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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:15 — mike kraft
Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19 The Compendium stores over 140 documents and has recorded over 300 visits to the most popular ones. The Compendium is maintained and expanded to reflect the most relevant experiences and learnings from COVID-19 vaccination.
The Global Compendium of Country Knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination is now available on TechNet21.  ...
 
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    WHO says risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern'

    Thu, 2024-04-18 12:01 — mike kraft
    Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO Chief scientist voices fears about H5N1 variant that has ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate in humans The Guardian

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    After early COVID pandemic uncertainty, WHO defines diseases spread 'through air'

    Thu, 2024-04-18 10:09 — mike kraft
    After COVID, WHO defines disease spread 'through air' The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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    WHO COVID-19 update outlines decreases in new cases and deaths

    Mon, 2024-04-15 10:23 — mike kraft
    COVID-19 epidemiological update – 12 April 2024 SARS-CoV-2 PCR percent positivity, as detected in integrated sentinel surveillance as part of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) and reported to FluNet was around 8.0% from 69 countries during the week ending 31 March 2024. Globally, JN.1 was the most reported variant of interest (VOI, now reported by 121 countries), accounting for 95.1.8% of sequences in week 13 compared to 93.0% in week 10. Its parent lineage, BA.2.86, has been declining and accounted for 1.6% of sequences in week 13 compared to 3.0% in week 10.
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    World leaders have two years to save the planet --U.N. climate chief

    Wed, 2024-04-10 10:18 — mike kraft
    U.N. climate chief says two years to save the planet Governments, business leaders and development banks have two years to take action to avert far worse climate change, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Wednesday, in a speech that warned global warming is slipping down politicians' agendas. Simon Jessop,Kate Abnett Reuters
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    Analysis: How climate change is increasing immune health problems and how to counter it

    Fri, 2024-04-05 10:36 — mike kraft
    How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it Every $1 spent on mitigating climate change would save at least $3 in health care costs, largely through a reduction of diseases such as asthma and allergies. Patrick Skerrett STAT
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    U.N agency issues "red alert" about global warming

    Tue, 2024-03-26 10:18 — mike kraft
    UN weather agency issues 'red alert' on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023 The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice. AP News

     

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    Millions at risk from cholera due to shortages of watern vaccines--WHO

    Fri, 2024-03-22 19:08 — mike kraft
    Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision.
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    Measles: WHO says it is critical to catch up vaccinations to stem current outbreaks

    Wed, 2024-03-20 10:00 — mike kraft
    'Critical' to catch up on measles vaccinations to stem outbreaks, says WHO Vaccinating children who missed their measles shots during the COVID-19 pandemic is critical, a senior World Health Organization official said on Tuesday, as outbreaks of the infectious disease increase worldwide. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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    Fourth anniversary of WHO declaring COVID a pandemic--two looks at the aftermath

    Mon, 2024-03-11 10:51 — mike kraft

     

    Four years on, the COVID-19 pandemic has a long tail of grief Researchers are studying the magnitude and impact that grief from the COVID-19 pandemic has had and will have for years to come. Aimee Cunningham Science News

     

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