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    A cohort study today shows that 75% of US hospitals had a positive net operating income in 2020 and 2021, with many seeing operating margins reach all-time highs, suggesting COVID-19 relief funds may have been larger than what was necessary during the first years of the pandemic. The study is published in JAMA Health Forum. Sixteen percent of hospitals included in the study, however, had new…

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    The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) today reported two more asymptomatic H5N1 avian flu detections in people who had contact with sick poultry, raising the country’s total to four from its ongoing surveillance program. In other developments, animal health officials in Finland today reported four more H5N1 detections on fur farms, which follows an announcement yesterday of an outbreak in blue…

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    • “These detections can follow contamination of the nose and throat from breathing in material from the environment, or can be due to infection..It can be difficult to distinguish these in people who have no symptoms” https://t.co/AJJmjMdlDy

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    A cohort study today shows that 75% of US hospitals had a positive net operating income in 2020 and 2021, with many seeing operating margins reach all-time highs, suggesting COVID-19 relief funds may have been larger than what was necessary during the first years of the pandemic. The study is published in JAMA Health Forum. Sixteen percent of hospitals included in the study, however, had new…

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    • “suggesting COVID-19 relief funds may have been larger than what was necessary during the first years of the pandemic” https://t.co/A752w211ao

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    Though COVID has held at very low levels late spring and into summer, some early indicators show signs of rising activity, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In other developments, the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fleshed out more details about when the updated COVID-19 vaccine will roll out and how federal health…

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    • “Emergency department visits for COVID at the national level were up 10.7% compared to the previous week” https://t.co/jQef8Ukywe

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    A cohort study today shows that 75% of US hospitals had a positive net operating income in 2020 and 2021, with many seeing operating margins reach all-time highs, suggesting COVID-19 relief funds may have been larger than what was necessary during the first years of the pandemic. The study is published in JAMA Health Forum. Sixteen percent of hospitals included in the study, however, had new…

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    • Report: Hospitals may have received too much #COVID19 relief Hospitals serving primarily Hispanic populations were more likely to suffer financial distress even after receiving pandemic relief funds https://t.co/kPtq8SKoHd Photo: Hospital CLINIC / Flickr cc

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    Though COVID has held at very low levels late spring and into summer, some early indicators show signs of rising activity, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In other developments, the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) fleshed out more details about when the updated COVID-19 vaccine will roll out and how federal health…

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    • Early indicators hint at US COVID-19 uptick Though the main metrics showed more declines, early indicators including emergency department visits, test positivity, and wastewater showed small rises.  https://t.co/063CvxQrBc https://t.co/9Uy7h6lzkJ

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    The UK Health Security Agency (HSA) today reported two more asymptomatic H5N1 avian flu detections in people who had contact with sick poultry, raising the country’s total to four from its ongoing surveillance program. In other developments, animal health officials in Finland today reported four more H5N1 detections on fur farms, which follows an announcement yesterday of an outbreak in blue…

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    • UK detects H5N1 avian flu in 2 more people as more Finnish fur farms hit The two people had no symptoms and were both exposed to sick poultry at two different farms. https://t.co/Qaf83ieHIA https://t.co/7ueenWaEJz

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    The Finnish Food Authority (FFA) today reported an H5N1 avian flu outbreak in blue foxes at a fur farm in Kausti, located in the west central part of the country. The agency said the virus is the same one that caused recent mass deaths in wild birds. Also, officials said influenza has been detected at four other fur farms and subtyping tests are still under way. They added that the viruses were…

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    • A favorite talking point from the lab leakers is that it’s absurd and unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 would have the opportunity to adapt to species besides bats except in a lab. But humans give viruses opportunities to adapt all the time. https://t.co/q74ZV4RnHt

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    The Finnish Food Authority (FFA) today reported an H5N1 avian flu outbreak in blue foxes at a fur farm in Kausti, located in the west central part of the country. The agency said the virus is the same one that caused recent mass deaths in wild birds. Also, officials said influenza has been detected at four other fur farms and subtyping tests are still under way. They added that the viruses were…

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    Cannabis-connected emergency department (ED) visits in the United States in children and young adults 24 years and younger increased during COVID-19, according to new data published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report was based on ED visits since 2019, and the authors said cannabis-related ED visits have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic began, with weekly visits…

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    • “Increase in cannabis use likely stems from different factors, the authors noted, including use as a coping mechanism, products with highly concentrated THC, and packaging of edible products that is confusing to children” https://t.co/zZQiduP5PC