Disease Prevention

WHO Calls for Intensified Surveillance of Animals for Avian Flu; Urges Global Attention for Sudan

Wed, 2024-06-12 13:29 — mike kraft

WHO Calls For Intensified Surveillance Of Animals As Avian Flu Spreads In US Cattle; Urges Global Attention For Sudan - Health Policy Watch Global surveillance of influenza viruses in animals needs to be intensified to “rapidly detect any changes to the virus that could pose a greater threat to Health Policy Watch

Global surveillance of influenza viruses in animals needs to be intensified to “rapidly detect any changes to the virus that could pose a greater threat to humans”, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyessus told a media briefing on Wednesday.

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Los Angles ends COVID vaccine mandate for city employees

Wed, 2024-06-12 12:40 — mike kraft

COVID vaccines no longer required for LA city employees The City Council's decision creates a pathway back to employment for workers who were fired for not getting vaccinated. They can reapply for their positions, but there are no guarantees. ABC7 Los Angeles

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Opinion: Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril

Tue, 2024-06-11 11:22 — mike kraft

Bird flu is rampant in animals. Humans ignore it at our own peril | CNN If H5N1 bird flu changes at the right place at the right time, suddenly the animal pandemic could become a major problem for people, too. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Scarcity of bird flu tests makes it difficult to guage the spread and detect possible pandemic stage --experts

Tue, 2024-06-11 11:09 — mike kraft

Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm? - KFF Health News If widely used, flu tests could be helpful now. In the meantime, the government needs to clear a path for H5N1 tests, researchers warn, to avoid the early missteps of the covid pandemic. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Some states say their hands are tied in restricting the sale of raw milk because of bird flu

Tue, 2024-06-11 10:46 — mike kraft

As FDA urges crackdown on bird flu in raw milk, some states say their hands are tied While raw milk can't be sold over state lines, some states permit sales within their borders. CBS News

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Supreme Court to hear hospital payment case; Congressional efforts against administration's nursing home staffing quotas

Tue, 2024-06-11 10:05 — mike kraft

Supreme Court will hear case claiming US underpays hospitals serving needy patients The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit by more than 200 hospitals that serve low-income populations accusing the federal government of shortchanging them on Medicare funding by about $1.5 billion per year. Brendan Pierson Reuters

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Analysis of how the NIH $4 billion funded the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic response

Mon, 2024-06-10 11:31 — mike kraft

How $4 billion funded the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic response (medicalxpress.com)

New University of Virginia School of Medicine research is shedding light on how federal funding helped scientists understand the COVID-19 virus, develop new treatments and deploy lifesaving vaccines in record time.

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