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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:15 — mike kraft
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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    Welcome to the Maryland Resilience System

    Tue, 2013-10-22 01:43 — Gina Angiola

    The Maryland Resilience System, a nested subsystem of the U.S. Resilience System, will be the clearinghouse for information on resilient recovery and reconstruction efforts following disasters, as well as a place to discuss mechanisms and strategies for improving the health, well-being, and prosperity of Maryland residents and their communities by fostering a resilient response to change both now and in the future.  Please register to participate.

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    Trump administration pulls out of key global climate assessment

    Fri, 2025-02-21 12:23 — mike kraft
    Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say The Trump administration has halted the participation of U.S. scientists in key U.N.
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    U.S. foreign aid: freeze disrupts medical supplies; Court again orders halt to suspensions

    Fri, 2025-02-21 11:30 — mike kraft
    US aid freeze sows disruption in HIV, malaria product supply chains The U.S. government's foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world's poorest countries, and life-threatening gaps could persist for months, according to two sources familiar with the sector. Jennifer Rigby,Lisa Baertlein Reuters
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    The Texas measles outbreak was ‘inevitable’ because of low vaccination rates --local doctors.

    Fri, 2025-02-21 11:19 — mike kraft
    Why the Texas measles outbreak was ‘inevitable’ An outbreak of measles is wreaking havoc in the South Plains region of Texas, where nearly 60 children have been confirmed to be infected. Physicians in the state say the current situation was “ine… colinmeyn The Hill

    An outbreak of measles is wreaking havoc in the South Plains region of Texas, where nearly 60 children have been confirmed to be infected. Physicians in the state say the current situation was “inevitable” due to the low rates of vaccination among the largely Mennonite community.  

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    U.S. may face critical hospital bed shortage --study

    Fri, 2025-02-21 10:59 — mike kraft
    US warned of 2032 hospital crisis A growing shortage of beds may end up seeing "tens to hundreds of thousands of excess American deaths each year," researchers said. Newsweek

    U.S. hospitals are on track for a crisis come 2032 that may lead to hundreds of thousands of additional deaths each year.

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    Mpox outbreak in Congo has potential to spread because of mutations--researchers

    Fri, 2025-02-21 09:55 — mike kraft
    Scientists warn of increased mpox transmission International researchers, including from DTU National Food Institute, warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more ... Technical University of Denmark Medical Xpress
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    Commentary: The COVID Contrarians are in Power; Need to hash out if they are right.

    Thu, 2025-02-20 20:00 — mike kraft
    The Covid ‘Contrarians’ Are in Power. We Still Haven’t Hashed Out Whether They Were Right. - KFF Health News Jay Bhattacharya, nominated to lead the National Institutes of Health, opposed most covid mandates. Without an honest public debate about what worked and what didn’t, public health experts say, we’re even less prepared for the next pandemic. khnkit KFF Health News
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    RFK Jr. plans to shake up CDC advisory committee on vaccines --sources.

    Thu, 2025-02-20 19:47 — mike kraft
    RFK Jr. prepares shake-up of vaccine advisers The health secretary is planning to remove members of a panel that recommends vaccines if he sees conflicts of interest. Politico

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    JFK Jr orders CDC to shelve promotional campaigns urging people to get flu vaccines

    Thu, 2025-02-20 19:29 — mike kraft
    HHS orders CDC to halt some vaccine ads, saying RFK Jr. wants message focused on ‘informed consent’ The CDC was ordered to shelve promotions it developed for a variety of vaccines after Health Secretary RFK Jr. said he wants message focused on "informed consent." Helen Branswell STAT
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    Two U.S polls: Concern about Musk's cuts in government services, and support for conservation/climate change protective measures

    Thu, 2025-02-20 15:05 — mike kraft
    Americans worry Musk's campaign to slash government could hurt services, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The poll also found a majority of Americans believe that billionaires have too much influence on Trump's administration. James Oliphant,Jason Lange Reuters
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    Analysis: While the Trump administration fires federal health workers, the U.S. copes with outbreaks of measles and other diseases.

    Thu, 2025-02-20 14:38 — mike kraft
    Measles Cases Spread in Texas and New Mexico as Trump Purges Federal Health Workers The U.S. is grappling with multiple outbreaks of disease as the Trump administration purges federal health workers. Steven Ross Johnson U.S. News & World Report

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    Explainer: Information on Measles

    Thu, 2025-02-20 14:23 — mike kraft
    What to know about measles | CNN Measles, one of the world’s most contagious infectious diseases, can cause serious complications – such as blindness, pneumonia or encephalitis, swelling of the brain – and even turn deadly, especially in children younger than 5. Jacqueline Howard CNN

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    Improving access to oxygen during pandemics can save lives--study

    Thu, 2025-02-20 11:43 — mike kraft
    Report: Improving oxygen access, pandemic preparedness could save millions of lives Investment in medical oxygen systems could save millions of lives by filling gaps in oxygen access for more than half the world's population and boosting pandemic preparedness, says a report published yesterday in The Lancet Global Health. CIDRAP

     

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    Many international relief organizations are cutting staffs because of Trump administration's foreign aid suspensions

    Thu, 2025-02-20 10:59 — mike kraft
    International Rescue Committee Cutting Thousands Of Staff After US Aid Freeze - Health Policy Watch (The New Humanitarian) The International Rescue Committee, one of the oldest humanitarian aid organizations in the United States, is cutting thousands of Health Policy Watch
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