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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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Vaccines: WHO advisers recommend sticking with monovalent COVID XBB.1.5 vaccines

Wed, 2023-12-13 16:50 — mike kraft
WHO advisers recommend sticking with monovalent COVID XBB.1.5 vaccines Current vaccines neutralize current variants, but there are limited data on the impact against JN.1, a steadily rising part of the BA.2.86 family. CIDRAP
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COP28: What the climate deal says

Wed, 2023-12-13 14:08 — mike kraft
COP28 takeaways: What does the deal from the climate summit say? | CNN Nearly 200 countries agreed to a new climate deal at the COP28 talks in Dubai on Wednesday after two weeks of negotiations characterized by controversy and bitter divisions over the future of fossil fuels. Ella Nilsen, Laura Paddison CNN

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COP28 climate talks agree on statement calling for transitioning from fossil fuels but with many unresolved questions

Wed, 2023-12-13 13:03 — mike kraft
In a first, delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels Negotiators at United Nations COP28 climate talks agreed Wednesday that the world must transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels. It was a significant step toward shifting how the world is powered but one filled with questions about how soon and who will pay for the transition. AP News

 

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COP28 climate talks agree on statement calling for transitioning from fossil fuels but with many unresolved questions

Wed, 2023-12-13 13:02 — mike kraft
In a first, delegates at UN climate talks agree to transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels Negotiators at United Nations COP28 climate talks agreed Wednesday that the world must transition away from planet-warming fossil fuels. It was a significant step toward shifting how the world is powered but one filled with questions about how soon and who will pay for the transition. AP News

 

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40% of children still infectious after symptoms are resolved --study

Tue, 2023-12-12 17:46 — mike kraft

 

COVID study: 40% of children still infectious after symptom resolution The median time to symptom resolution was 6 days, and 12% of participants still had symptoms at day 10. CIDRAP

A study today of viral shedding dynamics in 101 children who had COVID-19 during the Omicron surge in Toronto shows that 40% were still infectious on the day after their symptoms resolved.

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Public health leaders received threats, prompting up to 30% to leave the field --study.

Tue, 2023-12-12 11:14 — mike kraft
Public health officials detail threats, changed landscape post-pandemic Feodora Chiosea/iStock CIDRAP
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Heath workers at highest COVID risk least likely to follow precautions --study

Tue, 2023-12-12 10:53 — mike kraft
Health workers at highest COVID risk least likely to always follow infection-control protocols, study finds Banco Mundial América Latina y el Caribe / Flickr cc CIDRAP
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COP28 talks go into overtime amid disagreements about phasing out fossil fuels

Tue, 2023-12-12 10:29 — mike kraft
COP28 forced into overtime as fossil fuel phase-out divides countries The COP28 climate talks went into overtime on Tuesday and countries engaged in shuttle-diplomacy to seek a new draft agreement and try to close a rift over ending the world's use of fossil fuels. Valerie Volcovici,Kate Abnett,Jake Spring Reuters
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Covid symptoms follow a pattern now of sore throat, then congestion, doctors say

Mon, 2023-12-11 19:14 — mike kraft

 

Sore throat, then congestion: Common Covid symptoms follow a pattern now, doctors say Doctors who treat Covid describe the ways the illness has gotten milder and shifted over time to mostly affect the upper respiratory tract. NBC News

Doctors say they're finding it increasingly difficult to distinguish Covid from allergies or the common cold, even as hospitalizations tick up.

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COP28 climate talks" Everyone must come to consensus, making agreement more difficult

Mon, 2023-12-11 11:57 — mike kraft

Agreeing to agree: Everyone must come to consensus at COP28 climate talks, toughening the process | AP News

..Consensus is frequently used to weaken efforts to curb climate change and experts say that’s by design, dating back to oil interests and the first United Nations climate negotiations. Some veteran politicians would like to change it, while others embrace it as the only fair way to get things done.

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