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The Health Collaboratory is focused on improving the health of San Franciscans.

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Trump administration's health care proposal to protect consumers criticized as likely to reduce enrollment

Wed, 2025-03-12 09:47 — mike kraft
Health care proposal billed as consumer protection, but adds enrollment hoops The Trump administration issued its first major set of proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act on Monday that federal officials said are intended to crack down on fraud in the program. Policy experts ... Julie Appleby Medical Xpress
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Trump administration cuts funding for thousands of foreign aid health programs

Mon, 2025-03-03 10:52 — mike kraft
US ends funding for thousands of global health programs The U.S. government has ended funding for some 5,800 global health programs, cutting off critical support for projects that provide vaccines, life-saving medications and emergency health care to millions ... India Edwards Medical Xpress
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Trump administration plans to cut 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts

Thu, 2025-02-27 13:02 — mike kraft
Trump administration says it's cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world. AP News
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Analysis: While the Trump administration fires federal health workers, the U.S. copes with outbreaks of measles and other diseases.

Thu, 2025-02-20 14:38 — mike kraft
Measles Cases Spread in Texas and New Mexico as Trump Purges Federal Health Workers The U.S. is grappling with multiple outbreaks of disease as the Trump administration purges federal health workers. Steven Ross Johnson U.S. News & World Report

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Commentary: Rural American areas are especally vunerable to proposed healthcare cuts

Fri, 2025-02-14 10:50 — mike kraft
Commentary: If Federal Healthcare Spending Is a Target, Then So Is Rural America | The Daily Yonder Lists of potential healthcare spending cuts to include in a reconciliation bill are circulating on Capitol Hill, and healthcare is getting star billing. Christiana Wayne The Daily Yonder

 

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About 22 % of COVID hospital stays were among patients with immune impairment --study

Wed, 2025-02-12 10:03 — mike kraft
People with immune impairment accounted for 22% of COVID hospital stays, deaths, study suggests Immunocompromised participants were much more likely to have received at least four doses of COVID-19 vaccine than their otherwise healthy peers (73% vs 30%). CIDRAP
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U.S.Flu season is the most intense it’s been in at least 15 years --CDC

Tue, 2025-02-11 10:07 — mike kraft
Flu season in the US is the most intense it’s been in at least 15 years | CNN The U.S. winter virus season is in full force, and by one measure is the most intense in 15 years. CNN
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U.S. flu cases rise as COVID levels decline--CDC

Mon, 2025-01-27 16:41 — mike kraft
US flu markers show more rises as COVID levels decline Test positivity for flu rose to 25%, with emergency department visits very high and affecting all age-groups. CIDRAP

In its regular weekly snapshot on respiratory virus activity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that illness levels remain high, mainly due to impacts from the flu season.

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Higher risk of long COVID in women, differences among minority kids cited in new studies

Thu, 2025-01-23 10:55 — mike kraft
Studies note higher risk of long COVID in women, differences among minority kids Compared to the women, the men in the study were older, less likely to be overweight or have asthma, and less likely to report mental health conditions. Men, however, were more likely to report hospitalization during acute infection (10% compared to 7%). CIDRAP
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Analysis: How COVID-19 situation has changed during five years since the first case in America

Tue, 2025-01-21 11:03 — mike kraft
COVID-19: It has been five years since the first case in America. What's it like today? Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil. Sam Woodward USA TODAY

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COVID-19 doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon despite advancements in vaccines against the virus.

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