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Some Experts Predict Coronavirus Could Burn Out ; By Summer, But That Doesn ;t Mean It Will Be Gone For GoodScientists aren t sure what the endgame is for the coronavirus, but looking at previous outbreaks can offer hints. Many think that, like the swine flu, it will end up in the seasonal circulation of flus that come back every year. Meanwhile, though most cases are mild, there are common themes for those patients who are becoming critically ill. Experts also explain how the virus is transferring, what you should do if you have symptoms, and more.The Washington Post:How Is The Coronavirus Outbreak Going To End Heres How Similar Epidemics Played Out.When severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS <a href=Link cup</a> hit Asia in 2002, it was pretty scary ?with a fatality rate of about 10 percent and no drugs shown to be effective against it. The current coronavirus by comparison has an estimated fatality rate of 2.3 percent. But within months, SARS was brought under control, and for the most part stamped out, by international cooper <a href=Link traveler</a> ation and strict, old-school public health measures such as isolation, quarantine and contact tracing. This would b <a href=Link cooler</a> e an ideal outcome. But the difference is that SARS had more severe symptoms than the current coronavirus, so people went to the hospital shortly after being infected. Wan, 3/2 CNN:Not Sure What The Future Holds For The Coronavirus Here Is How 3 Other Infectious Outbreaks Ended聽It has been more than a month since the World Health Wpsj Editorials, Opinion Piece Respond to Senate Republican Block of PEPFAR Reauthorization Legislation
Thursday, Jun 11 2009Contra Costa County, Calif., <a href=Link max plus</a> Announces Plans to Enroll Uninsured ChildrenOfficials in California s Contra Costa County announced onOct. 23 a $1.04 million plan to enroll all of the county s 10,000uninsured children in Medi-Cal or Healthy <a href=Link at</a> Families,the state s CHIP, by the end of 2001, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Under theplan, health assistance centers in school districts and localhealth clinics will team up to inform parents about the programs. Language barriers, women moving from welfare to work and alengthy application form are major obstacles to enrollingchildren, the Chronicle reports. But County Boardof Supervisors Chair Donna Gerber said, We re going to make surethat children in Contra Costa get health care. While thecounty s Health and Employment and Human Services programs willcover the majority of the plan s cost, eight private foundationswill donat <a href=Link e 32% of the cost. The foundations include KaiserPermanente, John Muir/Mount Diabolo Community Health BenefitCorp., San Francisco Foundation, McKesson HBOC Foundation, EastBay Community Foundation, the Lowell Berry Foundation, Y H SodaFoundation and the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation Johnson,San Francisco Chronicle, 10/24 .This is part of the Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations.Sign up for an email subscription.Recent Morning BriefingsToday, November 20Wednesday, November 19Tuesday, November 18Monday, November 17Friday, Novemb |