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China to increase number of response teams for new infectious diseases

Mon, 2024-03-11 11:17 — mike kraft

China to increase number of response teams for new infectious diseases

SHANGHAI, March 11 (Reuters) - China will increase the number of specialised teams tasked with responding to future infectious disease outbreaks by five to 25, its top health official has said.

The country will also improve early warning and relevant regulatory or legal systems, according to Wang Hesheng, a director at the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration.

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Study outlines how COVID-19 Pandemic affected mortality rates among U.S. Latinos

Thu, 2024-03-07 10:09 — mike kraft

COVID-19 pandemic changed all-cause mortality among US Latinos Prior to the pandemic, cumulative mortality risks were higher in the Puerto Rican and Cuban groups. CIDRAP

A new analysis of all-cause mortality of Hispanic and Latino adults published in Annals of Internal Medicine shows Mexicans and Central Americans were most affected by the pandemic.

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ALSO: FDA advisers recommend trivalent flu vaccines for upcoming season

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Nearly 500 deaths per day in the U.S. from excessive drinking during COVID-19 pandemic -- CDC report

Tue, 2024-03-05 11:01 — mike kraft

Nearly 500 deaths per day from excessive drinking during COVID-19 pandemic: CDC report Excessive drinking is associated with chronic dangers such as liver cancer, high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease. Fox TV Stations FOX 7 Austin

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Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines

Tue, 2024-03-05 10:53 — mike kraft

The Covid-19 pandemic killed off one strain of the flu, and that will change the next vaccines | CNN For 10 years, Americans have had access to flu shots that protect against four strains of the virus: two A strains and two B strains. Brenda Goodman CNN

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In 2020, all the precautions that helped people avoid Covid had an unexpected benefit: An entire branch of the flu’s family tree, a B strain that geneticists call the Yamagata clade, disappeared, and it hasn’t been detected since.

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Religious people coped better with the COVID-19 pandemic, research suggests

Tue, 2024-01-30 19:08 — mike kraft

Religious people coped better with the COVID-19 pandemic, research suggests People of religious faith may have experienced lower levels of unhappiness and stress than secular people during the UK's COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, according to new University of Cambridge ... Science X Phys.org

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Thousands of front line workers may have survived Covid if US government regulations were better --study

Tue, 2024-01-30 19:02 — mike kraft

US government failure to protect frontline workers from COVID led to thousands of deaths, scientists say Thousands of frontline workers may have survived the COVID-19 pandemic if the US regulatory system had better protected them, report the authors of an analysis published yesterday in BMJ. CIDRAP

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New Jersey Supreme Court rules against Ocean casino that tried to collect COVID business interruption insurance

Fri, 2024-01-26 10:45 — mike kraft

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WHO chief says world risks missing deadline for international pandemic accord

Thu, 2024-01-25 10:32 — mike kraft

World risks missing deadline for pandemic accord, says WHO chief

GENEVA, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Countries risk missing a May deadline for agreeing a legally binding treaty on fighting pandemics, which would be a big blow for future generations, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

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