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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

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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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    Trum administration funding cuts to South Africa will undermine TB and HIV research--analysis

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    NIH Cuts To South Africa Will Cause Global Loss Of TB And HIV Research Capacity - Health Policy Watch These are some of the impacts on South Africa of the decision by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) barely a week ago to prohibit United States Health Policy Watch

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    Measles: charts show how falling vaccination rates could lead to a surge in cases

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    How much worse could America’s measles outbreak get? Our charts show how falling vaccination rates could lead to a surge in cases The Economist The Economist
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    RFK Jr. clashed with Congressional committee in hearing focusing on vaccines

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    US health chief Kennedy clashes with lawmakers over vaccine commentshttps://

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    Some of the most heated exchanges centered on his remarks on vaccines. Kennedy has for years sown doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, but pledged to maintain the country's existing vaccine standards to secure his appointment in the Trump administration.

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    Problems in federal programs leave rural patients without internet connection to telemedicine

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    Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts - KFF Health News Taxpayers — through federal infrastructure programs — have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth. sjtribble KFF Health News

     

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    U.S. Ag department, facing law suits, says it will restore climate change-related websites.

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    Facing lawsuit, USDA says it will restore climate change-related webpages The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore webpages related to climate change after it was sued earlier this year over the deletions. AP News
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    Trump administration's medcal research cuts reached $2.7 billion--Senate report

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    Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says | CNN A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain scientific data from government websites. Jacqueline Howard CNN
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    Majority of Americans support measles vacinations, worry about Trump administration's handling of outbreaks --poll

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    Americans worry about Trump's handling of measles outbreak, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The vast majority of Americans believe that vaccines for measles are safe, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Jason Lange,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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    US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine

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    US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine The U.S. government is advising that international travelers age 60 and older not get a chikungunya vaccine as it investigates possible side effects. AP News

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    A vaccine that protects against swine, human and bird flu could eliminate need for yearly shots -- research

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    Vaccine that protects against swine, human and bird flu could eliminate need for yearly shots Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by University of Nebraska–Lincoln virologist Eric Weaver and his laboratory team. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Medical Xpress

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