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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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Opinion: There is progress on climate change--Bill Gates

Mon, 2023-11-20 12:19 — mike kraft

Bill Gates Climate Change article

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Earth estimated to have briefly passed critical warming threshold on Friday

Mon, 2023-11-20 11:01 — mike kraft

Earth likely briefly passed critical warming threshold on Friday The 2-degree threshold for a single day is symbolic, but indicative of how swiftly the climate is warming. Andrew Freedman Axios

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The indication that Friday was the first day on record to have a global average surface temperature above 2°C when compared with preindustrial levels, emerged first from a dataset maintained by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

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Trends in respiratory infections --two assessments

Mon, 2023-11-20 10:48 — mike kraft

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Indoor air filters may not reduce risk of catching airborne virus -- study

Fri, 2023-11-17 12:40 — mike kraft

Air filters may not reduce risk of catching airborne virus, study shows - UPI.com Air filters might help keep the air in your home fresh, but a new review finds they don't appear to reduce your risk of catching an airborne virus. UPI

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Technologies designed to make indoor spaces safer from infection are not effective in the real world, researchers from the University of East Anglia in the UK argue.

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U.S.'s preterm birth and infant mortality measures remain stubbornly high compared to other countries

Fri, 2023-11-17 11:21 — mike kraft

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No end to rising greenhouse gases; more than half of world's richest companies quetly lobby againstg climate change policies

Fri, 2023-11-17 10:02 — mike kraft

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Measles cases and deaths increase worldwide, as childhood vaccinations rates decline --report

Thu, 2023-11-16 19:27 — mike kraft

Report: Measles cases and deaths increase worldwide, as childhood vaccinations rates decline A dangerous decline in the rate of children vaccinated against measles is spurring a global increase in cases and deaths from the highly contagious virus, according to a new report. Helen Branswell STAT

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Long Covid hits U.S. veterans hard; 4th COVID vaccine dose helped those with rheumatic disease

Thu, 2023-11-16 15:46 — mike kraft

Nearly half of US veterans had long-COVID symptoms up to 6 months later Risk factors for long COVID were Black race, ages 50 to 64, diabetes, and severe infection. CIDRAP

Nearly half of 363,000 US veterans who tested positive for COVID-19 still had symptoms up to 6 months later, and the risk factors for this condition were Black race, older age, diabetes, and severe infection, concludes a study published yesterday in the Annals of Epidemiology.

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