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May 19, 2020 9:14 AM
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Mandates to give workers paid sick leave in a recent congressional bill could be helping to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say.
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May 18, 2020 8:27 AM
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The designation will expedite regulatory review of the medication should it prove to be safe and effective.
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May 18, 2020 8:25 AM
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Can COVID-19 spread through poop? A new study digs into what we know and what we don't.
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May 18, 2020 8:23 AM
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Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is among 140 current and former world leaders calling for “a people’s vaccine” against coronavirus (COVID-19). The call, which was contained in a petition they signed on Thursday, urging all governments to push for a free COVID-19 vaccine for all when developed. The petition was initiated by the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations agency dedicated to eradicating the HIV/AIDS virus. Obasanjo, who led Nigeria as a civilian Head of State between 1999 and 2007, is a member of the Champion for an AIDS-Free Generation. In the petition, the leaders are demanding that when a COVID-19 vaccine is developed, it should be made available free of charge to all. President of South Africa and Chairman of the African Union, Cyril Ramaphosa; his Senegalese and Ghanaian counterparts, Macky Sall and Nana Akufo-Addo, respectively, are among the signatories. According to UNAIDS, the demand is the most ambitious position yet by world leaders “on what has become the most urgent quest in modern science.” The petition came ahead of a virtual meeting of the World Health Assembly, the world’s highest health policy-making body comprising health ministers from UN member states, holding on May 18. “We are calling on Health Ministers at the World Health Assembly to rally behind a people’s vaccine against this disease urgently. “Governments and international partners must unite around a global guarantee which ensures that, when a safe and effective vaccine is developed, it is produced rapidly at scale and made available for all people, in all countries, free of charge. “The same applies for all treatments, diagnostics, and other technologies for COVID-19,” they said. The petitioners noted that the world would be safer only when everyone could benefit from the science and access a vaccine, “and that is a political challenge. “We must heed the warning that ‘those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it. “We must learn the painful lessons from a history of unequal access in dealing with disease such as HIV and Ebola. “But we must also remember the ground-breaking victories of health movements, including AIDS activists and advocates who fought for access to affordable medicines for all,” they said. Other signatories include former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the demand came as the world searches for a vaccine against the novel virus. As of Thursday morning, the disease had infected no fewer than four million people and killed more than 290,000 others, according to the World Health Organisation(WHO). On April 24, the WHO in collaboration with world leaders launched what they call Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. ACT Accelerator seeks to speed up the development, production and equitable distribution of COVID-18 drugs, tests kits and vaccines around the world. The petitioners called for a mandatory worldwide sharing of all COVID-19-related knowledge, data and technologies with a pool of COVID-19 licenses freely available to all countries. “Countries should be empowered and enabled to make full use of agreed safeguards and flexibilities in the WTO Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health to protect access to medicines for all “We call for an agreement that establishes a global and equitable rapid manufacturing and distribution plan, that is fully-funded by rich nations, for the vaccine and all COVID-19 products and technologies that guarantee transparent ‘at true cost-prices’ and supplies according to need. “Action must start urgently to massively build capacity worldwide to manufacture billions of vaccine doses,” they demanded. The leaders also called for urgent steps to recruit and train millions of paid and protected health workers needed to deliver them. (NAN) More from my site Post Views: 58 Share this Post[?]
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May 18, 2020 8:20 AM
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Pathogenic DNA paints summer foliage gold, and inspired a poet over a millennium ago.
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May 18, 2020 8:20 AM
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KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian aerobatic jet crashed into a British Columbia neighborhood during a flyover intended to boost morale during the pandemic, killing one crew member, seriously injuring another and setting a house on fire. ...
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May 13, 2020 8:41 AM
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COVID-19 threatens to derail conservation efforts and research for a year, which could be a huge blow to the field. Here, a biologist explains the threat.
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May 12, 2020 5:36 AM
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1968 flu pandemic, global outbreak of influenza that originated in China in July 1968 and lasted until 1969–70, killing between one and four million people. The 1968 pandemic was initiated by the emergence of a virus known as influenza A subtype H3N2.
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May 12, 2020 5:33 AM
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Here’s how the Kalamazoo facility is showcasing progress and leadership in combating the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 12, 2020 5:32 AM
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ACE Inhibitors or ARBs and Incident Influenza Certain influenza strains and SARS-CoV-2 gain access to cells by means of the ACE2 receptor. In this database study in the United Kingdom, investigator...
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May 12, 2020 5:30 AM
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bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution...
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May 12, 2020 5:29 AM
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A new soft robot that gets its inspiration from the biomechanics of cheetahs moves more quickly on solid surfaces than earlier versions. And it can swim faster, too.
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May 12, 2020 5:28 AM
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Deaths caused by COVID-19 are estimated to be widely undercounted globally.
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May 18, 2020 8:28 AM
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Author summary Ross River virus (RRV) was first identified in Australia in 1959, and has since caused multiple outbreaks, some affecting tens of thousands of individuals throughout the Pacific Islands, Australia, and Papua New Guinea.
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May 18, 2020 8:26 AM
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Inequality made historical pandemics ‘worse than they had to be’...
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May 18, 2020 8:25 AM
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Gabriela Sánchez Escamilla is a law student at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. We are facing a historic moment. In less than 4 months, COVID-19 has become a pandemic of proportions nobody could have imagined.
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May 18, 2020 8:22 AM
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Trying to make sourdough bread while staying at home during the pandemic? Check out this podcast to find out more about how sourdough works.
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May 18, 2020 8:20 AM
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Comparisons between coronavirus and seasonal influenza deaths "must be made using an apples-to-apples comparison, not an apples-to-oranges comparison," said Dr. Jeremy Samuel Faust and Dr.Carlos...
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May 13, 2020 8:42 AM
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Right-wing extremists such as the Nazis won a greater share of the votes in parts of Germany that suffered larger numbers of flu deaths during the pandemic that started in 1918.
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May 13, 2020 8:41 AM
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to sweep the world, causing infection of millions and death of hundreds of thou…...
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May 12, 2020 5:35 AM
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The 1957-1958 influenza pandemic, also known as Asian flu, was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 which originated in Guizhou, China and killed at least 1 million people worldwide. The strain of virus that caused the pandemic, influenza A virus subtype H2N2, was a recombination of avian influenza (probably from geese) and human influenza viruses.
"Asian flu" redirects here. For other uses, see Asian flu (disambiguation). The 1957–1958 influenza pandemic, also known as Asian flu, was a global pandemic of influenza A virus subtype H2N2 which originated in Guizhou, China and killed at least 1 million people worldwide. History Edit The strain of virus that caused the pandemic, influenza A virus subtype H2N2, was a recombination of avian influenza (probably from geese) and human influenza viruses.[1][2] As it was a novel strain of the virus, there was minimal immunity in the population.[1][3] The first cases were reported in Guizhou in late 1956[1] or February 1957,[4][5][6] and were reported in the neighboring province of Yunnan before the end of February.[7] On 17 April, The Times reported that "an influenza epidemic has affected thousands of Hong Kong residents".[3] By the end of the same month, Singapore also experienced an outbreak of the new flu, which peaked in mid-May with 680 deaths.[8] In Taiwan, 100,000 were affected by mid-May and India suffered a million cases by June. In late June, the pandemic reached the United Kingdom.[3] By June 1957 it reached the United States, where it initially caused few infections.[2] Some of the first affected were United States Navy personnel at destroyers docked at Newport Naval Station, as well as new military recruits elsewhere.[9] The first wave peaked in October (among children who returned to school) and the second wave, in January and February 1958 among elderly people, which was more fatal.[2][10] Microbiologist Maurice Hilleman was alarmed by pictures of those affected by the virus in Hong Kong published in The New York Times. He obtained samples of the virus from a United States Navy doctor in Japan. The Public Health Service released the virus cultures to vaccine manufacturers on 12 May 1957, and a vaccine entered trials at Fort Ord on 26 July and Lowry Air Force Base on 29 July.[9] The number of deaths peaked the week ending 17 October with 600 reported in England and Wales. The vaccine was available in the same month in the United Kingdom.[3] Although it was available initially only in limited quantities,[10][3] its rapid deployment helped contain the pandemic.[2] H2N2 influenza virus continued to circulate until 1968, when it transformed via antigenic shift into influenza A virus subtype H3N2, the cause of the 1968 influenza pandemic.[2][11] Mortality estimates Edit Excess mortality in Chile, 1953–1959. Flu seasons highlighted in gray. Note black spikes in the mortality rate. The case fatality rate of Asian flu was approximately 0.67%.[12] The disease was estimated to have a 3% rate of complications and 0.3% mortality in the United Kingdom;[3] it could cause pneumonia by itself, without the presence of secondary bacterial infection. It may have infected as many or more people than the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, but the vaccine, improved health care, and the invention of antibiotics contributed to a lower mortality rate.[1] Overall, the pandemic caused 1 to 2 million deaths worldwide[2] or 2 to 4 million.[1] The CDC estimates 1.1 million deaths worldwide.[13] According to a study in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the highest excess mortality occurred in Latin America.[14] About 70,000[1][11] to 116,000 people died in the United States.[15] In early 1958, it was estimated that 14,000 people had already died of the flu in the United Kingdom of the 9 million who became sick.[3] It caused many infections in children, spreading in schools and leading to many school closures, but was rarely fatal in children. The virus was most deadly in pregnant women, the elderly, and those with pre-existing heart and lung disease.[1] According to research by Barbara Sands, some of the excess mortality attributed to the Great Leap Forward in Maoist China may have actually been caused by the 1957 flu.[16] Economic effects Edit The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 15% of its value in the second half of 1957.[15] In the United Kingdom, the government paid out £10 000 000 in sickness benefit and some factories and mines had to close.[3] Many schools had to close in Ireland, including 17 in Dublin.[17]
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May 12, 2020 5:33 AM
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A Finnish team has developed a coronavirus vaccine for testing, but fears nags in production.
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May 12, 2020 5:31 AM
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NBC News’ Alexa Liautaud takes an in-depth look at what happened when lockdowns were lifted after the Spanish Flu as people worry that lifting stay-at-home orders will lead to spikes in COVID-19 cases.
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May 12, 2020 5:29 AM
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A new report digs into plans to protect our planet from alien microbes or cross-contamination from other worlds, also known as "planetary quarantine."...
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May 12, 2020 5:28 AM
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"...it is important to note that children without chronic illness are also at risk.Parents need to continue to take the virus seriously."...
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