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Medical staff in China’s hospitals say COVID-19 ripping through their ranks
HONG KONG, Dec 14 (Reuters) – A growing number of China’s doctors and nurses are catching COVID-19 and some have been asked to keep working, as people showing mostly moderate symptoms throng hospitals and clinics, according to medical staff and dozens of posts on social media. China’s health authority did not immediately respond to a request for comment on infections among medical staff. Health experts say China’s sudden loosening of strict COVID rules is likely to trigger a surge in severe cases in coming months, and hospitals in big cities are already showing signs of strain. Reuters was unable to immediately get verification from hospitals on waiting times and bed…
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LA Health Officials Recommend Return to Indoor Masking as COVID-19 Cases Rise
This isn’t a headline from 2020 or 2021. On November 17, 2022, LA County health officials made a strong recommendation for residents to wear masks indoors. In the last 30 days, the region saw a 70 percent jump in new COVID-19 cases. Officials suggest mask usage for public indoor spaces like transit but fell short of offering the same guidance for indoor dining at restaurants. COVID-19-positive patients checking into area hospitals increased from 388 to 648 since late October. According to the Los Angeles Times, approximately 1,466 new cases were reported in LA County, versus 869 cases a day a month ago. Over the last few years, LA County health…
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First settlement reached for health-care workers in lawsuit filed over COVID-19 vaccine mandate | Illinois
(The Center Square) – The first settlement in the U.S. has been reached in a class action lawsuit filed by health care workers over a university system’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Chicago-based NorthShore University HealthSystem has agreed to pay more than 500 current and former health-care workers a total of $10,337,500 as part of the terms of the settlement. It’s also changing its policy to accommodate religious exemption requests and rehiring former employees who were fired or forced to resign whose exemption requests were denied. Represented by the nonprofit religious freedom organization Liberty Counsel, NorthShore employees sued, alleging they were discriminated against because they were denied religious exemptions from the company’s…
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How do different COVID-19 recovery paths impact health, food systems, and the environment?
In a recent study published in The Lancet Planetary Health, researchers investigated the effects of different recovery paths of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on human health and environmental and food sustainability. Study: How different COVID-19 recovery paths affect human health, environmental sustainability, and food affordability: a modelling study. Image Credit: Tikhonova Yana/Shutterstock Background With the increasing rates of COVID-19 infection, governments enforced intra- and international movement restrictions to curb the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Nonetheless, concerns about the resilience of the globalized food system emerged under such restrictions. The leading cause of global deaths in 2017 was poor diet. Poor health outcomes usually occur due…
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Covid-19: Hong Kong considering China-style health code and real-name tracing app upgrade – health chief
Hongkongers may be required to submit real-name registration in order to use the contact-tracing LeaveHomeSafe app in the future, the city’s health chief has said. The city may also adopt a “health code” system similar to the one used on the mainland, in a bid to curb the latest outbreak of Covid infections, according to Lo Chung-mau. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau. Photo: GovHK. Appearing on a TV programme on Sunday, Lo was asked if LeaveHomeSafe will eventually come with a tracking function to better trace Covid patients. “Contact-tracing is not our priority, the more important thing to do may be having real-name registration, and having an effective way to…
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Davos elite don’t expect a Covid-19 style health crisis from monkeypox
Business and political leaders gathered in the Swiss hilltop town of Davos in May 2022 for the World Economic Forum. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images As the business and political elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland, this week for the first in-person World Economic Forum since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, global health concerns once again loomed heavy. A mysterious recent outbreak of monkeypox — a rare viral infection endemic to Africa — has confounded doctors and scientists as cases have surged across Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East. As of Wednesday, at least 237 confirmed and suspected cases of the disease have…
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