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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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People in disadvantaged areas are receiving fewer COVID pills - U.S. study

Tue, 2022-06-21 17:43 — mike kraft
More vulnerable people receiving fewer COVID pills - U.S. study People in socially and economically disadvantaged regions are about half as likely to receive an oral antiviral COVID-19 pill than residents of wealthier zip codes, according to a U.S. government study published on Tuesday. Reuters Reuters
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Monkeypox cases around the world --more than 35 countries report cases

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:44 — mike kraft
Factbox: Monkeypox cases around the world More than 35 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease as confirmed cases exceed 2,500. Reuters Reuters

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COVID-19 is now considered to be a respiratory not vascular disease--new studies

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:26 — mike kraft

 

Why COVID-19 is considered to be a respiratory disease

Medical professionals and researchers have been studying the link between COVID-19 and vascular symptoms since the beginning of the pandemic. They have learned that people with severe COVID-19 are at a risk of strokes, blood clots, and other vascular complications.

These observations led to several hypotheses that COVID-19 was a vascular disease with respiratory symptoms and not a respiratory disease.

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Enormous databases do not necessarily allow scientists to solve long COVID mysteries

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:10 — mike kraft
How common is long COVID? Why studies give different answers Nature - Enormous databases do not necessarily allow scientists to solve long COVID mysteries, such as how well vaccination protects against the condition. Ledford, Heidi nature

Clinical epidemiologist Ziyad Al-Aly has access to a treasure trove that many researchers can only dream of: millions of sets of electronic medical records from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which provides health care for the country’s military veterans.

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UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy

Tue, 2022-06-21 09:04 — mike kraft
UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy BEIJING (AP) — A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies. AP NEWS

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Overview: Asia, Europe, Saudi Arabia

Mon, 2022-06-20 17:43 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Parts of Asia looked to crack down on rising COVID-19 cases by conducting mass tests, while public health agencies in the United States approved the use of vaccines in young children and in Europe began the review of a variant-adapted vaccine. Reuters Reuters

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Early Omicron infection unlikely to protect against current variants --study

Mon, 2022-06-20 08:42 — mike kraft
Early Omicron infection unlikely to protect against current variants People infected with the earliest version may be vulnerable to reinfection with later versions even if they have been vaccinated and boosted, new findings suggest. Nancy Lapid Reuters
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WHO labels monkeypox a ‘moderate’ public health risk

Mon, 2022-05-30 09:12 — mike kraft
WHO labels monkeypox a ‘moderate’ public health risk The World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled monkeypox a “moderate” public health risk, after more than 250 confirmed cases were reported across the globe. In a statement on Sunday, the health a… mschnell The Hill

The World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled monkeypox a “moderate” public health risk, after more than 250 confirmed cases were reported across the globe.

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WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns

Mon, 2022-05-30 09:04 — mike kraft
WHO: Monkeypox won't turn into pandemic, but many unknowns LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission. AP NEWS
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Overview: China, North Korea, international health regulatons

Mon, 2022-05-30 08:59 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Streets in Beijing were busier on Monday as residents in two districts were allowed to return to work, while Shanghai inched closer towards lifting its two-month-old COVID-19 lockdown this week, as the number of cases across China fell. Reuters Reuters
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