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COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic - SARSCoV2

Fri, 2020-01-03 20:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

An expanding list of information resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic. A link to Resources, Information, FAQs and Research on this pandemic will be provided (in red - here), and at the bottom of this post . . .

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - Coronavirus COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 Tracker - Microsoft / Bing

CLICK HERE - WHO - Map and Dashboard - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 tracker - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

CLICK HERE - ESRI - Impact Planning for COVID-19 - Select your State and County

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FEMA chief says states will have to pay half instead of 25% of costs for countering natural disasters

Fri, 2025-05-16 15:26 — mike kraft

FEMA chief: Agency will raise state burden for disasters to 50% | Honolulu Star-Advertiser David Richardson, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said today that states would in the future bear half the costs for responding to natural disasters, up from 25% under current cost-sharing levels. Reuters Honolulu Star-Advertiser

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U.S. pharmacists stockpile drugs ahead of expected tariff impact

Fri, 2025-05-16 10:15 — mike kraft

Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs - KFF Health News While Big Pharma seems ready to weather the tariff storm, independent pharmacists and makers of generic drugs — which account for 90% of U.S. prescriptions — see trouble ahead for patients. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Measles: Wastewater testing in Houston foretold Texas outbreak

Fri, 2025-05-16 09:55 — mike kraft

Houston Wastewater Foretold Texas Measles Outbreak US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics, business, health, and education. HealthDay U.S. News & World Report

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U.S. EPA rolls back limits on some chemcals in drinking water.

Fri, 2025-05-16 09:39 — mike kraft

EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on so-called forever chemicals in drinking water | CNN The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were finalized last year, while maintaining standards for two common ones. CNN

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Trum administration funding cuts to South Africa will undermine TB and HIV research--analysis

Fri, 2025-05-16 09:32 — mike kraft

NIH Cuts To South Africa Will Cause Global Loss Of TB And HIV Research Capacity - Health Policy Watch These are some of the impacts on South Africa of the decision by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) barely a week ago to prohibit United States Health Policy Watch

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Native American leaders thank RFK Jr. on jobs issue but criticize cuts in programs

Thu, 2025-05-15 11:52 — mike kraft

Tribal leaders thank Kennedy for halting IHS layoffs but say HHS cuts will worsen Native American health The health of Native American communities is under threat because of massive cuts to federal health services, tribal leaders told senators Usha Lee McFarling STAT

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US government to withdraw prescription fluoride for children

Thu, 2025-05-15 11:26 — mike kraft

US to withdraw prescription fluoride for children US President Donald Trump's administration has announced plans to withdraw prescription fluoride drugs for children, part of a growing movement reexamining public exposure to fluoride. Science X Medical Xpress

... controversy has grown around the mineral's potential neurotoxic effects, while new US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has long been a vocal critic of fluoridated water.

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