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In EU, bird flu is spreading faster than 2023 -- data

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-11-01 09:43

Bird flu spreading faster than 2023 in the EU, data shows Bird flu has been spreading faster in the European Union this season than a milder 2023, raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry and renewing fears that it could expand to humans. Sybille de La Hamaide Reuters

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France raises alert level for bird flu

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-10-15 09:44

France raises bird flu risk level France has raised its risk level of bird flu to 'moderate' from 'negligible', it said in a decree published in the official journal on Tuesday, a move that will reinforce security measures around poultry farms. Reuters Reuters

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Three studies guage flu, COVID vaccine reluctance, and impact of mental illness on getting vaccinated

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-09-13 11:13

3 studies uncover flu, COVID vaccine reluctance, impact of mental illness on uptake Three new observational studies on influenza and COVID-19 vaccine uptake find that more than a third of US adults say they don't need any vaccines, 64% of French healthcare workers got the flu shot but not the COVID vaccine in 2022-2023, and psychiatric illness is tied to a significantly higher likelihood of receiving a flu vaccine but lower odds of getting a COVID vaccine. CIDRAP

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Analysis of Covid spread during travel, other activities --French study.

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-09-09 10:44

Offices, long-distance shared transport, some activities tied to COVID spread In the first 2 years or more of the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of infection was higher in open-space offices, long-distance trains, convenience stores, taxis, airplanes, and nightclubs and during take-away food delivery, carpooling with relatives, and attending concerts, suggests a case-control study of various work, leisure, and other spaces in France. CIDRAP

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Myocarditis complications more common after COVID infection than vaccination -- study

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-08-27 10:39

Myocarditis complications more common after COVID infection than vaccination, 18-month data suggest A study today in JAMA suggests that hospitalized patients—primarily previously healthy young men—have considerably fewer cardiovascular sequelae by 18 months if they develop myocarditis after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination than after COVID-19 infection. CIDRAP

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Misinformation issue study: COVID, other misinformation varies by topic, country on social media

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-05-22 12:57

COVID, other misinformation varies by topic, country on social media The UK maintained a relatively stable proportion between questionable and reliable retweets, while Germany had the highest rates of misinformation. CIDRAP

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Analysis: Weathy countries earned billions from climate change programs for developing nations.

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2024-05-22 09:39

Rich nations are earning billions from a pledge to help fix climate Wealthy countries sent climate funding to the developing world in recent years with interest rates or strings attached that benefited the donor nations, a Reuters data analysis found. Reuters

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U.S. CDC alerts doctors to look out for meningococcal disease tied to travel to Saudi Arabia

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-05-20 17:44

Ahead of Hajj, CDC alerts doctors to look out for meningococcal disease tied to travel to Saudi Arabia | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging doctors to be on the lookout for potentially deadly meningococcal disease linked to travel to Saudi Arabia. Jen Christensen CNN

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Since April, there have been 12 confirmed cases of meningococcal disease associated with travel for Umrah, an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad in Saudi Arabia....

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Climate change’s economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049--study

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2024-05-16 10:19

New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049 A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heat-trapping gases taking the biggest monetary hit. AP News

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Hydroxychloroquine, touted by then President Trump, could have caused 17,000 deaths during Covid -- study

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-01-05 09:58

Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during Covid, study finds Former US President Donald Trump said: ‘What do you have to lose? Take it.’ POLITICO

Nearly 17,000 people may have died after taking hydroxycholoroquine during the first wave of Covid-19, according to a study by French researchers.

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