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Bivalent COVID vaccine shows good Omicron protection while older version wanes --studies

Wed, 2023-05-03 18:25 — mike kraft
Bivalent COVID vaccine shows good Omicron protection while older version wanes CIDRAP

Two studies published today measure the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of COVID-19 vaccines against laboratory-confirmed Omicron variant and subvariants and symptomatic disease. Vaccines that target the newer variants performed well, but primary vaccines offered rapidly waning protection from SARS-CoV-2 infections in the post-Omicron era.

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New printer could produce vaccines for better access in remote areas

Mon, 2023-04-24 18:19 — mike kraft
MIT-developed printer brings on-demand vaccine production a step closer - UPI.com Researchers at MIT unveiled a revolutionary mobile vaccine printer Monday that could be used for rapid-response vaccination programs in remote areas that lack medical staff, equipment and critical infrastructure. UPI

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Lessons from Burkina Fasco: The role of civil society and community actors in COVID-19 prevention and control

Mon, 2023-04-10 17:03 — mike kraft
The role and contribution of civil society and community actors in COVID-19 prevention and control: the case of the COMVID COVID-19 movement in Burkina Faso Communities should play a crucial role in the fight against public health emergencies but ensuring their effective and sustained engagement remains a challenge in many countries. In this article, we describe the process of mobilising community actors to contribute to the fight against COVID-19 in Burkina Faso. During the early days of the pandemic, the national COVID-19 response plan called for the involvement of community actors, but no strategy had been defined for this purpose. The initiative to involve community actors in the fight against COVID-19 was taken, independently of the government, by 23 civil society organisations gathered through a platform called ‘Health Democracy and Citizen Involvement (DES-ICI)’.
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Analysis: Pandemic preparedness strategies must go beyond vaccines

Fri, 2023-04-07 16:49 — mike kraft
Pandemic preparedness strategies must go beyond vaccines Monoclonal antibodies can fill a critical gap to help stop the next infectious disease outbreak from becoming the next pandemic. Science Translational Medicine

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Once a pathogen of pandemic potential has emerged, an effective response that relies on medical countermeasures (e.g., prophylactic, therapeutic, and diagnostic technologies) must be deployed at scale immediately. Thus, medical countermeasures need to be readily available for use at the first signals that a pathogen of concern has surfaced.

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Funding the search for answers about post COVID-19 condition: how Stichting Long COVID is stimulating research in the Netherlands

Fri, 2023-03-31 13:33 — FNUOvviyaa
Funding the search for answers about post COVID-19 condition: how Stichting Long COVID is stimulating research in the Netherlands “What I don’t understand is why there isn’t more of a sense of urgency about funding research into long COVID, when it is costing society so much,” says Ellen Bark, co-found
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Yale University and WHO launch innovative partnership to scale up Behavioural Sciences for Better Health initiative

Wed, 2023-03-29 13:37 — FNUOvviyaa
Yale University and WHO launch innovative partnership to scale up Behavioural Sciences for Better Health initiative The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) and the World Health Organization’s Behavioural Insights Unit have signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to work together over the next two years to contribute to the shared goals of promoting and enabling systematic use of the behavioural and social sciences in public health, designing, and
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California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing

Tue, 2023-03-28 15:43 — FNUOvviyaa
California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six surgeries. He had an open wound on his left leg that refused to heal — made worse by living in a dirty, moldy house with five other people, two ball pythons, four Chihuahuas and a cage full of rats. AP NEWS

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Mobile Clinics Really Got Rolling in the Pandemic. A New Law Will Help Them Cast a Wider Safety Net.

Tue, 2023-03-21 01:07 — FNUOvviyaa
Mobile Clinics Really Got Rolling in the Pandemic. A New Law Will Help Them Cast a Wider Safety Net. Mobile clinics that provided covid-19 testing and vaccines at the peak of the pandemic are now being used to provide a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. A law passed late last … khnkytjaw Kaiser Health News

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FDA advisers vote in support of Paxlovid approval for Covid-19 treatment in high-risk adults

Sun, 2023-03-19 02:34 — FNUOvviyaa
FDA advisers vote in support of Paxlovid approval for Covid-19 treatment in high-risk adults | CNN FDA advisers voted 16-1 on Thursday in support of approval of Paxlovid, stating that the benefits outweigh the risks of the drug for treatment of mild-to-moderate Covid-19 in adult high risk for progression to severe disease, including hospitalization and death. Janelle Chavez CNN

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Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

Sun, 2023-03-19 01:48 — FNUOvviyaa
Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety; Vancouver, Canada for surveillance; Athens, Greece for overdose prevention, and Bengaluru, India for tobacco control.The first-of-its-kind Summit was convened in London by Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Health Organization, Vital Strategies, and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London.Today, during the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, five global cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries.
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