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Pandemic treaty talks missed deadline but will continue talks --WHO

Tue, 2024-05-14 10:33 — mike kraft
Pandemic treaty talks will go on after missed deadline, some progress, WHO says The document aims to shore up the world's defenses against new pathogens after the COVID pandemic. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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U.S. FDA warns about using over-the-counter COVID-19 tests from Cue Health

Tue, 2024-05-14 10:18 — mike kraft
FDA warns about using over-the-counter COVID-19 tests from Cue Health - UPI.com The Food and Drug Administration, citing a increase of false results. advised consumers Monday not to use over-the-counter COVID-19 tests by Cue Health and to throw them out. UPI

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US may see a mild summer increase in cases from new COVID variant, experts say

Tue, 2024-05-14 10:03 — mike kraft

 

KP.2 is now the dominant COVID variant. Experts say US may see a summer increase in cases A new offshoot of omicron, KP.2, has become the dominant variant in the U.S. Experts are predicting the country may see a mild "swell" of cases this summer. ABC News ABC News

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Over the past four years, the U.S. has seen summer waves of COVID and this summer may also bring a rise in cases, but not severe as in past seasons.

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Mpox iN Africa: A call for action to prevent the spread.

Mon, 2024-05-13 10:32 — mike kraft

 

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Maleria: FDA considers updating blood donation guidelines to keep nation’s supply safe

Mon, 2024-05-13 10:23 — mike kraft

 

FDA considers updating blood donation guidelines to keep nation’s supply safe from malaria | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a requirement for blood banks to use a new test that can detect the parasites that cause malaria in certain donors’ blood, and it’s seeking the opinion of its independent advisers on the best way to meet its goal of zero transfusion-related cases without unnecessarily prohibiting some people from donating blood. Jen Christensen CNN

 

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Discussion of whether the last COVID vaccine will work against the new FLiRT varianth

Mon, 2024-05-13 09:29 — mike kraft

Will your last COVID vaccine work against new ‘FLiRT’ variants?

...Both FLiRT variants are considered very similar to JN.1, health officials say, with early data suggesting only a couple of changes in their spike proteins.

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However, because the FLiRT variants are relatively new, there isn’t enough data to show whether the vaccine or immunity from a recent case of COVID will provide effective protection against them.

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Misinformation issue: Even after the pandemic, COVID misinformation continues

Fri, 2024-05-10 19:35 — mike kraft
Covid-19 misinformation persists four years after shelter-in-place From spring break parties to Mardi Gras, many people remember the last major “normal” thing they did before the novel coronavirus pandemic dawned, forcing governments worldwide to issue stay-at-home advisories Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu Kentucky Lantern
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A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline

Fri, 2024-05-10 19:13 — mike kraft
A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records. AP News

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US government announces new financial incentives for dairy farmers to stem the spread of bird flu in cattle

Fri, 2024-05-10 14:23 — mike kraft
US government announces new financial incentives for farms to stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture announced on Friday a new plan to pay dairy farmers and farm workers to take steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu. Brenda Goodman CNN

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U.K. faces worst oubreak of measles in 12 years

Fri, 2024-05-10 11:47 — mike kraft
Measles case confirmed as experts fear UK faces worst outbreak in 12 years A person who attended Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales has been found to have had measles as experts fear the UK faces the worst outbreak of the infection in 12 years tim-hanlon The Mirror

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Almost 900 cases of the virus have been recorded in 2024 so far, compared with 368 cases recorded 2023, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), meaning England has seen more cases of the disease in the first four months of this year, than in the whole of last year.

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