associated Press
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By Mike Stobbe

U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2022 rise was mainly due to the waning pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers said Wednesday. But even with the large increase, U.S. life expectancy is only back to 77 years, 6 months — about what it was two decades ago.

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COVID variant BA.2.86 triples in new CDC estimates, now 8.8% of casesElectron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. Image captured and colourized at NIAID’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. Photo by: NIAID. Creative Commons CC BY 2.0 DEED Attribution 2.0 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
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COVID variant BA.2.86 triples in new CDC estimates, now 8.8% of cases

Published November 28, 2023

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By Alexander Tin

Nearly 1 in 10 new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are from the BA.2.86 variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated Monday, nearly triple what the agency estimated the highly mutated variant’s prevalence was two weeks ago.

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In Hospitals, Viruses Are Everywhere. Masks Are Not.

Published September 23, 2023

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Published by: The New York Times
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By Apoorva Mandavilli

Amid an uptick in Covid infections, administrators, staff and patients are divided over the need for masks in health care settings.

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Expected CDC guidance on N95 masks outrages health care workers

Published September 16, 2023

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Published by: NBC News / KFF Health News
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By Amy Maxmen

Nurses, researchers and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals.

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US CDC recommends broad use of updated COVID‑19 vaccines

Published September 13, 2023

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Published by: Reuters
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By Bhanvi Satija and Michael Erman

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Tuesday signed off on broad use of updated COVID-19 vaccines approved by the government – covering ages 6 months and up – as the country prepares to start a vaccination campaign within days.

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Where Have All The Masks Gone? And Why Is The CDC Missing In Action?

Published September 7, 2023

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Published by: Forbes
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By Judy Stone

The Biden administration has made a political choice—not a scientific or public health one—to downgrade the national response to COVID-19. Included in this is the reticence or outright avoidance of mentioning masking even as cases rise in the US. The CDC director, in talking about this late increase in COVID cases, bends over backward to mention hand-washing, but not N95s. Without question, N95s offer individuals protection against infection and leaving out that fact is a disservice and an abdication of duty.

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The CDC Doesn’t Care if You Get Sick and Die in The Hospital

Published August 25, 2023

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By Jessica Wildfire

“You might’ve heard the CDC is about to make things even more dangerous for patients when they vote on new, lower standards for infection control this November. This decision will hurt everyone. It will hurt doctors and nurses. It will hurt seniors. It will hurt children. It will hurt young, healthy adults (who goes to the hospital when they’re feeling great?) There’s only one small group it will help, and that’s healthcare CEOs and their bottom lines.”

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Updated Covid-19 vaccines are coming mid-September, officials say

Published August 25, 2023

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Published by: CNN
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By Brenda Goodman

Covid-19 vaccines that have been tweaked to teach the body how to fend off the current crop of circulating variants are now expected to land in drugstores and clinics in mid-September, CDC and FDA officials said.

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CDC weighs risk of BA.2.86 COVID-19 lineage as 3 more nations report sequences

Published August 23, 2023

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By Lisa Schnirring

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued its initial risk assessment of the BA.2.86 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, which says tests and treatments will likely be effective and that updated vaccines will still be able to reduce severe disease and hospitalizations.

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CDC tracking new COVID variant BA.2.86 after highly mutated strain reported in Michigan

Published August 18, 2023

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Published by: CBS News
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By Alexander Tin

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday it is tracking a recently discovered COVID-19 strain, BA.2.86, after a case of the highly mutated variant was discovered in Michigan.

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It might be time to upgrade your mask

Published January 12, 2022

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Published by: CNN
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By Rob Picheta

If you’re still wearing a cloth or surgical mask when you’re out and about, it’s time to rethink your face covering.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set to update its mask advice this week to best reflect the available options and the different levels of protection they provide, a CDC official told CNN Tuesday.

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