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Mashup Score: 14A pandemic agreement is within reach - 8 day(s) ago
At the end of May, 194 member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) will meet for the World Health Assembly. Negotiations underway now will determine whether they vote then to adopt a pandemic agreement. For the past 2 years, discussions have focused on articulating essential components of a robust and equitable architecture for pandemic preparedness and response. Despite this, talks have failed to produce sufficient consensus on a detailed draft, prompting the intergovernmental negotiating body to propose a “streamlined” version. The new text, released on 16 April, consolidates provisions for research and development, technology transfer, pathogen access and benefit sharing (including pandemic products such as medicines and vaccines), with many particulars deferred to future procedures. Ultimately, success of the agreement will depend on these details and implementation. Nevertheless, member states shouldn’t bypass the consensus reached to date, but continue progress to adopt
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Mashup Score: 7They Get Hit by Cars for Your Amusement. Will ‘The Fall Guy’ Get Them a Little Love? - 13 day(s) ago
David Leitch’s latest action movie stars Ryan Gosling as the stuntman hero, but the director is also fighting to get Hollywood’s anonymous daredevils some long overdue real-life respect.
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Dairy cows must be tested for bird flu before moving across state lines under a new federal order, as evidence mounts the virus is more widespread than feared among American cows.
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Epidemics and pandemics pose a sporadic and sometimes severe threat to human health. How should policymakers prioritize preventing and preparing for such events, relative to other needs? Our simulations suggest that an event having the mortality level of COVID-19 should not be considered a “once in a century” risk, but rather occurring with an annual probability of 2-3 percent (that is, a one in 33-50-year event).
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Testing for H5N1 infection has been limited, and the outbreak was thought to be confined. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina may have changed all that.
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Director David Leitch tops himself with his new action-comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, but his greatest legacy may be ahead of him — if the motion picture academy takes notice.
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Mashup Score: 16FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Strategy to Strengthen Global Health Security | The White House - 22 day(s) ago
Today, the White House launched the U.S. Global Health Security Strategy (GHSS) to protect the health, lives, and economic well-being of the American people and people throughout the world. President Biden came to office determined to guide our country through – and ensure we emerged stronger from – the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic profoundly affected…
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Mashup Score: 16FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Strategy to Strengthen Global Health Security | The White House - 22 day(s) ago
Today, the White House launched the U.S. Global Health Security Strategy (GHSS) to protect the health, lives, and economic well-being of the American people and people throughout the world. President Biden came to office determined to guide our country through – and ensure we emerged stronger from – the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic profoundly affected…
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Mashup Score: 8High risk of animal-to-human diseases developing in some China fur farms, animal protection group says - 22 day(s) ago
An investigation of five fur farms in China housing foxes, raccoon dogs and mink found a high risk of diseases developing that could jump from animals to humans, said animal protection group Humane Society International who conducted the study at the end of 2023.
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Mashup Score: 8High risk of animal-to-human diseases developing in some China fur farms, animal protection group says - 23 day(s) ago
An investigation of five fur farms in China housing foxes, raccoon dogs and mink found a high risk of diseases developing that could jump from animals to humans, said animal protection group Humane Society International who conducted the study at the end of 2023.
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