Thursday, September 30, 2021
Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites | Kaiser Health News
Covid Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of Urbanites | Kaiser Health News: Rural Americans are dying of covid at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely to widen as access to medical care shrinks for a population that tends to be older, sicker, heavier, poorer and less vaccinated.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Pfizer vaccine for kids may not be available until November | Modern Healthcare
Pfizer vaccine for kids may not be available until November | Modern Healthcare: Pfizer has submitted research to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine in children.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Monday, September 27, 2021
Depression During Pregnancy Raises Risk of Mood Disorder in Kids - Consumer Health News | HealthDay
Depression During Pregnancy Raises Risk of Mood Disorder in Kids - Consumer Health News | HealthDay: MONDAY, Sept. 27, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- When mothers suffer depression during or after pregnancy, their kids may be at heightened risk, too -- all the way into young adulthood, a new study suggests.Of more than 5,000 kids researchers followed until age 24, those whose moms had depression during o...
Friday, September 24, 2021
Mounting deaths fuel school bus drivers’ Covid fears | Georgia Health News
Mounting deaths fuel school bus drivers’ Covid fears | Georgia Health News: Natalia D’Angelo got sick right after school started in August.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
COVID-19 Is Making Moms Feel More Pressure to Breastfeed | Time
COVID-19 Is Making Moms Feel More Pressure to Breastfeed | Time: Pressure on women to breastfeed isn’t new. But COVID-19 is adding a new layer of stress.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Delta has been brutal in rural areas already reeling from pandemic - STAT
Delta has been brutal in rural areas already reeling from pandemic - STAT: Several states, including Florida and Georgia, have experienced the highest levels of hospitalizations to date in recent months, as the highly contagious variant sweeps through the country, and within those states, rural areas are especially hard-hit.
Monday, September 20, 2021
Pfizer: COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11
Pfizer: COVID-19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11: Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step
Friday, September 17, 2021
Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid | Kaiser Health News
Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid | Kaiser Health News: Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.
Study: Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic | Modern Healthcare
Study: Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic | Modern Healthcare: The pandemic appears to be worsening the nation's longstanding obesity epidemic, and obesity can put people at risk for more severe illness after coronavirus infection.
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Child Covid-19 cases increased nearly 240% since July, pediatricians' group says - CNN
Child Covid-19 cases increased nearly 240% since July, pediatricians' group says - CNN: Children account for 29% of cases in the US.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Boy kills self after finding gun at grandmother's house in Macon
Boy kills self after finding gun at grandmother's house in Macon: A 4-year-old boy fatally shot himself Friday night after finding a gun while visiting his grandmother, authorities said.
Friday, September 10, 2021
Unvaccinated Americans Are 11 Times More Likely to Die of Covid, C.D.C. Reports - The New York Times
Unvaccinated Americans Are 11 Times More Likely to Die of Covid, C.D.C. Reports - The New York Times: were 4.5 times more likely than vaccinated individuals to become infected, 10 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 11 times more likely to die from the coronavirus, the study found.
Georgia doctors among those offering unproven ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment
Georgia doctors among those offering unproven ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment: The Georgia medical board has taken no stance on the use of the drug ivermectin to treat COVID-19, even though the FDA and the nation's largest physic
Thursday, September 9, 2021
US data show child COVID-19 cases rising exponentially | CIDRAP
US data show child COVID-19 cases rising exponentially | CIDRAP: For the first time, children account for more than a quarter of new weekly COVID-19 cases.
‘Religious’ Exemptions Add Legal Thorns to Looming Vaccine Mandates | Kaiser Health News
‘Religious’ Exemptions Add Legal Thorns to Looming Vaccine Mandates | Kaiser Health News: No major religion’s teachings denounce vaccination, but that hasn’t kept individual churches and others from providing religious “cover” for people to avoid submitting to vaccination as a workplace requirement.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
The COVID vaccines are still the pandemic's endgame - Axios
The COVID vaccines are still the pandemic's endgame - Axios: "People think the vaccine at some level is failing. We're doing fine," said Paul Offit, a physician and vaccine expert at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "The problem is, the vaccine doesn't work if you don't get it."
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Friday, September 3, 2021
COVID-19 antibodies in blood supply rising, driven by vaccinations | Modern Healthcare
COVID-19 antibodies in blood supply rising, driven by vaccinations | Modern Healthcare: More than 80% of the U.S. blood supply carries COVID-19 antibodies, but herd immunity remains out of reach because too few are vaccinated, a new study shows.
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Georgia hospitals brimming with patients seek more oxygen | Modern Healthcare
Georgia hospitals brimming with patients seek more oxygen | Modern Healthcare: Some Georgia hospitals began to see oxygen shortages about 10 days ago, especially smaller, rural hospitals that weren't used to administering so much oxygen to so many patients.
The workforce is missing a key to unlock quality goals | Modern Healthcare
The workforce is missing a key to unlock quality goals | Modern Healthcare: A new study calls for greater quality standardization to help professionals on newer areas of focus like population health and patient engagement issues.
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