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Kenya: Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County

Wed, 2022-12-28 22:08 — FNUOvviyaa

Kenya: Severe drought fuels malnutrition, reduces hospital-delivery births in Turkana County Following four successive failed rainy seasons, Kenya is amid the worst drought in 40 years, the UN’s women’s health agency, UNFPA, said on Tuesday, shining a light on 134,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women who are reported to be acutely malnourished and in need of treatment. UN News

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The drought crisis is not only affecting women’s access to essential maternal health care; it is causing serious undernutrition among pregnant women, escalating risks to them and their future babies.

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Nearly half of passengers from China to Milan have COVID: Italian officials

Wed, 2022-12-28 22:03 — FNUOvviyaa

Nearly half of passengers from China to Milan have COVID: Italian officials Nearly half of the passengers on two recent flights from China to Milan tested positive for COVID-19, Italian health officials said on Wednesday. About 38 percent of passengers on one flight into M… jshapero The Hill

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Italy will begin testing all new arrivals from China and sequencing the tests for new variants amid China’s surge in COVID-19 cases, Italy’s health minister said on Wednesday.

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Autopsies Show COVID-19 in the Brain

Mon, 2022-12-26 17:22 — FNUOvviyaa

Autopsies Show COVID-19 in the Brain What this means for neurologic COVID symptoms remains elusive Judy George medpagetoday

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But in December, an autopsy report of 44 peopleopens in a new tab or window who died with COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic showed that SARS-CoV-2 virus had spread throughout the body -- including the brain -- and persisted in tissue for months.

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China's COVID cases overwhelm hospitals

Mon, 2022-12-26 16:59 — FNUOvviyaa

China's COVID cases overwhelm hospitals In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this. Martin Quin Pollard Reuters

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In lieu of a COVID Commission, a new report exposes CDC failures

Fri, 2022-12-23 22:11 — FNUOvviyaa

In lieu of a COVID Commission, a new report exposes CDC failures Its title gives up the game: “Historically Unprepared.” dtodd The Hill

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‘A very hard road ahead’ for China as COVID-19 cases spiral

Fri, 2022-12-23 22:08 — FNUOvviyaa

'A very hard road ahead' for China as COVID-19 cases spiral BAZHOU, China (AP) — Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus is now spreading through the vast country. Experts predict difficult months ahead for its 1.4 billion people. AP NEWS

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Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending COVID emergency - WHO advisors

Tue, 2022-12-20 21:57 — FNUOvviyaa

Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending COVID emergency - WHO advisors It may be too early to declare the end of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency phase because of a potentially devastating wave to come in China, several leading scientists and World Health Organization advisors told Reuters. Jennifer Rigby Reuters

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Covid misinformation is thriving on fringe platforms despite counter efforts

Wed, 2022-11-23 09:28 — mike kraft

Around the country, countless Americans are suffering a very particular type of Covid grief — a mixture of anger, sorrow and shame that comes with losing a loved one who has consumed social media falsehoods. On Tuesday, in what was likely his last appearance in the White House briefing room before he retires from government service at the end of the year, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, pleaded with Americans to speak out against scientific misinformation.

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