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COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs --study

Wed, 2024-11-20 10:01 — mike kraft

COVID-19 hitches a ride on mucus to spread deep into lungs, live imaging shows The COVID-19 virus spreads via mucus once inside an infected airway, allowing it to reach into the lower lungs, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Communications. Olivia Dimmer Medical Xpress

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Countering climate change: How cities are becoming more climate resilient

Wed, 2024-11-20 09:50 — mike kraft

Five ways that cities are adapting to extreme heat Heat waves are more frequent and more intense, and city dwellers are being hit hardest. Here's how cities are becoming more resilient. Brian Banks Corporate Knights

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Opinion: Improving builldings and infrastructure to strengthen resilience to climate changes

Wed, 2024-11-20 09:34 — mike kraft

Mitigation and adaptation: Building urban resilience to climate risks The challenges ahead are daunting, but we have the tools, data and collective responsibility to act decisively. With bold but science-based action, we can build a future that is both sustainable and resilient. For the international community, the time to act is now. Fang li,CGTN CGTN

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Economic burden of long COVID greater on women --studies

Tue, 2024-11-19 17:25 — mike kraft

Two studies describe economic burden, sex differences of long COVID Long COVID can cause substantial economic loss and missed days of work, and it can strike women more often than men—possibly because women have increased expression of an RNA gene implicated in autoimmunity—according to two new studies. CIDRAP

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Analysis: Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic -- study and 17 charts

Tue, 2024-11-19 11:47 — mike kraft

17 key charts to understand the COVID-19 pandemic The pandemic has resulted in over twenty million deaths. In this article, we review the key insights from global data on COVID-19. Our World in Data

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Analysis: How climate change prompted dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves--new studies

Mon, 2024-11-18 10:44 — mike kraft

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity The Guardian

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Health agencies warn of measles surge and decline in vaccinations as Trump nominates vaccine-skeptic RFK Jr to head U.S. health agency

Mon, 2024-11-18 10:02 — mike kraft

CDC and WHO warn of rise in measles and decline in vaccinations The CDC and WHO teamed up to warn the world about a concerning explosion in measles cases, suggesting that drop off of vaccine rates is largely to blame Maiya Focht Daily Mail

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Since the Covid pandemic, the number of people skipping vaccinations has been increasing. The new report found only 83 percent of people worldwide in 2023 got the measles vaccine - mostly unchanged from a record low in 2021.

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CDC assessment of risk to United States from clade I mpox outbreak in Africa

Fri, 2024-11-15 12:30 — mike kraft

Risk to United States from clade I mpox outbreak in Central and Eastern Africa CDC assessed risk to the US posed by the clade I mpox outbreak in the DRC and neighboring countries CDC CFA: Qualitative Assessments

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Republicans are also working to Trump-proof their district's federal climate control funding

Fri, 2024-11-15 11:55 — mike kraft

It’s not just Democrats. Republicans are working to Trump-proof their climate money | CNN President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington. Ella Nilsen, Renée Rigdon CNN

President Joe Biden’s climate law is on the chopping block as Republicans prepare to have full control in Washington.

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Four global policies could eliminate >90% of plastic waste and 30% of linked carbon emissions by 2050 --study

Fri, 2024-11-15 11:31 — mike kraft

Study finds four global policies could eliminate >90% of plastic waste and 30% of linked carbon emissions by 2050 A study released in Science determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste—plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution—by 91% and plastic-related ... University of California - Santa Barbara Phys.org

A study released in Science determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste—plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution—by 91% and plastic-related greenhouse gases by one-third. ...

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