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Pediatric flu deaths exceed 100 for first time since the pandemic started

Pediatric flu deaths exceed 100 for first time since the pandemic started

The number of pediatric flu deaths during the current season has officially gone over 100, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — more than twice the number of the pediatric deaths confirmed in the last flu season. The CDC reported nine pediatric flu deaths this week, bringing the total for this […]

Health Care — Pfizer’s record pandemic earnings expected to end

Health Care — Pfizer’s record pandemic earnings expected to end

🏀 High school sports are getting way too competitive: A 22 year-old coach in Virginia impersonated one of her basketball players.   On Capitol Hill, House Republicans passed their first COVID-related bills, including one that would end the health worker vaccine mandate.  But first we look at Pfizer’s record earnings and why they won’t last. […]

Could a fungal pandemic turn us all into zombies?

Could a fungal pandemic turn us all into zombies?

During the Covid pandemic, there was an explosion of black fungus cases in India. More than 4,000 people died. Steroids being taken for Covid, which weakened immune systems, and high levels of diabetes, are thought to have aided the fungus’s proliferation. Source link

House GOP to focus COVID panel on virus origins, pandemic spending

House GOP to focus COVID panel on virus origins, pandemic spending

Republicans have significantly retooled the focus of the House panel investigating the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, a move that aligns with the new majority’s oversight focus.  As part of the rules package that passed the House 220-213 on Monday night, the 12-member Select Committee on the Coronavirus Response will be charged with examining […]

7 healthy eating tips to strengthen their immune systems  to face the COVID-19 pandemic

7 healthy eating tips to strengthen their immune systems to face the COVID-19 pandemic

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Health Care — Spending bill tackles Medicaid, pandemic response 

Health Care — Spending bill tackles Medicaid, pandemic response 

🐕 It took the right little girl to want the shelter dog with Cushing’s disease. We’re rooting for Princess Fiona’s adoption to work out.    Today in health, we take a look at which health provisions made it into the spending bill.  Welcome to Overnight Health Care, where we’re following the latest moves on policy and […]

Jordan spars with former Trump vaccine official over 'gag order' during pandemic

Jordan spars with former Trump vaccine official over 'gag order' during pandemic

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sparred Wednesday with a former senior Trump administration health official over whether the administration issued a “gag order” amid its chaotic response in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Rick Bright, the former head of a vaccines development agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, appeared at a […]