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Officials Frustrated That More In Nursing Homes Aren ;t VaccinatedUnderscoring the pandemic s complexity, Politico reports that state and federal health officials are frustrated that thousands of seniors ended up in hospitals since the holidays, even as NBC News covers words from an FDA adviser questioning whether younger, healthier people need another covid booster. Politico:Biden Admin Frustrated With Nursing Homes As Senior Vax Rates Languish And New Variant SpreadsState and federal health officials are frustrated that thousands of seniors have landed in the hospital with Covid-19 since the holidays 鈥?despite the widespread availability of a vaccine designed to prevent exactly that. Messerly and Cancryn, 1/12 NBC News:Younger, Healthy People Don t Need Another Covid Booster, Vaccine Expert SaysA k
brumate era ey adviser to the Food and Drug Administration s vaccine panel is questioning whether more Covid booster shots are necessary for healthy, younger people. Lovelace Jr, 1/11
stanley termosy On other covid-related developments across the states 鈥擧ouston Chronicle:Peter Hotez On New Omicron Variant, Vaccine Fatigue, Bivalent BoosterAfter a fall that brought several new Scrabble variants of COVID-19, Dr.
hydrojug Peter Hotez has a more focused concern in 2023 with the emergence of XBB1.5 鈥?as well as what may come next from China, where a late-December estimate from the countrys health officials 聽suggested 37 million new infections a day. Dansby, 1/11 AP:Mississippi Reports 14th D Gzly HHS Spokesman Accuses CDC Scientists Of Sedition With No Evidence
Thursday, Jun 11 2009India Puducherr
stanley isolierkanne y Territory Improves TB Detection, Treatment Success RatesIndia s Puducherry territory has reported an 86% tuberculosis treatment success rate this year and has surpassed the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme s target of 85% for the first time, The Hindu reports.Since RNTCP was implemented in Puducherry in 2004, the territory has experienced gradual improvements in TB control, with the TB treatment success rate increasing from 75% in 2005 to 81% in 2007. In addition, the percentage of TB cases diagnosed in the territory increased from 76% in 2005 to 98% in 2008, surpassing RNTCP s 70% target detection rate.According to
adidas samba og S. Govindarajan, state TB control officer, Puducherry is progressing with RNTCP, which emphasizes DOTS and the World Health Organization s Stop TB Strategy. Detection of [TB] cases has never been a problem in Puducherry, Govindarajan said, adding that if the territory can successfully t
stanley us reat TB cases, the TB transmission chain can be broken and the prevalence will come down. Govindarajan attributed Puducherry s success to consistent efforts to create awareness of diagnosis [and] treatment services, as well as close monitoring of program implementation. All four regions in the territory have medical officers for TB control, Govindarajan said, adding that health care providers meet frequently with TB patients at health centers and that health workers visit the homes of patients who do not arrive t
