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Mashup Score: 1UPMC to reinstitute masking due to high respiratory virus rates - 7 hour(s) ago
The masking policy at UPMC applies to all areas where patient care is offered.
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Mashup Score: 0
It was nearly 73 years ago, but Colleen Scurry still remembers the long, bumpy drive down Route 8 to the University of Pittsburgh. She remembers sitting…
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“I felt like I had gotten a superpower..I believe in vaccines. They were a great thing for my generation.” https://t.co/bAXsEN0yKp
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Mashup Score: 5
Gov. Kathy Hochul said there is no immediate threat to public health and that the temporary closure of bird markets in the city and its Westchester County and Long Island suburbs comes out of an abundance of caution.
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“The state order came after birds infected with the virus were found during routine inspections of live bird markets in the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.” https://t.co/Co1aV6oSNw
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Mashup Score: 0Flu, RSV cases in Allegheny County, U.S. show respiratory virus season is in full swing - 5 day(s) ago
This year, we’re most certainly back to our usual cycles,” says Dr. Graham Snyder of UPMC.
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“At St. Clair Hospital in Mt. Lebanon, the increase in patients coming in for respiratory maladies has prompted the opening of an overflow unit in the emergency department” https://t.co/CCdh2npJwX
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KAMPALA, Uganda — A nurse in Uganda has died of Ebola in the first recorded fatality since the country’s last outbreak of the disease ended…
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“A full scale response is being initiated by the government and partners,” https://t.co/X3AnXTFUPC
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Mashup Score: 9RFK Jr. on defensive over his vaccine views as a key confirmation vote hangs in the balance - 11 day(s) ago
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to be the nation’s top health official is uncertain after a key Republican joined Democrats to raise…
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“If there’s any false note, any undermining of a mama’s trust in vaccines, another person will die from a vaccine preventable disease," https://t.co/IZPgIGrEa8
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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced on Monday that a farm in Lehigh County has the state’s first 2025 case of Highly Pathogenic…
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“The department is restricting associated commercial poultry facilities and their products within a 10-kilometer radius of the infected flock” https://t.co/kGh5tjg3va
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Mashup Score: 6Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s famous name and controversial views collide in his bid for top health job - 14 day(s) ago
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said vaccines are not safe. His support for abortion access has made conservatives uncomfortable. And…
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“He went there [Samoa] and used celebrity status to scare the country away from vaccinating..You have to ask yourself, ‘Why, RFK Jr., would you go to Samoa and do this to innocent people?’” — because he’s animated by a nihilistic philosophy https://t.co/UbQtmTHN6U
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A mere two weeks before COVID-19 exploded into the world’s consciousness, Iulia Vann stepped into the role of health director for the half-million…
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Would be important to know her plans and priorities for communicable disease control https://t.co/slh9gDCcq1
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Mashup Score: 2The CIA believes COVID-19 most likely originated from a lab but has low confidence in its own finding - 16 day(s) ago
The report was declassified and released Saturday on the orders of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, John Ratcliffe, who was sworn in Thursday as director.
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“The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report was completed at the behest of the Biden administration and former CIA Director William Burns.” https://t.co/CgbsMe4UFg
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“In the most recent data from Allegheny County, the week of Jan. 26 saw 1,030 reported influenza cases — the most since Dec. 24, 2023, when the county reported 1,182 cases.” https://t.co/xwRIYSVJTi