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Pandemic treaty talks: Warning that the world is unprepared for another pandemic

Fri, 2024-05-31 10:03 — mike kraft
World unprepared for another pandemic as WHO treaty talks push on Member states gathered in Geneva to work out how to continue negotiations about an accord after missing this month’s deadline. Emma Farge,Jennifer Rigby Reuters
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Advice on how to protect yourself from FLiRT subvariants

Fri, 2024-05-31 09:55 — mike kraft
COVID is rising in California. Here's how to protect yourself from FLiRT subvariants It's too early to know if FLiRT will be a major change in the COVID picture; so far impacts have been small. But officials are urging Californians to be prepared. Rong-Gong Lin II LA Times

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More Things to Know About FLiRT, the New Coronavirus Strains

Fri, 2024-05-31 09:30 — mike kraft
3 Things to Know About FLiRT, the New Coronavirus Strains A Yale Medicine expert discusses the FLiRT strains, two new COVID subvariants that emerged in in spring 2024. Yale Medicine

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COVID boosters offer good protection against severe outcomes but less so against the now dominant strain, JN.1

Fri, 2024-05-31 09:18 — mike kraft
Current COVID boosters offer good protection against severe outcomes but less so against JN.1 The current COVID-19 boosters targeting the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant are still offering solid protection against infection, hospitalizations, and death, but are somewhat limited in efficacy against illnesses caused by the JN.1 subvariant, now the dominant strain in the United States, according to a research letter yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine. CIDRAP

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US Health Secretary Optimistic About Pandemic Treaty Talks, But Timeline Remains Uncertain

Wed, 2024-05-29 14:05 — mike kraft

 

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Fighting future pandemics: update on negotations for a new agreement

Fri, 2024-05-24 10:49 — mike kraft

 

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Explainer-What are the FLiRT COVID variants and are they more contagious? --Reuters

Fri, 2024-05-24 09:59 — mike kraft

 

Explainer-What are the FLiRT COVID variants and are they more contagious? The moniker FLiRT is an acronym for the locations of the mutations the variants share on the virus' spike protein. HOW ARE THE FLIRT VARIANTS DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS VARIANTS? The FLiRT variants, which also include KP.2's "parental" lineage JN.1, have three key mutations on their spike protein that could help them evade antibodies, according to Johns Hopkins University. Yahoo News

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Repeat COVID-19 vacinations may help strengthen immune systems against future variants--study

Tue, 2024-05-21 09:03 — mike kraft
Here's Yet Another Reason to Stay on Top of Your COVID Vaccine Boosters Great news. Tessa Koumoundouros ScienceAlert
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Pandemic Agreement talks resume with hopes of chartering process for the future.

Mon, 2024-05-20 19:23 — mike kraft
Little Chance Of Pandemic Agreement By World Health Assembly – But Charting Process For Future Is Likely - Health Policy Watch Members of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) face another sleep-deprived week as talks on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) pandemic agreement Health Policy Watch

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Wearing Face Masks Did Not Significantly Reduce Risk of COVID Infection After First Omicron Wave ---Britsh study

Mon, 2024-05-20 17:53 — mike kraft

 

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