UK Resilience

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Sat, 2011-01-22 09:18 — mdmcdonald

The mission of this working group is explore and understand what the U.K. resilience movement is about, and how its knowledge base and guiding principles might be of assistance to Resilience Systems and Resilience Networks around the world.

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WHO: More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported, emergency meeting set

Wed, 2022-07-06 12:55 — mike kraft

WHO: More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported, emergency meeting set More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, the World Health Organization said. Reuters Reuters

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Monkeypox cases triple in Europe, Africa concerned about vaccine supplies

Fri, 2022-07-01 17:44 — mike kraft

Monkeypox cases triple in Europe, WHO says, Africa concerned LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization's Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent. AP NEWS

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And African health authorities said they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak as an emergency, calling on rich countries to share limited supplies of vaccines to avoid equity problems seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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COVID Vax Protects People of All Body Weights From Severe Outcomes--study

Fri, 2022-07-01 11:19 — mike kraft

COVID Vax Protects People of All Body Weights From Severe Outcomes Underweight, overweight, and those with obesity still reaped the benefits Kristen Monaco medpagetoday

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COVID-19 vaccines protected against severe disease and death in people with overweight or obesity, a large English study found.

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Britain: COVID cases up by more than 30% last week

Fri, 2022-07-01 10:10 — mike kraft

COVID cases up by more than 30% in Britain last week LONDON (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30% in the last week, new data showed Friday, with cases largely driven by the super infectious omicron variants. AP NEWS

Data released by Britain’s Office for National Statistics showed that more than 3 million people in the U.K. had COVID-19 last week, although there has not been an equivalent spike in hospitalizations. The number of COVID-19 deaths also fell slightly in the last week.

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UK Covid cases surge following Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, new variants become dominant

Fri, 2022-06-24 17:23 — mike kraft

UK Covid cases surge following Queen's Jubilee celebrations, new variants become dominant U.K. Covid-19 cases are on the rise again, according to new data, which points to an increase in infections following the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Karen Gilchrist CNBC

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COVID cases rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe

Thu, 2022-06-23 09:50 — mike kraft

COVID cases rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe LONDON (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization's latest weekly pandemic report issued Wednesday. AP NEWS

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Monkeypox: UK to offer vaccines to some gay, bisexual men

Wed, 2022-06-22 10:09 — mike kraft

UK to offer vaccines to some gay, bisexual men for monkeypox LONDON (AP) — British health officials will start offering vaccines to some men who have sex with men and are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox , in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa. AP NEWS

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Monkeypox: several countries offering vaccines

Tue, 2022-05-24 10:33 — mike kraft

Factbox: Countries offering vaccine for monkeypox As more countries where monkeypox is not endemic report outbreaks of the viral disease, some governments have started offering vaccines to most exposed citizens. Reuters Reuters

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U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak

Thu, 2022-05-19 10:43 — mike kraft

U.S. monkeypox case reported, as Spain, Portugal report infections in growing outbreak Two more European countries reported unusual monkeypox cases on Wednesday, a development that suggests an outbreak first spotted in the United Kingdom is more widespread than first believed. Helen Branswell STAT

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New COVID-19 variant XE identified in UK but experts say not to be alarmed

Tue, 2022-04-05 10:22 — mike kraft

New COVID-19 variant XE identified: What to know and why experts say not to be alarmed A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom, but experts say there is no cause for alarm yet. ABC News ABC News

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The variant, known as XE, is a combination of the original BA.1 omicron variant and its subvariant BA.2. This type of combination is known as a "recombinant" variant.

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