El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
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27% rate of long COVID in infected health workers --Brazilian study
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A new case-control study of Brazilian healthcare workers (HCWs) suggests as many as 27% developed long COVID after infection, and multiple infections raised the risk. The findings were published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
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Analysis: Failures in achieving COVID-19 vaccine equity
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WHO, Gates Foundation seek to reverse falling childhood vaccination rates
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Opinion: Small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big
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...while fast-tracking candidate vaccines represents a positive step forward in the race to stop these outbreaks and to improve global health security, it raises an important question. If vaccine candidates already existed for both of these viruses before the outbreaks began, then why weren’t investigational stockpiles of vaccine ready to go when the first cases were detected?
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Opinion: Brazil’s Favelas Offer Lessons in Building Trust in Dealing with Pandemics
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Experts often cite mistrust of the government as a key reason certain communities have suffered disproportionately during deadly outbreaks, including Ebola and Covid-19. Mistrust is a serious problem in a pandemic if it prevents people from obeying health recommendations, seeking medical care and accepting vaccines.
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World wide, Nearly everyone is exposed to unhealthy levels of tiny air pollutants, study says
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California says it can no longer afford COVID testing, vaccinations for migrants
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Brain changes detected after COVID-19 infection, even in mild cases --study
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"Our findings are concerning, as even people with a mild case of COVID-19 are showing changes in their brains months later. More studies are needed to hopefully identify treatments to prevent any long-term effects on people's quality of life," she added.
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Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion in Prepayments for Canceled Covid Shots for Poor Countries --NYTimes
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As global demand for Covid-19 vaccines dries up, the program responsible for vaccinating the world’s poor has been urgently negotiating to try to get out of its deals with pharmaceutical companies for shots it no longer needs.
Drug companies have so far declined to refund $1.4 billion in advance payments for now-canceled doses, according to confidential documents obtained by The New York Times.
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