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LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Malnutrition is the world's worst child health crisis and climate change will only make things more severe, according to Microsoft-co-founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates.

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Climate change extreme heat puts people at greater risk of kidney disease

Tue, 2024-09-17 09:43 — mike kraft

Extreme heat due to climate crisis puts people at greater risk of kidney disease Researchers are finding heat-related illnesses can also contribute to heart disease and cognitive impairment The Guardian

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Wastewater surveillance could be even better for detecting pathogens --National Academies report

Mon, 2024-09-16 12:04 — mike kraft

National Academies: Wastewater surveillance could be even better for detecting pathogens A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine report recommends five actions to transition the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS)—developed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic—to a forward-looking version for both endemic and emerging pathogens. CIDRAP

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The Academies recommended five steps to more robust NWSS that could better support public health, including better readiness for future pandemics:

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The U.S. can, and should, do more on H5N1 bird flu, a top WHO official says

Mon, 2024-09-16 10:59 — mike kraft

Q&A: The U.S. can, and should, do more on H5N1 bird flu, a top WHO official says The world is watching how the U.S. is responding to the H5N1 bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, a top WHO official said. Helen Branswell STAT

More work needs to be done by the agricultural sector to get to the bottom of — and put a stop to — transmission of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cattle in the United States, a senior World Health Organization official said over the weekend.

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Explainer about the vaccines available this respiratory virus season

Mon, 2024-09-16 10:26 — mike kraft

What to know about the vaccines available this respiratory virus season | CNN Covid-19 levels in the United States are high and rising, flu season is approaching quickly and RSV cases are already starting to tick up. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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New and more contageous Covid XEC variant starting to spread in Europe

Mon, 2024-09-16 10:10 — mike kraft

Scientists have warned that a “more contagious” variant of the Covid virus, dubbed XEC, is starting to spread more rapidly across Europe and could soon become the dominant strain.

“At this juncture, the XEC variant appears to be the most likely one to get legs next,” Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, said in a post on X on Sunday....

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