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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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    COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic - SARSCoV2

    Fri, 2020-01-03 20:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

    An expanding list of information resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic.  A link to Resources, Information, FAQs and Research on this pandemic will be provided (in red - here), and at the bottom of this post  . . .

    CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - Coronavirus COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University

    CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 Tracker - Microsoft / Bing

    CLICK HERE - WHO - Map and Dashboard - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation

    CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 tracker - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    CLICK HERE - ESRI - Impact Planning for COVID-19 - Select your State and County 

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    US may see a mild summer increase in cases from new COVID variant, experts say

    Tue, 2024-05-14 10:03 — mike kraft

     

    KP.2 is now the dominant COVID variant. Experts say US may see a summer increase in cases A new offshoot of omicron, KP.2, has become the dominant variant in the U.S. Experts are predicting the country may see a mild "swell" of cases this summer. ABC News ABC News

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    Over the past four years, the U.S. has seen summer waves of COVID and this summer may also bring a rise in cases, but not severe as in past seasons.

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    Mpox iN Africa: A call for action to prevent the spread.

    Mon, 2024-05-13 10:32 — mike kraft

     

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    Maleria: FDA considers updating blood donation guidelines to keep nation’s supply safe

    Mon, 2024-05-13 10:23 — mike kraft

     

    FDA considers updating blood donation guidelines to keep nation’s supply safe from malaria | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a requirement for blood banks to use a new test that can detect the parasites that cause malaria in certain donors’ blood, and it’s seeking the opinion of its independent advisers on the best way to meet its goal of zero transfusion-related cases without unnecessarily prohibiting some people from donating blood. Jen Christensen CNN

     

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    Bird flu: Five things to know about bird flu

    Mon, 2024-05-13 10:05 — mike kraft

    Five things to know about bird flu

    There have been major outbreaks around the world in the recent past, including four from 2014 to 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    So what makes this time different, and at what point should you be concerned?

    Here are five things you should know about bird flu.

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    Misinformation issue: Even after the pandemic, COVID misinformation continues

    Fri, 2024-05-10 19:35 — mike kraft
    Covid-19 misinformation persists four years after shelter-in-place From spring break parties to Mardi Gras, many people remember the last major “normal” thing they did before the novel coronavirus pandemic dawned, forcing governments worldwide to issue stay-at-home advisories Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu Kentucky Lantern
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    US government announces new financial incentives for dairy farmers to stem the spread of bird flu in cattle

    Fri, 2024-05-10 14:23 — mike kraft
    US government announces new financial incentives for farms to stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture announced on Friday a new plan to pay dairy farmers and farm workers to take steps to prevent the spread of H5N1 bird flu. Brenda Goodman CNN

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    U.K. faces worst oubreak of measles in 12 years

    Fri, 2024-05-10 11:47 — mike kraft
    Measles case confirmed as experts fear UK faces worst outbreak in 12 years A person who attended Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales has been found to have had measles as experts fear the UK faces the worst outbreak of the infection in 12 years tim-hanlon The Mirror

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    Almost 900 cases of the virus have been recorded in 2024 so far, compared with 368 cases recorded 2023, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), meaning England has seen more cases of the disease in the first four months of this year, than in the whole of last year.

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    Human, Animal and Plant Diseases are being fueled by enviornmental changes--study

    Fri, 2024-05-10 11:38 — mike kraft

    Several large-scale, human-driven changes to the planet — including climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the spread of invasive species — are making infectious diseases more dangerous to people, animals and plants, according to a new study.

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