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COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic - SARSCoV2

Fri, 2020-01-03 20:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

An expanding list of information resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic. A link to Resources, Information, FAQs and Research on this pandemic will be provided (in red - here), and at the bottom of this post . . .

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - Coronavirus COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 Tracker - Microsoft / Bing

CLICK HERE - WHO - Map and Dashboard - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 tracker - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

CLICK HERE - ESRI - Impact Planning for COVID-19 - Select your State and County

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Africa CDC Mobilizes Immediate Response to Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania

Tue, 2025-01-21 12:42 — mike kraft

Tanzania Declares Marburg Outbreak: Africa CDC Mobilizes Immediate Response – Africa CDC ADDIS ABABA, January 20, 2025 – Tanzania has declared a Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak after confirming one case and identifying 25 suspected cases in the Kagera Region of Northwestern Tanzania. The Marburg virus, a highly infectious and often fatal disease, is similar to Ebola and is transmitted to humans from fruit bats and monkeys. […] Africa CDC

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Trump’s Executive Orders reverse Biden on health care costs and other medical issues.

Tue, 2025-01-21 11:35 — mike kraft

Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination. Sarah Owermohle STAT

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Misinformation issue: Vaccine misinformation --a lasting side effect from COVID

Tue, 2025-01-21 11:13 — mike kraft

Vaccine misinformation: a lasting side effect from COVID A fringe anti-vaccine movement took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to bring conspiracy theories to a much wider audience, propelling dangerous misinformation about life-saving jabs that still endures ... Medical Xpress

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The pandemic also marked a change in strategy by anti-vaxxers, who previously targeted parents because children routinely received the most jabs.

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Analysis: How COVID-19 situation has changed during five years since the first case in America

Tue, 2025-01-21 11:03 — mike kraft

COVID-19: It has been five years since the first case in America. What's it like today? Jan. 20, 2025, marks five years since the CDC reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on American soil. Sam Woodward USA TODAY

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COVID-19 doesn't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon despite advancements in vaccines against the virus.

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Trump withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization. WHO officials and others criticize move.

Tue, 2025-01-21 09:08 — mike kraft

Trump announces US withdrawal from World Health Organization | CNN Politics President Donald Trump announced Monday he is withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization, a significant move on his first day back in the White House cutting ties with the United Nations’ public health agency and drawing criticism from public health experts. Betsy Klein CNN

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Tanzania, Sierra Leone, England confirm new Marburg cases

Mon, 2025-01-20 14:55 — mike kraft

Tanzania Confirms Marburg Outbreak - Health Policy Watch Tanzania has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following Health Policy Watch

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Bird flu: U.S. government grants Moderna $590 million for bird flu vaccine development

Fri, 2025-01-17 17:43 — mike kraft

US awards Moderna $590 million for bird flu vaccine development The U.S. government has awarded Moderna $590 million to advance the development of its bird flu vaccine, as the country doubles down on efforts to tackle increasing infections in humans. Reuters Reuters

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Teletherapy availability has had little impact for those who cannot pay ---study

Fri, 2025-01-17 17:30 — mike kraft

Study shows teletherapy has not improved access to mental health care for those who cannot pay A small team of psychiatrists at Columbia University, in the U.S., has found that despite an increase in the use of teletherapy over the past several years by both psychotherapists and their patients, ... Bob Yirka Medical Xpress

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Access to high speed internet a factor in lower COVID pandemic deaths.

Fri, 2025-01-17 17:01 — mike kraft

High-speed internet linked to lower COVID-19 death rates The mortality rate from COVID-19 was about 50% lower in U.S. counties with higher internet access in the summer and early fall of 2020. Fernanda Pires Medical Xpress

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