Disease Prevention

Most Americans ready to take climate action --survey

Wed, 2024-06-05 21:23 — mike kraft

Survey: Americans ready to take climate action

Most Americans are willing to take steps to help address climate change, a new survey finds.

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61% of Americans feel vulnerable to a lower quality of life due to climate change, while 57% worry about climate-related health risks, per the survey.

61% of Americans are open to drinking recycled wastewater in the face of water shortages, 74% would eat food grown using recycled water, and 82% would pay more to filter microplastics out of their drinking water.
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FLiRT COVID variant: discussion of possible surge, symptoms

Wed, 2024-06-05 21:12 — mike kraft

New COVID variants called 'FLiRT' are spreading in the U.S. What are the symptoms? The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including KP.2, are spreading in the United States. Will there be a summer surge? Experts discuss KP.2 transmission, symptoms, and vaccines. Yahoo News

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COVID shots for JN.1 work against newer strains, vaccine makers say

Wed, 2024-06-05 21:00 — mike kraft

COVID shots for JN.1 variant neutralize newer strains, vaccine makers say COVID-19 vaccine makers said data from animals studies showed their 2024-25 shots targeting the JN.1 variant that was dominant earlier this year could neutralize newer subvariants such as KP.2 much better than the older shots. Reuters Reuters

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"Duckbill" N95 mask gets top billing in stopping SARS-CoV-2 viral leakage into the air--study

Wed, 2024-06-05 20:55 — mike kraft

N95 respirator gets top billing in stopping SARS-CoV-2 viral leakage into the air Researchers who compared the ability of cloth and surgical masks and KN95 and N95 respirators to impede SARS-CoV-2 leakage into the environment show that the "duckbill" N95 won handily, stopping 98% of the virus that causes COVID-19. CIDRAP

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Opinion: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, Needs Urgent Reform to Ensure its Continued Impact

Wed, 2024-06-05 07:20 — mike kraft

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U.S. will make millions of birds flu vaccine doses to prepare for possible pandemic

Tue, 2024-06-04 20:45 — mike kraft

US will make millions of bird flu vaccines this summer As the H5N1 avian flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, nearly 5 million doses of flu vaccine are now being prepared for possible use in humans. Robin Foster Medical Xpress

Since the outbreak in livestock began this spring, bird flu has been confirmed in three humans who worked on dairy farms in Texas and Michigan and health experts are concerned the virus could mutate to the point where it could spread easily among humans.

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Opinion: Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming and the need for better monitoring

Mon, 2024-06-03 22:13 — mike kraft

The third human case of H5N1, reported on Thursday in a farmworker in Michigan who was experiencing respiratory symptoms, tells us that the current bird flu situation is at a dangerous inflection point.

The virus is adapting in predictable ways that increase its risk to humans, reflecting our failure to contain it early on. The solutions to this brewing crisis — such as comprehensive testing — have been there all along, and they’re becoming only more important. If we keep ignoring the warning signs we have only ourselves to blame.

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