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Health & Insurance, Social Services

As Coronavirus Patients Skew Younger, Tracing Task Seems All But Impossible

July 20, 2020

Via: Kaiser Health News

Younger people are less likely to be hospitalized or die of COVID-19 than their elders, but they circulate more freely while carrying the disease, and their cases are harder to trace. Together, these facts terrify California hospital officials. People under […]


Health & Insurance, Social Services

The Flu Season That Just Won’t End: Second Viral Wave Is Pushing Otherwise Mild Year Into The Record Books

April 22, 2019

Via: Kaiser Health News

The current season began the week of Thanksgiving, a typical start time, but in mid-February, a nastier strain started causing more illnesses and driving up hospitalizations. In other public health news: over-treatment, suicide, exercise, depression, cholesterol, autism, abuse, and more. […]