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US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and luck. Can we do it again?
Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply ...
USA Today9d
Is a 'quademic' swirling? What you should know about flu, RSV, COVID and norovirus
A nationwide surge in flu, COVID-19, RSV and norovirus infections is fueling concerns of a possible virus "quademic." Or is it just winter? The three respiratory viruses plus norovirus, a ...
The New York Times9d
The Covid-19 Pandemic
With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. But there have been plenty of other illnesses to ...
Daily Express29d
Emergency UK 'pandemic response' to be rolled out impacting thousands
Thousands of health workers, police and local officials across the UK will take part in a massive nationwide exercise to prepare for another Covid-style pandemic. And 87 million phones will get a ...
The Economist26d
Peter Sands of the Global Fund on the pandemic’s positive legacies
Even in rich countries, demand for oxygen overwhelmed hospitals in the first wave of the pandemic. In low- and middle-income countries, where nine out of ten hospitals had no medical-oxygen ...
Nature25d
Africa can’t wait for pandemic preparedness
On 11 November 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a pandemic agreement would not be adopted at the December 2024 special World Health Assembly. Negotiators are thought to be ...
CNN23d
More than 1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024 as tourism returns to pre-pandemic highs
It’s true. The UN’s World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has just released its 2024 year-in-review data, confirming that the tourism industry has bounced back from the pandemic. About 1.4 ...
CBC.ca28d
Bank of Canada admits it could have been clearer on pandemic-era measures in internal review
Bank of Canada signage is shown in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. A Bank of Canada internal review found that the extraordinary measures it took during the pandemic could have been communicated ...
The Straits Times23d
Changi Airport’s 2024 passenger traffic hit 99.1% of pre-pandemic levels
SINGAPORE – Changi Airport handled 67.7 million passengers in 2024, which is 99.1 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in 2019 and just shy of a full recovery. This was a 14.8 per cent increase from ...
kffhealthnews24d
Fauci Dismisses ‘Baseless Threats’ Over Handling Of Pandemic, Takes Pardon
The department made its decision based on evidence uncovered by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said on its website Friday. ...
Canada2d
COVID-19: Current situation
Some people are at higher risk of more severe disease or outcomes from COVID-19 infection than others. However, COVID-19 vaccines help reduce the risks of severe illness, hospitalization and death ...