Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots

NPR  

Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots toggle caption Rosemary Westwood/WWNO A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events. In a statement, the Louisiana Department of Health told NPR it has been "reevaluating both the state's public health priorities as well as our messaging around vaccine promotion, especially for COVID-19 and influenza." "It's a step backwards," said Kimberly Hood, who led the Office of Public Health, a subunit of the health department, from 2021 to 2022. The policy is akin to "malpractice," especially given Louisiana's poor health outcomes, said Dr. Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Association. Sponsor Message "To have top public health officials peddling such scientific falsehoods and threatening the health of their populations, whom they've sworn an oath to serve, almost makes me cry," said Georgetown's Gostin.

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Louisiana Department of Health ordered to stop promotion of vaccines
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Louisiana Department of Health ordered to stop promotion of vaccines

Salon  

Louisiana officials Department of Health employees were ordered to stop promoting common vaccinations, including immunizations against COVID-19, influenza and mpox. While we pivoted our attention to the damaging pending impact of an RFK Jr appointment, our local health department was already carrying out many of the very things we feared re: vaccine disinformation,” Louisiana pediatrician Kim Mukerjee said in a …

Louisiana debates civil liability over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, or the lack thereof
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Louisiana debates civil liability over COVID-19 vaccine mandates, or the lack thereof

Associated Press  

— Three years after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, Louisiana continues to debate policies related to inoculation mandates, including civil labilities if a work place mandates vaccines or not and a bill that would prohibit schools from requiring students to receive the vaccine. This legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers’ conversations on COVID-19 vaccines have broadened to also …

Column: Disinformation is a public health crisis. Here’s how scientists and doctors are fighting it
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: Disinformation is a public health crisis. Here’s how scientists and doctors are fighting it

LA Times  

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Experts rue simple steps not taken before latest COVID surge
2 years, 5 months ago

Experts rue simple steps not taken before latest COVID surge

Associated Press  

With new omicron variants again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, states and cities are rethinking their responses and the White House is stepping up efforts to alert the public. “It’s well past the time when the warning could have been put out there,” said Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, who …

Coronavirus Today: What the CDC’s new mask guidance means
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Today: What the CDC’s new mask guidance means

LA Times  

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Missouri hospital CEO: Vaccine opponents should ‘Shut up’
3 years, 6 months ago

Missouri hospital CEO: Vaccine opponents should ‘Shut up’

Associated Press  

— One Missouri hospital official is telling anyone making disparaging remarks about the COVID-19 vaccine to “Shut up” as state officials ask for federal help dealing with a surge in cases that has some counties urging new precautions. CoxHealth and the city’s other hospital, Mercy Springfield, were treating 168 COVID-19 patients Friday, up from 31 on May 24, before the …

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 7 months ago

CDC facing formidable challenges in convincing conservatives to get Covid-19 vaccines

CNN  

CNN — Public health experts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are facing challenges – even struggling – as they try to figure out how to convince hesitant Republicans to take the Covid-19 vaccine, federal officials familiar with the situation told CNN. “There is a real concern at CDC that much sooner rather than later we may …

Coronavirus Today: Where the vaccine rollout went wrong
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Today: Where the vaccine rollout went wrong

LA Times  

I’m Amina Khan, and it’s Thursday, Jan. 14. Right now, even as they’re struggling to respond to an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 patients, these health agencies “have to design these massive vaccination programs, and they don’t know where to start,” he said. The COVID-19 mortality rate among Black residents shot up from 1 death per day per 100,000 in early …

'The End Is In Sight': Louisiana Health Official Hopeful About Vaccine Distribution
4 years, 1 month ago

'The End Is In Sight': Louisiana Health Official Hopeful About Vaccine Distribution

NPR  

'The End Is In Sight': Louisiana Health Official Hopeful About Vaccine Distribution Enlarge this image toggle caption Victoria Jones/Pool/Getty Images Victoria Jones/Pool/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize the use of the first COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. as early as this week. When it does, Louisiana stands ready, says Dr. Joseph Kanter, interim assistant secretary …

As Coronavirus spreads, Elizabeth Warren unveils disease-prevention plan
4 years, 11 months ago

As Coronavirus spreads, Elizabeth Warren unveils disease-prevention plan

Live Mint  

The coronavirus has been in the news for only a few weeks, but Elizabeth Warren already has a plan to fight it. “Diseases like coronavirus remind us why we need robust international institutions, strong investments in public health, and a government that is prepared to jump into action at a moment’s notice,” she wrote in a Medium post announcing the …

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