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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 hearings conclude at World Court amid disputes between rich and island nations

Mon, 2024-12-16 12:12 — mike kraft

Rich countries, island states lock horns on climate change at UN court

THE HAGUE, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The World Court concluded hearings on Friday on countries' legal obligation to fight climate change and whether large states contributing most to greenhouse-gas emissions should be liable for damage caused to small island nations.
 
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XBB COVID vaccine estimated effective rate: 63% to 68% against more severe illness in kids

Fri, 2024-12-13 11:41 — mike kraft
XBB COVID vaccine estimated to be 63% to 68% effective against more severe illness in kids The adjusted effectiveness of the updated Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 XBB vaccine in the 2023-24 US respiratory virus season was 68% and 63% against hospitalization or emergency department (ED) or urgent-care visits among children aged 5 to 11 years and 12 to 17 years, respectively, with an overall effectiveness for both age-groups of 65%, a Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC)-led research team estimates. CIDRAP

 

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Latest Symptoms of COVID-19 similar to the Common Cold

Thu, 2024-12-12 13:10 — mike kraft
Latest symptoms of COVID-19: New strain presents like the common cold XEC, the latest strain of the coronavirus, is more transmissible than others, but its symptoms tend to be milder. Newsweek

Another year is drawing to a close, with another strain of the coronavirus making the rounds.

But this time, medical professionals say it might be harder to distinguish whether you have COVID-19, the flu or the common cold without taking a test.

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Vaccine efficiency against long COVID measured positively among children and adolescents --two studies

Wed, 2024-12-11 18:05 — mike kraft
Studies describe vaccine efficacy against long COVID In the first study, published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers measured the real-world efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine against long COVID in children and adolescents using data from 20 US health systems collected in as part of the RECOVER PCORnet electronic health record (EHR) Program. CIDRAP

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Dengue fever hits record levels in Central and South America

Wed, 2024-12-11 10:34 — mike kraft
Record outbreak of Dengue fever in Central and South America More than 12.6m cases were recorded this year, the region's UN health organisation says. BBC News

The number of cases of dengue fever in Central and South America has nearly tripled to a record high this year, the Pan American Health Organisation (Paho) said on Tuesday.

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Mystery outbreak in Congo mostly affects children, may involve malaria --WHO

Wed, 2024-12-11 10:23 — mike kraft
Initial samples in DR Congo unexplained outbreak positive for malaria Initial test results from samples patients in an unexplained illness outbreak in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) found malaria from several samples, though it's possible that more than one disease in involved, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said today at a briefing in Geneva. CIDRAP
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Malaria cases increased again in 2023, African children worst hit -- WHO

Wed, 2024-12-11 10:16 — mike kraft

Malaria cases up again in 2023, African children worst hit, WHO reports

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - There were around 11 million more cases of malaria in 2023 than in 2022, up to an estimated 263 million, according to a new World Health Organization report, marking another year of negligible progress against the age-old killer.
There were 597,000 deaths, a similar total to 2022, the vast majority among African children aged under 5 years old, the WHO said.
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More than 3/4 of the earth's lands are drying out because of climate change-- study

Mon, 2024-12-09 17:13 — mike kraft
Earth's lands are drying out. Nations are trying to address it in talks this week More than three-quarters of the land on Earth is permanently drying, primarily due to climate change, according to a report released Monday at a United Nations summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AP News
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Minnesota, Ontario, report highest number of whooping cough cases in more than a decade.

Mon, 2024-12-09 17:01 — mike kraft
Minnesota reports most whooping cough cases since 2012 The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting the highest number of whooping cough cases this December in more than a decade. Sarah Ritter StarTribune
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Explainer: Why Covid vaccinations are still important

Mon, 2024-12-09 11:28 — mike kraft
Coronavirus FAQ: I didn't get the latest COVID vaccine. Should I? And if so ... when? If you haven't rolled up your sleeve for the jab, you're not alone. In fact, you're in the majority. Here's why doctors think the shot is important. NPR

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