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Bird Flu: Finland to offer vaccine to select groups of workers

Wed, 2024-06-05 10:29 — mike kraft

Finland to offer bird flu vaccine to select groups of people, a possible global first Finland is set to potentially become the first country to offer bird flu vaccine to people at risk of exposure to the virus. Andrew Joseph STAT

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The vaccine campaign will be limited, with doses set to be available to groups including poultry farmers, veterinarians, scientists who study the virus, and people who work on fur farms housing animals like mink and fox and where there have been outbreaks.

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US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. Norway has zero

Tue, 2024-06-04 10:01 — mike kraft

US has the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations. Norway has zero | CNN The United States continues to have a higher rate of women dying in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum compared with all other high-income nations, even despite recent declines in the US maternal death rate, a new report shows. Jacqueline Howard CNN

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Migrants must be a focus of catch-up vaccination campaigns-- global health experts

Wed, 2024-05-29 10:02 — mike kraft

Migrants must be a focus of catch-up vaccination campaigns, warn global health experts

More needs to be done to ensure migrant communities are a key focus of receiving vital routine vaccinations to ensure health equity. That is according to Dr. Sally Hargreaves from St George's, University of London, whose research is published as part of the new migrant health Series in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe and is speaking at a World Health Assembly side event at The Geneva Health Forum.

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US, Canada, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu

Tue, 2024-05-28 09:14 — mike kraft

US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu The United States and Europe are taking steps to acquire or manufacture H5N1 bird flu vaccines that could be used to protect at-risk poultry and dairy workers, veterinarians and lab technicians, government officials said, moves influenza experts say could curb the threat of a pandemic. Julie Steenhuysen,Jennifer Rigby

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WHO member states'negotiations fail to reach agreeemt on Pandemic Accord.

Fri, 2024-05-24 17:14 — mike kraft

Breaking - WHO Member States Fail To Reach Agreement On Pandemic Accord; Way Forward In Hands Of World Health Assembly - Health Policy Watch A last ditch effort of WHO member states to finish negotiations on a pandemic accord has failed to yield agreement ahead of next week's World Health Assembly Health Policy Watch

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New study shows vaccination lowers risk of long COVID; incidence varies by region

Thu, 2024-05-23 10:27 — mike kraft

Study shows vaccination lowers risk of long COVID COVID-19 patients vaccinated against the novel coronavirus were less likely to have symptoms of post-COVID condition (PCC), or long COVID, according to a new study in Nature Communications. CIDRAP

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In other long-COVID research news, a study in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases describes new estimates of long-COVID incidence and clinical study trends in a number of regions.

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