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Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported?

Mon, 2020-10-19 10:51 — mike kraft
Millions more virus rapid tests, but are results reported? WASHINGTON (AP) — After struggling to ramp up coronavirus testing, the U.S. can now screen several million people daily, thanks to a growing supply of rapid tests. But the boom comes with a new... AP NEWS
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Laboratory-made antibodies are a best bet for a coronavirus treatment, but there won’t be enough

Wed, 2020-09-30 11:53 — mike kraft
These laboratory-made antibodies are a best bet for a coronavirus treatment, but there won’t be enough Experts have big hopes for these specialized drugs created by living cells. But they are expensive and hard to scale up, so even success will have limited impact on the virus. Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year

Fri, 2020-09-25 13:46 — mike kraft
China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese health official said Friday that the country's annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year, following an aggressive government... AP NEWS

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese health official said Friday that the country’s annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year, following an aggressive government support program for construction of new factories.

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Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing

Thu, 2020-09-10 10:30 — mike kraft
Scarcity of key material squeezes medical mask manufacturing FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. Now, as she... AP NEWS

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ANALYSIS IN DEPTH The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most

Tue, 2020-09-01 09:49 — mike kraft
The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most It is one of many weaknesses that left the United States ill-prepared for a pandemic. Chelsea Janes, William Wan Washington Post
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Why Some People Are Waiting Weeks for Their COVID-19 Test Results

Thu, 2020-08-13 11:39 — mike kraft
Why Some People Are Waiting Weeks for Their COVID-19 Test Results Labs and agencies are grappling with supply shortages, logistical challenges, and a lack of federal guidance Time

....As the United States struggles to control the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the country are using Twitter to announce the arrival of their virus test results. The point of these tweets is not just to broadcast the result itself, but to point out the absurdity of receiving a result so stale that it’s almost completely useless from a public health standpoint.

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Pandemic Is Overwhelming U.S. Public Health Capacity In Many States. What Now?

Tue, 2020-07-28 08:54 — mike kraft

When the coronavirus pandemic began, public health experts had high hopes for the United States. After all, the U.S. literally invented the tactics that have been used for decades to quash outbreaks around the world: Quickly identify everyone who gets infected. Track down everyone exposed to the virus. Test everyone. Isolate the sick and quarantine the exposed to stop the virus from spreading.

The hope was that a wealthy country like the United States would deploy those tried-and-true measures to rapidly contain the virus — like quickly dousing every ember from a campfire to keep it from erupting into a forest fire.

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Liberia Disaster Resilience Initiative Community Report

Fri, 2019-08-02 17:21 — jperodin

Liberia Community Report

The South Florida Disaster Resilience Initiative (FL DRI) is a community-based initiative building resilience through three major activities: training, assessments and community forums.

Upon completion of a leadership and technical skills training program, Community Captains led a series of activities in selected communities located in Broward or Miami-Dade county. Community captains lived, worked, or worshiped in the community they served and led the following activities:

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Scalable Water Management Solutions for Developed & Developing Cities

Wed, 2018-04-04 08:52 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Cape Town, South Africa

meetingoftheminds.org - by Manohar Patole - April 3, 2018

The growth of urban settlements is subject to a range of factors influenced by demographic, economic, political, environmental, cultural, and social factors. Weather variability, or climate change, has recently risen up this list. These two factors: climate change and urban population growth, are dramatically affecting urban water management. On one hand, growing populations increase urban water demand and on the other, climate change has increased water variability (volume, distribution, timing and quality) . . . 

 . . . How will cities adapt? Reframe. Develop new responses.

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Why we should care about the United Nations’ COP21

Tue, 2015-12-01 12:53 — Albert Gomez
Posted by × 11/30/2015 at 4:10 pm

From Nov. 30 — Dec. 11, delegates from 194 countries throughout the world will convene in France for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This conference on climate change is expected to culminate with a new international agreement to mitigate climate change. FIU Law Senior Scholar Ryan Stoa and Journalism and Broadcasting Professor Juliet Pinto will be in attendance at the conference. In this op-ed, Tiffany Troxler, director of the FIU Sea Level Solutions Center, explains the importance of the international gathering.

Tiffany Troxler, director of the FIU Sea Level Solutions Center

Tiffany Troxler, director of the FIU Sea Level Solutions Center

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