The White House is making exactly the wrong moves to prevent the next pandemic
The U.S. will be seen as a pariah in the global community if it does not play a collaborative role in preventing the next ...
Five years after COVID-19, what have we learned?
Five years since the worst pandemic in a century began spreading across the globe, we find ourselves in a world where trust ...
USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions of lives worldwide at risk and imperil US national security
These efforts have brought immense financial as well as health benefits to the U.S. and the rest of the world. Some economists estimate that the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, created in 1988, ...
Opinion
COVID-19 should have taught us that undermining global health is a risky proposition
Pathogens such as the coronavirus can travel around the world at a speed that too often outpaces governments’ ability to detect, treat, cure, and prevent diseases. Even the best-funded health care ...
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
Hospitalisations and deaths attributed to COVID have dropped significantly since a peak in 2022. But a new variant could ...
Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new ...
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Q&A: How Trump’s USAID freeze halted the effort to develop an effective HIV vaccine in Africa
Glenda Gray, program director of a research consortium, talked with STAT about the impact of the funding freeze on an HIV ...
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It’s Been 5 Years Since Covid Hit. Do You Travel Differently Now?
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, and four days later ... We will read every response to this questionnaire and reach out if we are interested in ...
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Delaware Valley flu cases reach ‘very high’ levels as health providers expand testing for bird flu in humans
People getting the flu shot this year will be vaccinated against three commonly circulating strains instead of four, after one went extinct during the pandemic. (Mark J. Terrill/AP ... syncytial virus ...
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Rapid response: Preliminary guidance on human vaccination against avian influenza in a non-pandemic context as of December 2024
This rapid response was undertaken by NACI to provide expert advice and preliminary guidance for the potential use of HVAI in a non-pandemic context ... the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...
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About Canada’s new pandemic preparedness plan
Although its focus is to guide Canada through an influenza pandemic, it still provided a foundation for the COVID-19 pandemic response. Canada learned a lot from the COVID-19 pandemic, and gained ...