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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:15 — mike kraft

Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19 The Compendium stores over 140 documents and has recorded over 300 visits to the most popular ones. The Compendium is maintained and expanded to reflect the most relevant experiences and learnings from COVID-19 vaccination.

The Global Compendium of Country Knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination is now available on TechNet21. ...

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The New U.S. Strategy on Global Health Security seeks to make U.S. foreign policy on global health more effective

Thu, 2024-05-16 18:59 — mike kraft

The New U.S. Strategy on Global Health Security | Think Global Health

The New U.S. Strategy on Global Health Security | Think Global Health The strategy seeks to make U.S. foreign policy on global health more effective Council on Foreign Relations

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Millions more older adults at risk in the future from extreme heat

Thu, 2024-05-16 12:30 — mike kraft

Extreme heat will put millions more older adults at risk in the future By 2050, as many as an additional 246 million adults 69 and older could experience temperature extremes that exceed 37.5° Celsius. Aimee Cunningham Science News

The new projection suggests that more than 23 percent of the global population of these older adults — largely concentrated in Africa and Asia — will encounter this intense heat, compared with 14 percent today.

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UN agency authorizes second vaccine against dengue amid outbreaks in the Americas

Thu, 2024-05-16 12:11 — mike kraft

UN agency authorizes second vaccine against dengue amid outbreaks in the Americas The World Health Organization on Wednesday authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous ... Science X Medical Xpress

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Climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049--study

Thu, 2024-05-16 10:19 — mike kraft

New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049 A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heat-trapping gases taking the biggest monetary hit. AP News

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Climate change significantly worsened heat waves inAsia, parts of Mideast

Wed, 2024-05-15 12:37 — mike kraft

Climate change worsened deadly heat waves in April and May across Asia In the Philippines, the record heat was "virtually impossible" without climate change. Andrew Freedman Axios

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Extreme heat, spanning Lebanon to the Philippines since April, is being blamed for hundreds of deaths. It's added to the suffering of people who lack access to air conditioning, including displaced persons in the Middle East, the study notes.

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Testing of patients for COVID, isolation of sick staff cut in-hospital viral spread, UK modeling study suggests

Wed, 2024-05-15 10:29 — mike kraft

COVID patient testing, isolation of sick staff cut in-hospital viral spread, modeling study suggests Interventions such as testing patients for COVID-19 on admission, isolation of ill healthcare workers (HCWs), and universal HCW masking from March 2020 to July 2022 significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission among patients and staff in UK hospitals, suggests a simulation study led by UK Health Security Agency researchers in London. CIDRAP

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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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Heart-failure patients have 82% better odds of living longer if vaccinated against COVID --study

Tue, 2024-05-14 09:57 — mike kraft

Data: Heart-failure patients have 82% better odds of living longer if vaccinated against COVID The first study of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in a large population of adult heart-failure patients suggests that vaccinated participants are 82% more likely to live longer than their unvaccinated peers, according to an analysis presented over the weekend at the Heart Failure 2024 scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in Lisbon, Portugal. CIDRAP

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