Disease Prevention

U.S. House Democrats critcize Republican COVID-19 report as a political stunt that failed to help prepare against a future pandemic

Tue, 2024-12-03 19:42 — mike kraft

Democrats push back on Republican COVID-19 report House Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday released their own report responding to the Republican-led panel’s final report, deeming the subcommittee to … jchoi The Hill

House Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday released their own report responding to the Republican-led panel’s final report, deeming the subcommittee to have “failed” in its endeavor to uncover the origins of COVID-19 and instead having “fueled extreme narratives.” ...

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British government purchases 5 million bird flu vaccine doses in case of possible pandemic

Tue, 2024-12-03 11:41 — mike kraft

UK buys 5 million bird flu vaccine doses in case of pandemic The government is adding a human H5 vaccine to its stockpile as part of its health threat preparedness plans. Lauren Chadwick euronews

The United Kingdom has bought more than five million doses of a bird flu vaccine for humans in case the virus adapts to better infect people and cause a possible pandemic.

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Explainer: Bird Flu Concerns Grow. Are COVID-19 Mistakes Being Repeated?

Mon, 2024-12-02 11:52 — mike kraft

H5N1 Bird Flu Concerns Grow. Are COVID-19 Mistakes Being Repeated? The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this highly pathogenic avian influenza virus so far. Bruce Y. Lee Forbes

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Opinion: A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History

Mon, 2024-12-02 11:45 — mike kraft

Almost five years after Covid blew into our lives, the main thing standing between us and the next global pandemic is luck. And with the advent of flu season, that luck may well be running out.

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U.S. Respiratory illness season begins to ramp up--CDC evaluation

Mon, 2024-12-02 10:19 — mike kraft

Respiratory illness season begins to ramp up now. Here’s what’s already starting to hit | CNN Respiratory disease season is off to a relatively slow start in the United States, but low vaccination rates threaten that trend and the rapid rise of some illnesses is already putting children at increased risk. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Reduced risk of long COVID after vaccination shown in analysis of 25 studies

Fri, 2024-11-29 17:43 — mike kraft

Analysis of 25 studies shows reduced risk of long COVID after vaccination Two doses of COVID vaccine before infection was tied to a 24% reduced odds of having long COVID. CIDRAP

A new meta-analysis of studies involving more than 14 million people published in the Journal of Infection shows that COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of developing long COVID, with two doses reducing the odds by 24% and one dose reducing the odds by 15%.

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Mpox: Burundi reluctant to accept vaccines despite outbreak; new case in England

Fri, 2024-11-29 10:57 — mike kraft

Despite The Offer Of Free Mpox Vaccines, Burundi's Government Is Hesitant - Health Policy Watch Despite having the second biggest mpox outbreak in Africa, Burundi has no immediate plans to vaccinate those at risk. Health Policy Watch

...Donated vaccine doses are available to Burundi for free but “vaccine hesitancy” might be playing a part in the government’s reluctance to vaccinate people, according to Dr Ngashi Ngongo, mpox lead for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

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Analysis: Concern About How Trump’s Health Nominee Covid Contrarians Will Handle the Next Pandemic

Fri, 2024-11-29 10:38 — mike kraft

President-elect Donald J. Trump had already succeeded in rattling the nation’s public health and biomedical establishment by the time he announced on Tuesday that he had picked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health. But amid growing fears of a deadly bird flu pandemic, perhaps no one was more rattled than experts in infectious disease.

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No unexpected COVID vaccine safety concerns in young children--study

Wed, 2024-11-27 12:26 — mike kraft

Study: No unexpected COVID vaccine safety concerns in kids Postvaccination reactions were reported for 47% of children. CIDRAP

A new research letter published yesterday in JAMA Network Open shows no new safety concerns or reactogenicity signals among babies and toddlers who received their first COVID-19 vaccines by the age of 2.

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Study shows how smart climate change and other policies could address competing land use needs.

Tue, 2024-11-26 17:19 — mike kraft

Is there enough land on Earth to fight climate change and feed the world? An MIT-led study shows that there is enough land to support efforts to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius while addressing competing needs for long-term food security and ecosystem health. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The team finds that with transformative changes in policy, land management practices, and consumption patterns, global land is sufficient to provide a sustainable supply of food and ecosystem services throughout this century while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions in alignment with the 1.5 C goal.

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