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tips on popular romance scams. but first, it is health news friday. several major headlines. let's begin with president biden's javier becerra sending a letter to governors yesterday, spelling out what is going to change once the federal covid ugly health emergency ends on may 11. joining us live now to talk more is special correspondent, dr. patel, who is extra special to us on fridays. dr. patel: i appreciate the extra special note. kristen: i have some through. some of it is good. some of it is not so great. but we need to know. the federal and state governments have worked as partners to get and distribute vaccines and test. what is going to happen come may 12? what changes? dr. patel: one of the biggest changes is in your sentence,

where they will no longer be in the partnership. some of the things that we benefited from, such as retest, vaccines, some of those treatments, they will now move to the free health care marketplace. that may affect some people based on their insurance and health care access the reason why this letter was so important is so that states can look at what they have been giving a resident in terms of these medicare and medicaid expansions and waivers. potentially, for example, about 15 million people may lose medicaid coverage because they will no longer be eligible after may, whereas in early 2020, there was a waiver that band states from kicking people off. it will be really important for people out there to pay attention to their own insurance plans and see how this may affect them, and remember that if you do have insurance, you still may be able to get lab test, treatments, vaccines, and test covered. kristen: what stays the same? dr. patel: some things that will stay the same are the emergency

use authorization. that is one big thing that will stay the same thought a lot of people have been asking about. that won't change at all. some of the medicare reimbursement will stay in place until later on in 2024. what some of the states being pushed to do is to talk to private insurers to make sure they will still add vaccines and cover them as well because the recommendation by the advisory committee for practices, the fact they have recommended the covid-19 vaccine added to that list, means that it should be covered under essential preventative services. we should still have tests and vaccines covered by insurance. kristen: that last point is what i think a lot of people wanted to know. i want to move on, as covid becomes for a lot of people less salient, something else is getting on the radar and pretty scary, the u.n. is sounding the alarm over for bugs.

those are viruses resistant to drugs, what is new? dr. patel: this all. the threat is continuing to grow. this is bacteria that has now become resistant to antimicrobials. to give you a perspective, in 2019, the united states had about 3 million antimicrobial resistant infections per year. if we don't take care of this problem, you can imagine one day, infections that are routine like utis and pneumonia, sexually transmitted infections, may not be treatable by antibiotics that we use now. this raises alarm and says this is a huge issue encompassing plants, animals, humans, and the environment. estimates say that if we don't get on top of this, there could be an additional 10 million deaths per year by 2050, and a drop in our gdp by about $3.5 trillion come 2030. kristen: otherwise, it will take

a real toll. what about norovirus? i think the cdc also sounded the alarm about this writing super quickly. dr. patel: the cdc is saying, we are at pre-pandemic numbers of norovirus, because restrictions have been lifted. it is not influenza at all, it is its own virus, one of the most common causes of food poisoning. you will get really bad stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, maybe some fevers. there has been about 225 outbreaks overwinter into january, which is a huge number. the cdc is like, this test positivity rate is the highest we have seen in a year. wash your hands all the time, before you eat or touch anything. kristen: are there any other prevention measures? dr. patel: because it is a foodborne illness, really make sure that you are eating

thoroughly cooked food and also, i have said this 100 times. if you are sick, stay home. do public health a favor and stay home. kristen: i have heard this from people, it is not covid, i can go out. dr. patel: i think this is why the nature of why people feel, but also, people feel compelled to go out there and say, i got to work. it could cause a lot of problems. kristen: big news, also, the fda is fast tracking a new rapid treatment for postpartum depression, which can be a very serious issue. what is this new thing? dr. patel: this is absolutely a huge potential issue. according to the nih, one in seven mothers will experience this. the fda is looking at a drug right now that would be the first ever oral medication, once a day for 14 days, to treat

postpartum depression. the alternative is an iv medication. if approved, this could be a huge breakthrough for so many people out there who suffer from postpartum depression worried one estimate sang about 600,000 people in the united needs per year. kristen: wow. we also want to touch on this. the american heart month continues. last friday we focused on women's heart health, how about some tips for everybody. dr. patel: everyone will expect me to say things like don't smoke, do not drink, eat healthy, workout, those are important. kristen: you are not telling us to go do those things [laughter] dr. patel: i was talking to some of my cardiology colleagues saying, what are easy things that people can do every single day, small changes. some important things might be in your diet such as eating more soluble fiber. those greens, oats, beans.

that will keep you fuller for longer, and may help control your cholesterol levels. make sure you are taking in a good sources of potassium. that can help your blood pressure. i love this concept as well. some people might say, i don't have 30 minutes to exercise. so, do five minutes of exercise six times a day. those are really important things you can do. these small things all add up over the course of your lifetime for your cardiovascular health. i will mention, people should prioritize sleep, sleep deprivation is linked with an increased risk of heart disease, and manage your stress. kristen: and the our dance party on. before we do that, we got to talk about the big party this weekend. super bowl sunday, eagles versus chiefs. you there were actually a bunch of issues health related because of super bowl.

everything ranging from injuries in the kitchen to cardiac death to even hangovers. so, tell us how to stay healthy and happy this weekend. dr. patel: a similar conversation any time we have a massive gathering. people need to make sure they are staying safe themselves, watching out for one another. when it comes to substances, be responsible. make sure you have a designated driver or take an uber. hangovers suck. it is harder to break down the byproducts of alcohol as we get older. people think i got this special pill or drink, there is no fda approved hangover treatment or care. it affects a lot of your body. try and take it easy unless you are a ravenous eagles or chiefs fan, then make sure someone is around you that will keep a close eye on you. kristen: if you didn't overindulge, that will probably

keep down the kitchen injuries as well. that is probably related. of course, you don't wanted to be a super-spreader event. dr. patel: as you mentioned earlier, covid is not over. even if people want to put it in the rear window, just because something is endemic, does not mean that hundreds of people can't get infected. if you are sick, you should probably skip the super bowl. kristen: on that note, thank you, dr. patel. dr. patel: relatable and applicable word. kristen: that is why people love you and get what you are saying. see you later, have a good weekend. hundreds of students in california have stopped going to school during covid, and many have not come back. have they gone? and how do schools get them back? we will

kristen: know that many kids at suffer learning loss during the pandemic. what is more alarming is that new research shows there are hundreds of thousands of missing kid, as in they left school altogether. the fear is they will never come back. joining us is the economist and professor who led the study, professor thomas d. during the pandemic? prof. dee: we estimate 200 and 1000 missing kids. -- 240,000 missing kids. public schools lost about 1.2

one million kids. kristen: 1.2 one million gone from public schools, we are not talking about the missing, where did the rest go? prof. dee: this is one of the things our research project took up. we didn't really have great evidence on that until i worked with the associated press, we went to as many states as we could to get data on private school enrollment and public school enrollment as well as the census data on population change. frankly, not demographic change contributed quite a bit to enrollment loss. the school-age population in the u.s. shrunk a little bit during the pandemic might mostly do to long-term declines in birth rates. we also saw a sharp growth in private school enrollment, and a surprisingly large and enduring increase in home schooling. it was surprising because it was just the last school year when most public schools have returned to in person instruction. kristen: let's explore the concept of the loss kids.

the ones that are not accounted for, they didn't go private or homeschool. where are they are they just not going to school? prof. dee: the short answer is, we are not entirely sure. one of the things that i hope will come out of this work is a renewed effort at focusing not just on academic recovery, that certainly is important, but a new effort to think about these kids who are sort of out of sight and out of mind there are several possibilities for what is going on. one is truancy among these kids. it is also possible some of them are being homeschooled but they haven't informed the state. a third possibility time, they may be choosing to skip kindergarten. in states like california where that is legal. kristen: we will see if they come back for my first grade. is the problem most acute in california? prof. dee: it is particularly acute in california, where

public schools lost about 271,000 students over the pandemic. and 150 1000 of that is unexplained. the rest we can attribute to population loss and private home school enrollment. it seems to be a particular issue in california. kristen: what grades do they tend to come from? prof. dee: we are seeing this in kindergarten and first grade, early grades. also, there is a lot of missed instruction happening at the pre-k level as well. the reason that matters is, those kids are outside of our testing windows. we don't necessarily have great data on them. we know they are the ones who have been experiencing the largest disruptions to the learning environments. there is a sense in which it is a problem if we wait and see it years later, but there things we can do about it now to identify the problem and meet the challenge that creates before it shows up in those tests. kristen: in terms of the missing

kids, what is the tracking process? let's say you had a student enrolled in your school and then they stopped coming. is that the school's responsibility to reach out, email, call, figure out where they are? prof. dee: i think there is sense of responsibility for the district, but given all the challenges they have been facing during the pandemic, i think it is easy for kids facing these challenges to fall through the cracks and be out of sight and out of mind. i think it is something that the state should get involved in helping school districts coordinate an effort to find kids who are missing instruction. kristen: is your fear as an educator if they are gone for maybe a year or maybe longer? prof. dee: negative consequences for a broad cross-section of kids, including the ones we see in school.

my concern here is that there is a lot of literature that says young children are at a particularly malleable stage, where all the experiences matter so much. for our youngest learners to be missing out on instruction or to be having subpar instructional experiences, suggest the academic recovery challenges we are facing could be far greater than what we are seeing. kristen: i think there is always a focus on the older kids as if it is more important for them to be in the learning environment and it is for the little ones. but, does your study suggest that is not necessarily the case? prof. dee: i think a lot of research that the early years are really critical. i think there are things practitioners can do independently now to get out this issue. for example, looking to high-quality early screening

tools or early assessments. identify those kids who may be skip kindergarten but showed up in first grade but don't quite have the same readiness to learn. an effort to identify kids who might be struggling to adjust to school or maybe a little bit behind, would give to remediate that and help them realize. kristen: school of education, thank you so much for sharing the results of your study on the missing students of california. prof. dee: thank you for having me on. kristen: valentine's day is coming up, it is all about love, chocolates, and flowers. it also allowed scams. --about scams.

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cyber criminals are eager to pray on those people. the las vegas fbi tweeted tips on weeding out secret scammers from secret admirers. joining us live to help us avoid becoming victim, casey ellis, cofounder of the san francisco-based security platform. this week about romance scams. what are those? casey: i think you summed it up well. it is using things like dating websites and other ways that are available online to connect with people, build relationships and all those things that you do with those sorts of services to basically lure victims into all sorts of different things. generally, it is about getting money or gift cards and frowning. it can be a lot worse. that general using that type of

lure. kristen: people are vulnerable during this time of year. this is kind of big business for them, kind of like how the holidays, christmas is, to retailers. casey: absolutely. personally, i really dislike this particular type of scam. this one is particularly abhorrent, because that need for a relationship and the need for intimacy, that is a fundamental human trait. it is one that is particularly obvious at times of the year like valentine's day. folks that are looking for that sort of thing that will be more of a obvious thing to them, which makes the attacker a more likely victim. kristen: the ftc americans have lost 1.3 billion dollars to romance scammers in the last five years. so, do not become one of those.

so give us some tips. let's start with where the scammers are doing their scamming and finding their people. casey: particularly dating websites, dating applications, the kind of apps that you use to meet people for the sake of initiating new relationships or romances. those, i think the most commonly used channels. it can happen elsewhere, people reaching out over facebook, and a lot of text messages for example, coming in, being sent out saying, i saw your profile or whatever it might be, do you want to connect? anything that comes inbound like that on a channel where you don't expect. i think that is the first tip. if you are on a dating website, that is what you are there to do. if something comes to your phone as a message, that is suspect. kristen: what are the most common lies they paddle.

casey: i think different techniy use. one of them is to make sure they never actually are put in a position where they have to meet the person face-to-face. there will be stories, they will make up a cover story like they are in the military or i work on an oil rig. doing something fancy international that means i can't actually meet you face-to-face. the longer that goes on, i think the more suspicion there should be that it could be heading in a direction of being a scam. that is not to say those people are not sometimes legitimate, but if you end up in a position where you have that story told to you and then they are asking you for money, that is when alarm should probably go off at that point. kristen: what are some other ways to spot them? and tell us how to minimize your chances for being targeted. casey: suggesting and asking if

you have met someone through a dating website, actually being asked to move the conversation onto a different platform, that is a red. a lot of the dating websites, they are looking out for this. they have trust and safety teams that are aware of this. and they are trying to recognize it so they can help users stay safer. the bad guys know that, so they are trying to get you off the platform so that is not something they have to worry about. that is another to look out for. just in general, this whole idea of there being urgency in the request. my mother is sick, or i am stuck in an airport, can you these send me money, usually through something that is more difficult to trace. western union, cryptocurrency, your standard more kind of a countable methods. all of those sorts of things together that kind of builds this potential alarm bells that people should be -- kristen: what can you do if you

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