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New 'Cicada' COVID strain prompts alert as symptoms emerge
#Infections #Britain #CDC #WHO #RFKjr #COVID19 #VirusCrisis #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #Pandemic #DrAnthonyFauci #Testing #Mandates #Masks #Deaths #Vaccine #Variants #Measles
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New Covid Variant And Wastewater Data Is Just In from The US CDC

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare

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Bird Flu Outbreak Affecting Humans in China Likely Massively Underreported: Microbiologist

Bird Flu Outbreak Affecting Humans in China Likely Massively Underreported: Microbiologist
->NTD | More on "Bird flu human cases underreported" at BigEarthData.ai | #BirdFlu #Pandemic

Latest case of bird flu found in wild bird in Donegal The third and latest case of avian influenza has been detected in a wild bird in Donegal. The latest case of bird flu was found in the Bird in Donegal in recent days. It is the third in Ireland since Minister for Agriculture introduced new strict biosecurity regulations for poultry on 6 December 2024. The exact location of the bird in Donegal has not been disclosed. It comes as an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone was introduced in Northern Ireland on Saturday following three confirmed cases of bird flu in wild birds in three different countries. Since early December there have been three detections of avian influenza in Ireland, all in wild birds. The first was in Galway, one in Dublin and the most recent one confirmed in Donegal in mid-January. Up until the discovery of the buzzard with H5N1 virus, Ireland was the only area in Europe where bird flu had not been detected this winter. In a statement, the Department of Agriculture said: "With six instances of avian influenza in wild birds on the island since early December, it is clear that the virus is circulating in some wild birds in Ireland and that the highest standards of biosecurity...

Latest case of bird flu found in wild bird in Donegal
->Donegal Daily | More on "Bird flu cases wild birds" at BigEarthData.ai | #BirdFlu #Pandemic

Bird flu breakthrough: Waterfowl movement could influence spread ATHENS, Ga. — A new study from the University of Georgia indicates that the movement patterns of waterfowl may influence the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as H5N1, among bird populations. Understanding how ducks, swans and geese move outside of their typical migration periods could help scientists better predict where the bird flu virus might spread next. Researchers analyzed 20 years of data, which included movement information from more than 4,600 waterfowl across 26 species in the Northern Hemisphere. The study found that during winter and breeding seasons, birds travel shorter distances in areas with human activity. These human-altered landscapes likely provide abundant food, water and shelter, reducing the birds’ need to move. This reduced movement in human-heavy environments could change how the H5N1 virus travels. Claire Teitelbaum, assistant unit leader with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, served as the lead author of the study. Teitelbaum, who is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, commented on the research. “If we provide enough diverse attractive habitats, these animals may want to stick around,” Teitelbaum said. “If we want to keep the flu from spreading, we...

Bird flu breakthrough: Waterfowl movement could influence spread
->WSB-TV | More on "Waterfowl movement and bird flu" at BigEarthData.ai | #BirdFlu #Pandemic

This film to gives voice to those who have been marginalized by the #pandemic at a time when there is little media focus on these issues. Moreso this story is for anyone who has ever felt #lonely and needed a friend. It's also just very #funny imho. #longcovid #covid #pots
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Many Countries Eliminated Measles. Why Is It Coming Back in the U.S. and Globally?
#Infections #Britain #CDC #WHO #RFKjr #COVID19 #VirusCrisis #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #Pandemic #DrAnthonyFauci #Testing #Mandates #Masks #Deaths #Vaccine #Variants #Measles
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Five of 11 ‘open risks’ on HSE risk register rated ‘high’

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@HSELive @roinnslainte @Slaintecare #hse #slaintecare #pandemic #covid19

Historical #Pandemic and Contemporary #Influenza A Viruses Reveal #PB2 M631L as a Convergent #Adaptation to #Human ANP32 Media Monitoring for Signals about Emerging Threats

Historical #Pandemic and Contemporary #Influenza A Viruses Reveal #PB2 M631L as a Convergent #Adaptation to #Human ANP32, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/04/hist...

Covid Is At It's Lowest In A Very Long Time, Will It Last Much Longer?

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare

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As new Covid variant lurks, the pandemic dossier India must dust up As SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19, continues to circulate, even if no longer dominating headlines, it is important to pause and reflect on what the pandemic taught us. These lessons are not merely retrospective—they remain vital for shaping how we respond to future public-health threats. The Covid pandemic offered us many lessons. The virus spread not just through droplets but mostly by aerosols; yet the use of face masks should have been advised early. Superspreader events should have been avoided. The second wave was devastating because the Delta variant of the virus travelled with people. Predictions based on linear models proved inaccurate as they did not anticipate the complexity of virus evolution, the uneven state of health-system responses across India and the variability in people’s willingness to accept public-health advisories. This gap between modelling and lived reality weakened preparedness. Vaccines, though highly effective in reducing the severity of illness, did not entirely prevent infection. The respiratory tract lacked mucosal immunity, allowing the virus to infect even vaccinated individuals—something that was not clearly communicated to the public. Similarly, the idea of ‘herd immunity’ was often misunderstood. What exists is better described as ‘herd protection’, wherein groups with high levels of...

As new Covid variant lurks, the pandemic dossier India must dust up
->India Today | More on "Covid pandemic lessons India health" at BigEarthData.ai | #Covid #Pandemic

Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 9: a book about sound or listening

#readirishwomenchallenge #irishwriter #irishwomenwriters #brexit #pandemic #northernireland #protestant @bookaneer808.bsky.social

Urge Washington Officials to End Blind Spot on Contagious Diseases in Primate Labs.
Please sign/share, the next #Pandemic is just around the corner, knocking at the door yet.
If not for the animals then sign for your own health...
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It’s important that we show President Trump and the Republicans the same respect and cooperation that they showed President Obama.

It occurred to me last night that EVERY T**** DISASTER can be traced back to his all-consuming #racist hatred of #Obama:

o Dissolved his #Pandemic Response Team.

o Ripped up his #Iran nuke deal.

o Jealous of his #NobelPeacePrize (resulting in a bombing […]

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US CDC Delays Publishing Report Showing COVID Vaccine Benefits, WaPo Reports
#Infections #Britain #CDC #WHO #RFKjr #COVID19 #VirusCrisis #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #Pandemic #DrAnthonyFauci #Testing #Mandates #Masks #Deaths #Vaccine #Variants #Measles
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@hartmannreport.com EVERY T**** DISASTER can be traced to his all-consuming #racist hatred of #Obama:

Dissolved his #Pandemic Response Team.
Ripped up his #Iran nuke deal.
Jealous of his #NobelPeacePrize (resulting in bombing spree.)
Furious DACA is shielding "illegals" (ergo: Mass Deportations.)

Easily Scalable, Rapidly Deployable Mechanical Ventilator for Pandemic Health Crises in Resource-Limited Areas Media Monitoring for Signals about Emerging Threats

Easily Scalable, Rapidly Deployable Mechanical #Ventilator for #Pandemic Health #Crises in Resource-Limited Areas, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/04/easi...

I think you're right. Last happy #Xmas was just before the #pandemic hit. Mike was still alive, & Hannah had just been born. I was still on speaking terms with my younger brother & my SIL. That was 6 years ago.🙄

Why Preventing the Next Pandemic Involves Humanizing Public Health | Newswise Perry N. Halkitis, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, Halkitis says the greatest drivers of pandemics are often human: our emotions, beliefs, political systems and social conditions. Halkitis, author of the forthcoming book Humanizing Public Health: How Disease-Centered Approaches Have Failed Us, discusses why this shift is needed as the world prepares for future health crises.

I have often referred to this putting the public back in public health, but humanizing public health is another great term for it. And it is necessary. #pandemic #publichealth www.newswise.com/articles/why...

New Report Shows Long Covid Is Costing Billions of Dollars Every Year!

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare

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The Black Death by Thomas Asbridge review – a medieval horror story A magisterial history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the chaos

#Disease #Plague #BlackDeath #Pandemic
The Black Death by Thomas Asbridge review – a medieval horror story
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And the plague itself, Asbridge argues, was more global than has usually been thought: it was “not solely, or even primarily, a European ...

Why Preventing the Next Pandemic Involves Humanizing Public Health For decades, public health responses to infectious diseases have focused primarily on the biology of pathogens: how viruses spread, how vaccines work and how treatments can stop disease. But Perry N. Halkitis, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health, said that approach alone cannot explain why pandemics continue to devastate people and populations around the world despite our powerful biomedical advances. From HIV and AIDS to COVID-19, Halkitis said the greatest drivers of pandemics are often human: our emotions, beliefs, political systems and social conditions. Halkitis, author of the forthcoming book Humanizing Public Health: How Disease-Centered Approaches Have Failed Us, discusses why this shift is needed as the world prepares for future health crises. You often talk about the need to “humanize public health.” What does that mean? It means recognizing that health crises are not driven only by viruses or bacteria. They are also driven by people. Public health has historically approached pandemics through a biomedical lens. We focus on the pathogen: how it spreads, how it mutates and how we can develop vaccines or treatments to control it. That science is essential. But pandemics unfold within populations and the communities that constitute them. They are shaped by...

Why Preventing the Next Pandemic Involves Humanizing Public Health
->Newswise | More on "Humanizing pandemic public health approaches" at BigEarthData.ai | #Pandemic #PublicHealth

Liberia: Former NPHIL Director Dr. Tolbert Nyenswah Takes Key Role at Africa CDC to Lead Pandemic Preparedness - FrontPageAfrica Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Dr. Tolbert Nyenswah, Liberia’s former Director General of the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), has been appointed Director of Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPPR) at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), reinforcing the continental body’s efforts to strengthen health security across Africa. By Gerald C. Koinyeneh Dr. Nyenswah brings over 20 years of experience in epidemic control, health system strengthening, and emergency response management. He is widely recognized for his leadership during Liberia’s 2014–2016 Ebola outbreak and for serving as the founding Director General of NPHIL, where he established Liberia’s first public health institute and built critical surveillance and outbreak response systems. In his new role at Africa CDC, Nyenswah will lead initiatives aimed at accelerating the implementation of the Africa Health Security and Sovereignty Agenda, including pandemic preparedness strategies, rapid response mechanisms, and coordination with member states to strengthen continent-wide resilience against infectious diseases. A Globally Respected Public Health Expert Dr. Nyenswah’s expertise extends beyond Liberia. He is a faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, a researcher at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), and has served as a senior consultant for...

Liberia: Former NPHIL Director Dr. Tolbert Nyenswah Takes Key Role at Africa CDC to Lead Pandemic Preparedness - FrontPageAfrica
->Front Page Africa | More on "Nyenswah leads Africa CDC preparedness" at BigEarthData.ai | #CDC #Pandemic

Indiana tracks more bird flu in hard-hit counties Burials at New York City’s Hart Island potter’s field began outnumbering expected deaths in early March 2020, coinciding with COVID-19 pandemic onset, peaking five weeks later with 22 deaths for each death during the same week in 2019, investigators from the City University of New York Institute for Demographic Research report. The study, published yesterday in Scientific Reports, suggests that the pandemic greatly magnified inequalities and highlights the particularly devastating effects of COVID-19 on economically and socially vulnerable groups, the authors said. The team searched adult burial records from Hart Island and daily death data from the city’s health statistics bureau to estimate unclaimed deaths over time and by borough from March to August 2020 relative to pre-pandemic levels. More than 1 million people are buried at the Hart Island potter’s field, a public cemetery for deceased indigent, unknown, or unclaimed people. “Communities of color and the poor were disproportionately impacted through disrupted social networks—another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and a marker of poor health and premature death—and this may have further compounded who got sick and received treatment or care,” the authors wrote. Poorest borough had nearly a third of deaths From 2015 to 2020, 6,683 people were...

Indiana tracks more bird flu in hard-hit counties
->CIDRAP | More on "COVID-19 inequality deaths New York" at BigEarthData.ai | #BirdFlu #Pandemic

RFK Jr’s CDC delays report showing benefits from Covid vaccine, insiders say Stalled publication sparked concerns that information conflicting with Kennedy’s views may be sidelined

RFK Jr is an absolute chucklefuck.

#CDC #COVID #COVID-19 #RFKJr #News #Pandemic #Vaccines #Science #Medicine

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Food waste began to decline 4 years after the pandemic, Refed finds An analysis of surplus food generated in 2024 looked across the supply chain, from production to consumers. The residential sector made the most headway in reducing waste, and investment has increased.

Food #waste began to decline 4 years after the #pandemic, Refed finds

USS Leviathan Steaming out of New York Harbor, circa the mid-1920s. This photo is in the public domain via Wikicommons.

Today In #LaborHistory 4/9/1930: #IWW organized 1700 crewmembers of Leviathan, world’s largest ship. US seized the ship from #Germany, 1917, & used it to transport troops to Europe. In 1918, it left the US, filled with men dying from #Influenza. #workingclass #pandemic #flu #union #mutiny #strike

Forgotten Graves: A New Lens on Colonial Slavery In the heart of Cambridge, Jason Ur, Stephen Phillips Professor of Archaeology and Ethnology and IQSS affiliate, is unearthing histories long obscured.

When the #pandemic kept him from continuing his research abroad, IQSS affiliate Jason Ur shifted his work to uncover something long-hidden in Harvard's own backyard.

#Archaeology #BlackHistory #Research #RemoteSensing #GIS #Harvard #History #ColonialHistory
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Immune Amnesia: How Measles Weaken Your Immune System Measles can induce immune amnesia, a phenomenon that eliminates acquired immunity to other infectious diseases.

Immune Amnesia: How Measles Weaken Your Immune System
#Infections #Britain #CDC #WHO #RFKjr #COVID19 #VirusCrisis #USA #EU #Asia #Africa #Pandemic #DrAnthonyFauci #Testing #Mandates #Masks #Deaths #Vaccine #Variants #Measles
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Film 2406 - Eddington Intro : This was my last film at the movies before going on holiday to Corfu, Greece for two weeks. I wasn't necessarily thrilled to watch ...

#HollywoodCiak 2406 #Eddington #AriAster #JoaquinPhoenix #PedroPascal #LukeGrimes #DeirdreOConnell #MichealWard #CliftonCollinsJr #AustinButler #EmmaStone #western #COVIDー19 #politics #mayor #sheriff #NewMexico #violence #pandemic #politician #influencer
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