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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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What is herd immunity, and why are Trump officials pursuing an idea WHO calls ‘dangerous’?

Tue, 2020-09-01 13:44 — mike kraft

What is herd immunity, and why are Trump officials pursuing an idea WHO calls ‘dangerous’? In theory, as the number of survivors with immunity increases to a certain level, the virus’s spread would slow and eventually stop. The only problem: A whole lot of people would die before that point. William Wan Washington Post

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New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials

Tue, 2020-09-01 12:27 — mike kraft

New Trump pandemic adviser pushes controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy, worrying public health officials Scott Atlas has expanded his influence inside the White House by advocating policies that appeal to the president’s desire to move past the pandemic and get the economy going. Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey Washington Post

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Coronavirus cases are on the rise again across more than half of the U.S.

Tue, 2020-09-01 10:12 — mike kraft

Coronavirus cases are on the rise again across more than half of the U.S. The worrying trends across the Midwest come about two weeks after CDC Directors Dr. Robert Redfield said the middle of the country "is getting stuck" when it comes to combating the virus. Will Feuer CNBC

Coronavirus cases are rising across more than half of the nation even as the outbreak slows across former hotspots in Arizona, Florida, California and Texas.

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AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine becomes third to begin Phase three trials in the United States

Tue, 2020-09-01 10:05 — mike kraft

AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine becomes third to begin Phase three trials in the United States British drugmaker AstraZeneca says it has started Phase 3 trials of its coronavirus vaccine candidate in the United States. The vaccine, AZD 1222, is the third to enter large-scale trials in the United States, after vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. Andrea Kane, CNN CNN

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Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger

Tue, 2020-09-01 09:57 — mike kraft

Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside. United Nations experts are holding... AP NEWS

The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside.

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Cntact Tracing: How Germany and Israel respond in different ways

Mon, 2020-08-31 19:32 — mike kraft

As coronavirus threatens again, countries call in contact-tracing cavalry Germany and Israel seemed to have the coronavirus under control, but are experiencing new hot spots. Now contact tracing is proving critical. The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor

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White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show

Mon, 2020-08-31 18:57 — mike kraft

White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released eight weeks of previously confidential reports obtained from the White House coronavirus task force. Alice Miranda Ollstein POLITICO

Senior Trump administration officials in June privately warned seven states about dangerous coronavirus outbreaks that put them in the highest risk "red zone" while publicly dismissing concerns about a second wave of Covid-19, according to White House documents House Democrats released on Monday.

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IN DEPTH: U.S. Will Revive Global Virus-Hunting Effort Ended Last Year

Mon, 2020-08-31 14:27 — mike kraft

A worldwide virus-hunting program allowed to expire last year by the Trump administration, just before the coronavirus pandemic broke out, will have a second life — whatever the outcome of the presidential election.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. has promised that, if elected, he will restore the program, called Predict, which searched for dangerous new animal viruses in bat caves, camel pens, wet markets and wildlife-smuggling routes around the globe.

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