Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Fri, 2023-04-21 11:15 — mike kraft
Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19 The Compendium stores over 140 documents and has recorded over 300 visits to the most popular ones. The Compendium is maintained and expanded to reflect the most relevant experiences and learnings from COVID-19 vaccination.
The Global Compendium of Country Knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination is now available on TechNet21.  ...
 
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    RFK Jr. says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs hit by massive health agency layoffs

    Fri, 2025-04-04 15:02 — mike kraft
    Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs | CNN Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell CNN

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    Trump administration immigration crackdoiwn disrupts U.S. caregiving

    Fri, 2025-04-04 14:32 — mike kraft
    Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price. - KFF Health News Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for the industry, which was already predicting a surge in demand. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

     

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    U.S. FDA staff cuts suspend program to improve testng for bird flu

    Fri, 2025-04-04 14:20 — mike kraft
    FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation. Leah Douglas Reuters

     

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    Bird flu poultry farm reinfections show need for vaccines--experts say

    Fri, 2025-03-28 09:54 — mike kraft
    Bird flu reinfections at US poultry farms highlight need for vaccines, experts say Aggressive prevention including wider changes to poultry raising needed after at least 56 US farms doubly infected The Guardian
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    FDA staff hard pressed to meet product review deadlines because of DOGE job cuts

    Fri, 2025-03-28 09:38 — mike kraft

     

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    Cuts in U.S. and European aid predicted to result in 2.9 million HIV deaths by 2030--study

    Thu, 2025-03-27 13:03 — mike kraft
    Aid cuts predicted to cause 2.9 million more HIV-related deaths by 2030 – study Reductions to overseas budgets by US, UK and EU countries will have ‘devastating consequences’, say researchers in modelling published in the Lancet HIV
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    Climate change dropped from U.S. intelligence agencies' anual threat assement in 2nd Trump adminstration's first report.

    Thu, 2025-03-27 12:34 — mike kraft
    Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list Climate change has been included in annual threat assessments since 2009, in one form or another. Andrew Freedman Axios
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    Measles misinformation issue: some patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity

    Thu, 2025-03-27 10:26 — mike kraft
    Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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    RFK Jr eliminates another 10,000 jobs in U.S. Health and Human Services agency

    Thu, 2025-03-27 09:59 — mike kraft
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    U.S.Agriculture Dept is cutting funds to support food banks for the needy

    Wed, 2025-03-26 17:42 — mike kraft

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-cuts-hit-struggling-food-banks-risking-hunger-low-income-americans-2025-03-25/

     

    U.S. Agriculture Dept cuts support for food banks

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    Trump administration cuts funds for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment

    Wed, 2025-03-26 17:14 — mike kraft

    The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.

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    Anti-vaccine advocate hired by RFK Jr to study debunked link between vaccine and autism

    Wed, 2025-03-26 13:46 — mike kraft
    RFK Jr. hires anti-vaccine advocate to study debunked vaccine, autism link David Geier has been disciplined for practicing medicine without a license. Beth Mole Ars Technica
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    Vaccine aid to developing nations among foreign aid programs being cut by Trump administration

    Wed, 2025-03-26 13:21 — mike kraft
    Trump administration to cut vaccine aid to developing countries Administration plans to end funding to Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide life-saving care for children The Guardian

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    Vaccination cuts by 27% the risk of long COVID --study

    Wed, 2025-03-26 10:11 — mike kraft
    Vaccination cuts the risk of long COVID 27%, review suggests So far, the West Texas outbreak has resulted in at least 259 measles cases. CIDRAP

    COVID-19 vaccination slashed the risk of experiencing prolonged symptoms by about 27% in fully vaccinated adults who were later infected, estimates a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) systematic review of 12 studies.

     

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