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Virus Surges Again Across Most of the United States

Wed, 2020-10-21 10:07 — mike kraft

As the coronavirus races across the country, it has reached every corner of a nursing home in Kansas, infecting all 62 residents inside. There are so few hospital beds available in North Dakota that patients sick with the virus are being ferried by ambulance to facilities 100 miles away. And in Ohio, more people are hospitalized with the virus than at any other time during the pandemic.

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U.S. tops 60,000 daily coronavirus infections for first time since early August

Fri, 2020-10-16 09:29 — mike kraft

U.S. tops 60,000 daily coronavirus infections for first time since early August This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its advice on how people should handle the upcoming holidays, saying people at elevated risk of a severe covid-19 illness -- older people and those with chronic conditions -- “should not attend in-person holiday celebrations.” Joel Achenbach, Jacqueline Dupree Washington Post

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Only two US states report a decline of new cases and nationwide hospitalizations are increasing

Thu, 2020-10-08 09:44 — mike kraft

Only two US states report a decline of new cases and nationwide hospitalizations are increasing Covid-19 cases are trending upwards across the US, with only two states reporting a decline of cases compared to last week. And hospitalizations across the country have also begun to rise, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

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New coronavirus cases are on the decline in only three US states

Sun, 2020-10-04 09:47 — mike kraft

New coronavirus cases are on the decline in only three US states Only three US states are reporting a decline in new Covid-19 cases compared to last week. Madeline Holcombe and Christina Maxouris, CNN CNN

(CNN) Only three US states are reporting a decline in new Covid-19 cases compared to last week.

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U.S Sees ominous national trend as cases rise in most states

Sat, 2020-10-03 09:50 — mike kraft

Trump’s infection is part of an ominous national trend as cases rise in most states Coronavirus cases are up in 33 states and Puerto Rico, and hospitalizations are rising. Brady Dennis, Joel Achenbach Washington Post

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OPINION: Fostering the states health care roles

Fri, 2020-10-02 14:52 — mike kraft

Fostering states as laboratories During the coronavirus pandemic, states played an important role in the absence of federal leadership during this pandemic. Myrisha S. Lewis, opinion contributor TheHill

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Evictions Damage Public Health. The CDC Aims To Curb Them ― For Now

Tue, 2020-09-29 16:17 — mike kraft

... As many as 40 million Americans faced a looming eviction risk in August, according to a report authored by 10 national housing and eviction experts. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited that estimate in early September when it ordered an unprecedented, nationwide eviction moratorium through the end of 2020.

That move — a moratorium from the country's top public health agency — spotlights a message experts have preached for years without prompting much policy action: Housing stability and health are intertwined.

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COVID-19 data on Native Americans is ‘a national disgrace.’ says scientist

Thu, 2020-09-24 13:17 — mike kraft

COVID-19 data on Native Americans is ‘a national disgrace.’ This scientist is fighting to be counted Abigail Echo-Hawk is working around the clock to close discriminatory data gaps Science | AAAS

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Massive genetic study shows coronavirus mutating and potentially evolving amid rapid U.S. spread

Wed, 2020-09-23 19:51 — mike kraft

Massive genetic study shows coronavirus mutating and potentially evolving amid rapid U.S. spread The largest U.S. genetic study of the virus, conducted in Houston, shows one viral strain outdistancing all of its competitors, and many potentially important mutations. Washington Post

Scientists in Houston on Wednesday released a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the coronavirus that reveals the virus’s continual accumulation of mutations, one of which may have made it more contagious.

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New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States

Wed, 2020-09-16 20:08 — mike kraft

New Climate Maps Show a Transformed United States According to new data analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures, rising seas and changing rainfall will profoundly reshape the way people have lived in North America for centuries. ProPublica

According to new data from the Rhodium Group analyzed by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, warming temperatures and changing rainfall will drive agriculture and temperate climates northward, while sea level rise will consume coastlines and dangerous levels of humidity will swamp the Mississippi River valley.

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