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Cases and death continued to decline globally over the past 4 weeks, with hot spots reported in a few countries as XBB Omicron variant proportions continue to shift, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today in its latest weekly update.

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Activity is up, however, in two regions: the Western Pacific by 10% and Africa by 3%. Deaths declined or were stable in all six regions.

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Analysis: Record breaking heat in Spain, North Africa impossible without climate change

Mon, 2023-05-08 09:56 — mike kraft

Spain's April heat nearly impossible without climate change Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern Africa were made 100 times more likely by human-caused climate change, a new flash study found, and would have been almost impossible in the past. A group of international scientists did a rapid computer and statistical analysis of a late April heat wave that stretched across the Iberian peninsula into Algeria and Morocco. The peaks of the heat wave varied from 36.9 degrees Celsius (98.4 degrees Fahrenheit) to 41 degrees Celsius (105.8 degrees Fahrenheit) degrees in the four countries.

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Mpox cases rise in Africa, new infections reported in Europe

Mon, 2023-05-08 09:18 — mike kraft

Mpox cases rise 7% in Africa as Europe reports 17 new infections Africa has had a 7.4% case increase, with 111 new infections in the most recent 2 weeks. CIDRAP

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Analysis: Failures in achieving COVID-19 vaccine equity

Fri, 2023-05-05 17:11 — mike kraft

Cascading failures in COVID-19 vaccine equity Ethical analysis should encompass upstream decisions and their downstream consequences Science

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WHO, Gates Foundation seek to reverse falling childhood vaccination rates

Tue, 2023-04-25 10:09 — mike kraft

WHO, Gates Foundation seek to reverse falling childhood vaccination rates The World Health Organization is working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other not-for profit organizations and agencies to reverse a pandemic-driven decline in routine childhood vaccinations. Nandhini Srinivasan,Sriparna Roy Reuters

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Opinion: Small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:36 — mike kraft

How small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big If we can’t get this right for known diseases like Marburg, what hope do we have for unknown pandemic threats? Torie Bosch STAT

...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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