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Reference Site: Global Compendium of Knowledge on COVID-19

Bird flu: experts warn of possible pandemic as virus spreads to all 50 states

Health experts are raising alarms as the H5N1 bird flu virus spreads rapidly across US dairy farms. Since March 2024, the outbreak has affected over 1,000 dairy herds nationwide, leading to more than 70 human infections and at least one confirmed death.

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Measles: Mexico issues travel alert

Mpox surge reported in Sierra Leone

Mpox: Africa CDC and WHO update strategies

Measles cases soar in Europe and the Americas--WHO

Measles, polio and rubella could become endemic in the U.S. if vaccine rates continue to fall--studies

U.S. drug costs could increase by $51 billion because of tariffs --industry sponsored study

Analysis: Americans are underestimating the bird flu problem --survey

The general public are showing “ignorance and apathy” towards the threat of bird flu, say the authors of a new editorial, based on a survey they conducted of US residents. It found that many were unaware of or unwilling to take simple precautions that might decrease their risk of exposure to the virus.

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Malnutrition treatments suspended in Ethopia because of funding shortages--WFP

Map of measles outbreak in the U.S. --CDC

Bird flu HSN1 possible mutations increase danger to humans--scientists

Analysis: What causes breakthrough measles infections among a very small percentage of people.a

...Infectious diseases doctors are at pains to emphasize that the MMR vaccine is one of the most effective vaccines on the market, but as Rodney Rohde, a professor at Texas State University explains, a small number of people who are fully vaccinated may get sick during a large outbreak.

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Trump administration turns the COVID information website into a promotion for the China lab leak theory

Long COVID significantly higher in poorer countries, and among persons of Arab or North African ethnicity --study

A new study in BMJ Global Health across 13 middle- and high-income countries reveals that 25% of patients reported symptoms of long COVID after symptomatic COVID-19, and long COVID is significantly more prevalent in participants from less wealthy nations and in patients of Arab or North African ethnicity.

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