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Ebola: Uganda applies lessons from first outbreak, but reports increase in the capital

Mon, 2022-10-24 10:29 — mike kraft

Uganda applies well-honed lessons to new Ebola outbreak (nbcnews.com)

...the East African country — lauded for its coronavirus response, which was built around engaging the community and training health officials — is drawing lessons from the first Ebola outbreak in 2004.

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Analysis: Falling demand for COVID boosters makes price hikes more likely

Fri, 2022-10-21 17:06 — mike kraft

Analysis: Falling demand for COVID boosters puts price hikes on the table With most Americans delaying or skipping new COVID-19 booster shots, analysts and investors are now predicting far fewer will be given each year, pushing the number of shots well below annual flu vaccinations. Michael Erman Reuters

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COVID-19 is still a global health emergency--WHO

Wed, 2022-10-19 17:14 — mike kraft

WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health emergency The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared as one. Reuters Reuters

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Cholera: shortages of vaccines prompts WHO to urge using only one dose instead instead of twoe

Wed, 2022-10-19 12:41 — mike kraft

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a supply shortage as outbreaks of the water-borne disease surge globally. AP NEWS

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Lack of research into whether monkeypox infections have long-term consequences

Wed, 2022-10-19 10:15 — mike kraft

Could monkeypox infections have long-term consequences? Clinicians are struggling for answers when asked about the risk of lingering effects of monkeypox infection. Helen Branswell STAT

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U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda to counter Ebola outbreak

Tue, 2022-10-18 18:38 — mike kraft

U.S. sends experimental antibody, antiviral drug to Uganda for Ebola outbreak The United States sent Gilead Sciences' remdesivir and Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc's experimental Ebola antibody drug MBP134 to Uganda last week to help safeguard healthcare workers responding to an outbreak that has infected 60 people and killed 44, U.S.

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Public Trust Crucial to Reponses to Health Crisis--study

Tue, 2022-10-18 09:29 — mike kraft

Public Trust Can Make or Break Government Response to Public Health Crisis Global Health NOW

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Weather and food: Floods will impact food security — for better and worse: study by Sharon Udasin - 10/17/22 3:00 PM ET

Mon, 2022-10-17 15:31 — mike kraft

Floods will impact food security — for better and worse: study Flooding could impact food security for more than 5.6 million people across multiple African nations, a new study has found. While these impacts are usually negative, the researchers also identifie… rzilbermints The Hill

Flooding could impact food security for more than 5.6 million people across multiple African nations, a new study has found.

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Ebola: Uganda locks down two districts, Indian company to produce an experimental vaccine for Uganda's outbreak

Mon, 2022-10-17 14:24 — mike kraft

Uganda locks down 2 districts in bid to stem spread of Ebola KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities on Saturday imposed a travel lockdown on two Ebola-hit districts as part of efforts to stop the spread of the contagious disease. The measures announced by President Yoweri Museveni mean residents of the central Ugandan districts of Mubende and Kassanda can't travel into or out of those areas by private or public means. AP NEWS

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Moderna will provide variant-adapted COVID shots for world's poorest

Mon, 2022-10-17 08:31 — mike kraft

Moderna signs deal on variant-adapted COVID shots for world's poorest Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) has agreed to provide its new variant-adapted COVID-19 vaccine to the global scheme aiming to deliver shots to the world's poorest people. Reuters Reuters

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