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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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Climate change: Record drought in U.S. West, sea level expected to rise a foot by 2050

Tue, 2022-02-15 17:57 — mike kraft
Western drought fueled by climate change is the worst in 1,200 years, scientists say Researchers estimated that 42% of the drought's severity can be attributed to human-caused climate change. Emma Newburger CNBC
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Commentary: Why Covid-19 vaccines are a freaking miracle: speed, saved lives

Tue, 2022-02-15 12:20 — mike kraft
Why Covid-19 vaccines are a freaking miracle The pandemic has been catastrophic. But consider something that may have escaped you: You have witnessed — and you are a beneficiary of — a freaking miracle. Helen Branswell STAT

Two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s easy to lament all that has come to pass. The devastating losses. The upending of what we regarded as normal ways of life. The sheer relentlessness of it all.

But let’s stop for a moment and consider something else that may have escaped you: You have witnessed — and you are a beneficiary of — a freaking miracle.

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Vaccine scientists have been chasing variants. Now, they’re seeking a universal coronavirus vaccine.

Tue, 2022-02-15 12:13 — mike kraft
Vaccine scientists have been chasing variants. Now, they’re seeking a universal coronavirus vaccine. To many scientists, developing variant-specific vaccines is a short-term, shortsighted and unsustainable strategy. Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post
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CDC adds South Korea, other countries to high risk travel category

Tue, 2022-02-15 10:49 — mike kraft
More than half of all travel destinations are 'very high' risk The CDC designated a half dozen new places "very high" risk for travel on Monday, including South Korea and French Polynesia. Almost 140 destinations are now at Level 4, the highest risk category. By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN CNN

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Overview: International developments summary

Tue, 2022-02-15 10:40 — mike kraft
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus A new wave of infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is moving towards the east of Europe, the World Health Organization said, urging authorities to improve vaccination and other measures. Reuters Reuters
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Long term COVID less common in the vaccinated--UK government studies

Tue, 2022-02-15 10:19 — mike kraft
UK health agency says long COVID less common in the vaccinated Long COVID is less likely to affect vaccinated people than unvaccinated people, a new review of 15 studies by the UK Health Security Agency released on Tuesday has concluded. Reuters Reuters

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COVID cases rise in eastern Erope, including Russia, Ukraine--WHO

Tue, 2022-02-15 09:36 — mike kraft
WHO Europe warns of COVID rise in east, like Russia, Ukraine COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization's Europe office said Tuesday that health officials are turning their attention to growing rates of COVID-19 infection in Eastern Europe, where six countries — including Russia and Ukraine — have seen a doubling in case counts over the last two weeks. AP NEWS

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Pfizer director says shots for kids under 5 delayed due to low number of Covid cases in trial

Mon, 2022-02-14 12:31 — mike kraft
Pfizer director Dr. Scott Gottlieb: Shots for kids under 5 delayed due to low Covid cases in trial "One case in one direction or another can tip the perception of the vaccine's overall effectiveness," said the Pfizer board member and former FDA chief. Krystal Hur CNBC

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Long Covid Sufferers Are Struggling With Exercise

Mon, 2022-02-14 10:26 — mike kraft

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Natalie Lambert, a biostatistician and health data scientist at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has collected self-reported data from more than a million long Covid patients through a collaboration with Survivor Corps, a Facebook support group for Covid survivors. Patients frequently report that their doctors have advised them to exercise, she said — but many say that when they do, they feel worse afterward.

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Risks of heart problems remain elevated for up to a year after Covid--new study

Mon, 2022-02-14 10:08 — mike kraft
After Covid, risks of heart problems remain elevated for up to a year Among the unvaccinated, long-term heart risks attributed to Covid-19 were "everywhere," researchers found. NBC News

... it appears the coronavirus can leave patients at risk for heart problems for at least one year following infection, according to one of the largest analyses of post-Covid health effects to date.

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