Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causesOmicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causesOmicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes

Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes

With omicron sweeping across the globe, scientists are racing to pinpoint the cause of the bedeviling condition and find treatments before a potential explosion in long COVID cases.

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States were sharing COVID test kits. Then omicron hit.States were sharing COVID test kits. Then omicron hit.States were sharing COVID test kits. Then omicron hit.

States were sharing COVID test kits. Then omicron hit.

In a few short months, states have gone from donating surplus rapid COVID-19 tests to states with shortages to hoarding them as demand driven by the spike in cases strains supplies.

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In California nursing homes, omicron is bad, but so is the isolationIn California nursing homes, omicron is bad, but so is the isolationIn California nursing homes, omicron is bad, but so is the isolation

In California nursing homes, omicron is bad, but so is the isolation

COVID infections are again spiking at nursing homes around the country.

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It’s day 6 of COVID, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. Stay home, say virologists.It’s day 6 of COVID, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. Stay home, say virologists.It’s day 6 of COVID, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. Stay home, say virologists.

It’s day 6 of COVID, and a rapid antigen test comes back positive. Stay home, say virologists.

What does it mean if a person’s rapid antigen test result comes back positive after five days of isolation due to COVID-19? According to the experts, that person is most likely still carrying a viral load high enough to infect others.

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Missouri hospitals ask office workers to help nursesMissouri hospitals ask office workers to help nursesMissouri hospitals ask office workers to help nurses

Missouri hospitals ask office workers to help nurses

Hospitals across Missouri are asking staff members and administrators to take on additional duties to help deal with the current surge in COVID-19 patients.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that hospital employees are being asked to pick up shifts helping nurses by doing things like grabbing supplies or answering phones, or by filling absences in areas such housekeeping and patient transport.

“Hospital administrators are pushing wheelchairs, accountants are emptying trash cans and marketing professionals are serving meals — whatever it takes to make sure that our co-workers who provide hands-on patient care are able to focus on their patients,” said Steve Mackin, Mercy’s incoming president.

At Mercy South Hospital, Katie Horton decided to spend her weekends and evenings over the last two weeks scrubbing patient rooms and helping nurses care for patients. Normally the 49-year-old works from home helping hire people for nonclinical jobs at the hospital.

“It was eye-opening. I work from home. I’ve been very safe through it all, and that has certainly been a blessing,” she said. “I just felt like it was good to be able to see through the eyes of the person doing these jobs.”

COVID-19 cases have been declining in the St. Louis area over the past couple weeks but the number of patients in hospitals remain near the highest levels of the pandemic.

“Our hospitals remain full, our emergency departments are full and there’s not a lot of room in our (intensive care units) either,” said Dr. Alex Garza, co-director of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force. “So, although this is improving, many of our staff continue to be out because of COVID or because they are taking care of a loved one or a child whose school has unfortunately closed because of COVID.”

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இந்த மாதிரி இருமல் & மூச்சுத்திணறல் இருந்தா... அது உயிருக்கு ஆபத்தான 'இந்த' புற்றுநோயாட அறிகுறியாம்! இந்த மாதிரி இருமல் & மூச்சுத்திணறல் இருந்தா... அது உயிருக்கு ஆபத்தான 'இந்த' புற்றுநோயாட அறிகுறியாம்!

இன்று உலகெங்கிலும் புற்றுநோய் பற்றிய விழிப்புணர்வு அதிகரித்துக்கொண்டே வருகிறது. மார்பகப் புற்றுநோயைப் பற்றி கிராமத்தில் இருக்கும் பெண்கள் தெரிந்துகொள்ள அரசாங்கமும் சில தன்னார்வ அமைப்புகளும் விழிப்புணர்வை ஏற்படுத்திவருகின்றன. ஆனாலும், நுரையீரல் புற்றுநோயைப் பற்றித் தெரிந்துகொள்ளவேண்டிய அவசியம் நம் எல்லோருக்குமே இருக்கிறது. ஏனெனில், நாம் எளிதில் ஏற்படக்கூடிய மாசு நிறைந்த சூழலில் வசிக்கிறோம் என்பதுதான் முதல் காரணம். புற்றுநோய்

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மது அருந்தும் முன் இந்த உணவுகளை சாப்பிட்டால் மதுவால் ஏற்படும் ஆபத்துகளில் இருந்து தப்பிக்கலாமாம்...! மது அருந்தும் முன் இந்த உணவுகளை சாப்பிட்டால் மதுவால் ஏற்படும் ஆபத்துகளில் இருந்து தப்பிக்கலாமாம்...!

மது அருந்துவது தற்போதைய காலக்கட்டத்தில் மிகவும் சாதாரணமான ஒன்றாகிவிட்டது. ஆனால் மது அருந்திவிட்டு அடுத்தநாள் காலை பல பிரச்சினைகளை சந்திப்பவர்கள் பலர் இருக்கிறார்கள். மறுநாள் காலை தலைவலி, சோர்வு மற்றும் அமிலத்தன்மை காரணமாக நீங்கள் குடிப்பதைத் தவிர்க்கிறீர்களா? ஆம் எனில், இந்தத் தகவல் உங்களுக்கானது. மது அருந்துவதற்கு முன் அதன் தீங்கு விளைவிக்கும் விளைவுகளை

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Providence/Hoag separation sparks possible rating downgrade Providence/Hoag separation sparks possible rating downgrade Providence/Hoag separation sparks possible rating downgrade

Providence/Hoag separation sparks possible rating downgrade

Both Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings have issued downgrade warnings to 52-hospital Providence following its separation from Hoag.

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Pandemic caused more mental illness but without staff, industry at an impassePandemic caused more mental illness but without staff, industry at an impassePandemic caused more mental illness but without staff, industry at an impasse

Pandemic caused more mental illness but without staff, industry at an impasse

While emergency rooms and intensive care units have been filled with the physically ill during the pandemic, mental health centers are equally overwhelmed.

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Hospitals, desperate to keep staff, reach into their coffersHospitals, desperate to keep staff, reach into their coffersHospitals, desperate to keep staff, reach into their coffers

Hospitals, desperate to keep staff, reach into their coffers

Amid industry burnout and the "Great Resignation," health systems including Rush and Advocate Aurora are giving workers cash bonuses.

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