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U.S.: More military medical personnel are assisting hospitals with Covid-19 treatment as staff shortages mount

Wed, 2022-01-05 19:01 — mike kraft

(CNN) As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations now surpass those during the Delta variant surge over the summer and fall, more states are enacting emergency protocols to deal with growing staff shortages at hospitals.

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Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages

Wed, 2022-01-05 13:01 — mike kraft

Covid-positive health care workers struggle with return to work amid staff shortages Health care workers across the country find themselves once again at the forefront of another Covid-19 surge, but this time many are being sidelined after testing positive, leading to a nationwide hospital staffing shortage YahooNews

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Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic'

Mon, 2022-01-03 10:18 — mike kraft

Why this Covid-19 surge is 'unprecedented in this pandemic' The new year is starting with a massive influx of Covid-19 that's different from any other during this pandemic, doctors say. Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan, CNN CNN

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SOme U.S pharmacies are losing staff, can't keep up with prescriptions

Tue, 2021-12-28 18:08 — mike kraft

Pharmacies don't have enough staff to keep up with prescriptions Pharmacy technicians are quitting in waves, saying they’re being asked to do too much with too little pay, increasing the possibility of prescription mistakes. YahooNews

Heidi Strehl worked as a pharmacy technician at a Rite Aid in the Pittsburgh suburbs for more than 16 years. She loved her customers, enjoyed her job and thought of her co-workers as family. But this fall, Strehl abruptly quit, walking out in the middle of a shift — one of many in a wave of pharmacy technicians who are doing the same.

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Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers; clashes over alternative treatments

Fri, 2021-12-24 10:39 — mike kraft

Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers | AP News BOSTON (AP) — Staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month in London’s hospitals, and nearly 10% of the city’s firefighters called out sick. In New York, about 2,700 police officers were absent earlier this week — twice the number who are ill on an average day. AP NEWS

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US shortens COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers to 7 days

Fri, 2021-12-24 09:41 — mike kraft

US sets shorter COVID-19 isolation rules for health workers | AP News NEW YORK (AP) — Worried that a new COVID-19 wave could overwhelm understaffed U.S. hospitals, federal officials on Thursday loosened rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive. AP NEWS

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Overview: Louisiana ,other states facing Covid problems; international developments

Mon, 2021-12-20 17:33 — mike kraft

Live updates: COVID cases rise in Louisiana amid omicron | AP News BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana is starting to see growing numbers of COVID-19 cases months after emerging from a fourth surge of the coronavirus outbreak, with the state at risk of another spike as the omicron variant spreads. AP NEWS

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U.S. faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances

Thu, 2021-12-16 10:51 — mike kraft

US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances | AP News The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row. AP NEWS

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Editorial: Pragmatic steps to be smart about Covid and improve lives--NY Times

Mon, 2021-12-13 20:55 — mike kraft

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How Philadelphia Achieved High Vaccination Rate for Health Workers

Fri, 2021-12-10 17:42 — mike kraft

While the national vaccine mandate for health care workers remains mired in the federal courts, government officials say there is ample proof that requirements work — and do not cause a mass exodus of employees that some critics had feared.

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