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The mission of the Global Health Working Group is to explore and improve current and emerging states of health and human security worldwide.

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Masks and free tests helped slow the spread of Covid variants in Germany--study

Mon, 2024-07-22 10:47 — mike kraft

Learning from the COVID pandemic: On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions against pathogens In the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effectiveness of government-ordered measures to contain the pandemic, such as regular testing and the wearing of medical masks, was repeatedly called into question. Science X Medical Xpress

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Why Covid-19 is spreading in the U.S. and Overseas

Mon, 2024-07-22 10:13 — mike kraft

Why Covid-19 is spreading this summer Covid-19 doesn't follow normal seasonal patterns, like other respiratory viruses – waves of infection can happen at any time of year. David Cox BBC

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Bird flu rapid test developed by California firm

Mon, 2024-07-22 09:39 — mike kraft

Rapid test for bird flu developed A rapid Avian influenza molecular test, detecting the latest H5N1 variants in cattle and the recent human inflections in Colorado, is now available News Desk Food Safety News

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The rapid test is the latest scientific advancement against bird flu and comes from Alveo Technologies Inc. (California), a leader in molecular sensing and diagnostics with a proprietary technology platform.

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Hospitals, airlines and others hit by global computer system outages.

Fri, 2024-07-19 11:00 — mike kraft

CrowdStrike outage sparks global chaos with airline, bank and other disruptions IT outages have been reported across the globe as airlines, airports, banks and media companies have suddenly experienced ongoing disruptions. ABC News ABC News

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Misinformation issue: Johns Hopkins launches new website to help counter medical disinformaton

Fri, 2024-07-19 10:52 — mike kraft

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Opinion: We built our world for a climate that no longer exists

Thu, 2024-07-18 11:17 — mike kraft

Opinion: We built our world for a climate that no longer exists | CNN From melting airport tarmac to power grids hit by hurricanes and reservoir dams stressed by extreme rainfall, our ‘Old World’ infrastructure is ill-equipped for climate change, writes Jeff Goodell. CNN

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Disposal of infected chickens raises concern as bird flu spreads

Thu, 2024-07-18 10:54 — mike kraft

Chicken culling, disposal raise concern as bird flu spreads The spread of bird flu among poultry and dairy farms has heightened some health experts' concerns that the process of killing and disposing of poultry infected with the virus may pose a risk to humans and livestock. Leah Douglas Reuters

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Analysis: Bird Flu Is Spreading, But Testing of People is a Challenge .

Thu, 2024-07-18 10:40 — mike kraft

The first step in combating any infectious disease outbreak is detection. Without widespread testing, health officials have little sense of who is infected, when to treat patients and how to monitor their close contacts.

In that sense, the bird flu outbreak plaguing the nation’s dairy farms is spreading virtually unobserved.

As of Monday, the virus had infected 157 herds in 13 states. But while officials have tested thousands of cows and are monitoring hundreds of farmworkers, only about 60 people have been tested for bird flu.

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Bird flu: What the 9 human cases in the U.S. so far tell us about the disease

Thu, 2024-07-18 10:30 — mike kraft

What scientists know about bird flu symptoms from the first 9 U.S. human cases (nbcnews.com)

What the 9 human cases of bird flu in the U.S. so far tell us about the disease The illnesses, all in farm workers, have been relatively mild — a contrast to the flu’s deadly effect on many birds and some mammals. NBC News

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No increased risk of birth defects after COVID-19 infection or vaccination in early pregnancy --study

Thu, 2024-07-18 10:12 — mike kraft

Study finds no increased risk of birth defects after COVID-19 infection or vaccination in early pregnancy (medicalxpress.com)

Neither COVID-19 infection nor vaccination during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with increased risk of major birth defects, finds a study from Scandinavia published by The BMJ today.

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