Wars, debt, climate crisis and Covid have halted anti-poverty fight – World Bank
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Climate change impact is reducing blood supply donations
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This summer, the American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage in the U.S. There’s a seasonal pattern to blood donations, which often dip over the summer and during the winter holidays. But experts also say that climate change disrupts the national blood supply, with extreme heat and worsening storms in certain regions keeping people away from blood banks.
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How to protect from mosquito borne diseases
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Here’s what you need to know about protecting yourself from a potentially infectious mosquito bite.
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Supreme Court strikes down use of affirmative action, a blow to efforts to diversify medical schools
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White House gains private sector partners to end US hunger within a decade
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President Joe Biden is hosting a conference Wednesday on hunger, nutrition and health, the first by the White House since 1969. That conference, under President Richard Nixon, was a pivotal moment that influenced U.S. food policy agenda for 50 years.
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Analysis of a grim milestone: 1 in 500 Americans have died of Covid-19, with a breakdown by race and age.
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At a certain point, it was no longer a matter of if the United States would reach the gruesome milestone of 1 in 500 people dying of covid-19, but a matter of when. A year? Maybe 15 months? The answer: 19 months. ...
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OPINION: A plan for reinvesting in U.S. public health system
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Public health in America is in crisis, a sad fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has made impossible to ignore.
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Undervaccinated red states are nowhere near herd immunity as dangerous Delta variant spreads
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U.S. Coronavirus cases are falling but experts say it's not from the COVID vaccine, yet
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Suggestions on how to deal with Vaccine Hesitancy: Can We Talk?
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.... Public health officials stress that the COVID-19 vaccines will provide the best hope for returning to “normal.” Yet, a recent study from Kaiser Family Foundation revealed one-quarter of the population “probably or definitely would not take the coronavirus vaccine.”
Much is at stake. For life to return to anything approaching normal, 75% of the population must be immunized. If enough people avoid the vaccine, COVID-19 transmission will continue. Honest, fact-based conversations about the vaccine among family and close friends have an urgency that strikes close to the heart. Since some conversations are likely to be emotionally charged, it’s important to be able to communicate and listen actively. You’ll need to understand your own feelings about the issues, and also deal with someone else’s strong feelings — all while being able to think clearly and stay focused — basic psychoanalytic technique!
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