Tag Archives: Epidemics

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 1, 2021
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What the History of Pandemics Can Teach Us About Resilience

Widespread disease outbreaks have the potential to shock societies into new ways of living.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #economic-conditions-and-trends, #england, #epidemics, #europe, #history-academic-subject, #income-inequality, #south-africa

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The New York Times 5:08 am on March 19, 2021
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A Kid-Friendly Graphic Novel History of Vaccines

Don Brown’s “A Shot in the Arm!” — Book 3 in his Big Ideas That Changed the World series — couldn’t be more timely.

#brown-don-graphic-novel-author, #children-and-childhood, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #graphic-novels, #montagu-mary-wortley, #shot-in-the-arm-book, #smallpox, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 8:54 pm on March 16, 2021
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The Pandemic and the Limits of Science

What have we learned from the year that lasted a century?

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #influenza, #science-and-technology, #soper-george-a, #united-states, #vaccination-and-immunization, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:10 pm on March 7, 2021
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Alaska’s Remote Villages Race Against Time and History

The coronavirus has spread into the most remote villages, a reminder of earlier pandemics that ravaged the state. Now there is a rush to deliver vaccines in time.

#alaska, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #vaccination-and-immunization, #yukon-kuskokwim-health-corp

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The New York Times 10:13 pm on March 3, 2021
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Fauci Is Giving His Coronavirus Model to the Smithsonian

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci’s donation of his 3-D virus model to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History comes as museums are working to document the Covid-19 era.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #fauci-anthony-s, #medicine-and-health, #museums, #national-museum-of-american-history, #smithsonian-institution

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 23, 2021
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How Plagues Shape the Landscape

From cholera to AIDS, epidemics have given rise to landmarks around the world, be they sculptures, churches or feats of engineering. In this dire moment, their histories resonate.

#cemeteries, #ebola-virus, #epidemics, #monuments-and-memorials-structures, #plague, #travel-and-vacations

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2021
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Ancient Rome Has an Urgent Warning for Us

The era of the Antonine Plague offers a reminder of what a powerful force nature has been throughout human history.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #plague, #roman-civilization, #rome-italy, #smallpox

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The New York Times 4:00 pm on February 6, 2021
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Invasive Insects and Diseases Are Killing Our Forests

America wasn’t ready for the pandemic. And it isn’t ready for the next contagion to strike our woodlands.

#agriculture-department, #epidemics, #forest-service, #forests-and-forestry, #insects, #international-trade-and-world-market, #invasive-species, #trees-and-shrubs, #united-states

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The New York Times 10:00 am on January 28, 2021
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From Michael Lewis, a ‘Superhero Story’ About the Pandemic

The author of “The Big Short” and “Moneyball” takes on a frightening subject in his new book “The Premonition”: how to prevent a viral outbreak even worse than Covid-19.

#books-and-literature, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #lewis-michael, #the-fifth-risk-book, #the-premonition-a-pandemic-story-book, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 2:56 pm on January 25, 2021
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A Look at Past Vaccine Drives: Smallpox, Polio and the Swine Flu

As governments begin rolling out the biggest vaccine drives in history, a look at mass vaccination campaigns of the past offers insight into mistakes.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #influenza, #smallpox, #swine-influenza, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 10:33 am on January 23, 2021
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In Crises, Vaccines Can Be Stretched, but Not Easily

Shortages of shots for yellow fever, polio and other diseases have led to innovative solutions even in very poor countries.

#africa, #brazil, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #ebola-virus, #epidemics, #great-britain, #immune-system, #india, #israel, #offit-paul-a, #poliomyelitis, #rotary-clubs-international, #shortages, #slaoui-moncef-m, #third-world-and-developing-countries, #united-nations-childrens-fund, #vaccination-and-immunization, #world-health-organization, #your-feed-healthcare, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:42 pm on January 18, 2021
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Covid Response Was a Global Series of Failures, W.H.O. Panel Says

An interim report from the World Health Organization is both a bleak recounting of deadly missteps and an early blueprint for repairs: “We have failed in our collective capacity.”

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #medicine-and-health, #world-health-organization

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The New York Times 8:15 pm on January 12, 2021
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Vaccine Skepticism Helped Put Them in Power. Can They Inoculate Italy?

The Five Star Movement’s long history of sowing doubt about vaccines may have made Italy’s mass inoculation program that much harder. The irony is not lost on Italians.

#computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #elder-care, #epidemics, #five-star-movement-italy, #italy, #nursing-homes, #politics-and-government, #social-media, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 6:39 am on January 3, 2021
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India Approves Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine and 1 Other

The approvals, which include a shot developed by Bharat Biotech, an Indian pharmaceutical company, begin a vast campaign to inoculate the hard-hit nation’s 1.3 billion people.

#astrazeneca-plc, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #epidemics, #factories-and-manufacturing, #india, #oxford-university, #poonawalla-adar-1981, #rumors-and-misinformation, #the-serum-institute, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 3:41 am on January 1, 2021
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From a 1550s Pandemic, a Choral Work Still Casts Its Spell

We know remarkably little about John Sheppard and his “Media vita.” But it has become a cult favorite of early music.

#choir-of-new-college-oxford, #classical-music, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #influenza, #media-vita-musical-work, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #sheppard-john-1515-58, #stile-antico, #tallis-scholars

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The New York Times 5:29 pm on December 29, 2020
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Don’t Let the Pandemic Stop Your Shots

Even as older adults await the coronavirus vaccine, many are skipping the standard ones. That’s not wise, health experts say.

#age-chronological, #content-type-service, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #diphtheria, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #elderly, #epidemics, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #hepatitis, #influenza, #minorities, #pneumonia, #shingles-disease, #tetanus, #vaccination-and-immunization, #whooping-cough, #your-feed-healthcare, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:19 am on December 19, 2020
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How China Censored Covid-19

Thousands of internal directives and reports reveal how Chinese officials stage-managed what appeared online in the early days of the outbreak.

#censorship, #china-digital-times, #communist-party-of-china, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #cyberspace-administration-of-china, #epidemics, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #hangzhou-china, #li-wenliang, #propaganda, #rumors-and-misinformation, #social-media, #wechat-mobile-app, #weibo-corporation, #xi-jinping

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The New York Times 10:00 am on December 18, 2020
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How New York City Vaccinated 6 Million People in Less Than a Month

When a single case of smallpox arrived in Manhattan in 1947, a severe outbreak was possible. A decisive civil servant made a bold decision.

#advertising-council, #content-type-personal-profile, #epidemics, #new-york-city, #odwyer-william, #smallpox, #vaccination-and-immunization, #weinstein-israel

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The New York Times 10:03 pm on December 2, 2020
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C.D.C. Officials Shorten Recommended Quarantine Periods

The agency also urged Americans to stay home during the coming holidays, and to get tested if they do travel.

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #quarantines, #united-states, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 8:00 am on November 23, 2020
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Bill Gates, the Virus and the Quest to Vaccinate the World

The billionaire is working with the W.H.O., drugmakers and nonprofits to defeat the coronavirus everywhere, including in the world’s poorest nations. Can they do it?

#coalition-for-epidemic-preparedness-innovations, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #epidemics, #gates-bill, #gates-bill-and-melinda-foundation, #gavi-the-vaccine-alliance, #philanthropy, #third-world-and-developing-countries, #vaccination-and-immunization, #world-health-organization

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 30, 2020
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Don’t Fool Yourself. Trump Is Not an Aberration.

Many of the worst things the president has said and done were said and done by his predecessors.

#epidemics, #presidential-election-of-2020, #presidents-and-presidency-us, #republican-party, #slavery-historical, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wilson-woodrow

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The New York Times 11:44 am on October 28, 2020
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How America Helped Stop the Coronavirus in Asia

*Just not in the United States.

#bats, #bush-george-w, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #united-states-agency-for-international-development

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 28, 2020
Tags: American Contagions: Epidemics and the Law from Smallpox to COVID-19 (Book), , , Epidemics, , Witt, John Fabian   

Using the Law to Fight Epidemics, for Better and Worse

In “American Contagions,” John Fabian Witt writes about how jurisprudence has influenced public health, from promoting the social good to compounding existing inequalities.

#american-contagions-epidemics-and-the-law-from-smallpox-to-covid-19-book, #books-and-literature, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #law-and-legislation, #witt-john-fabian

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The New York Times 7:00 am on October 27, 2020
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How Trump and Bolsonaro Broke Latin America’s Covid-19 Defenses

The two presidents drove out 10,000 Cuban doctors and nurses. They defunded the region’s leading health agency. They wrongly pushed hydroxychloroquine as a cure.

#amazon-river-basin, #bolsonaro-jair-1955, #brazil, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #cuba, #ecuador, #epidemics, #florida, #foundation-for-human-rights-in-cuba, #guayaquil-ecuador, #humanitarian-aid, #hydroxychloroquine-drug, #mar-a-lago-palm-beach-fla, #medicine-and-health, #pan-american-health-organization, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #united-states-international-relations, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 11:07 pm on October 19, 2020
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A Viral Theory Cited by Health Officials Draws Fire From Scientists

A manifesto urging reliance on “herd immunity” without lockdowns was warmly received by administration officials. But the strategy cannot stem the pandemic, many experts say.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #deaths-fatalities, #disease-rates, #elderly, #epidemics, #fauci-anthony-s, #medicine-and-health, #nabarro-david, #nursing-homes, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #shutdowns-institutional, #snow-john-w, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:18 pm on October 15, 2020
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Will a Half-Step by Macron Be Enough to Blunt France’s Second Wave?

The imposition of a curfew in several major cities underscored a difficult choice: further dampening the economy or risking more lives.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #curfews, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #france, #macron-emmanuel-1977, #politics-and-government, #quarantines, #travel-and-vacations

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 15, 2020
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For 200 Years Courts Upheld Rules to Protect Americans’ Health. Until Now.

A catastrophic sequence of decisions has blocked states from responding to the pandemic.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #decisions-and-verdicts, #epidemics, #federal-courts-us, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #states-us, #supreme-courts-state, #trump-donald-j

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The New York Times 1:43 pm on October 13, 2020
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Heidi Larson Knows How to Build Trust in Vaccines

For the founder of the Vaccine Confidence Project, squashing viral rumors means building trust — and avoiding the term “anti-vaxxer.”

#autism, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #ebola-virus, #epidemics, #facebook-inc, #gavi-alliance, #kano-nigeria, #larson-heidi, #london-england, #measles, #medicine-and-health, #mumps, #nigeria, #piot-peter, #polls-and-public-opinion, #rumors-and-misinformation, #social-media, #united-nations-childrens-fund, #vaccination-and-immunization, #wakefield-andrew, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 12, 2020
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In Terms of Child Mortality, It’s a Good Time for Public Health

Despite the crises of 2020, parents can realistically expect that children born today will outlive them. That wasn’t always the case.

#antibiotics, #babies-and-infants, #children-and-childhood, #cholera, #epidemics, #infant-mortality, #parenting, #smallpox, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 12:19 pm on October 3, 2020
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Americans Should Learn From Trump’s Infection

Forget the snark. Just wear a mask.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #masks, #protective-clothing-and-gear, #quarantines, #tests-medical, #trump-donald-j, #united-states

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The New York Times 5:19 am on October 2, 2020
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Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Test Positive for Covid-19

The president’s result came after he spent months playing down the severity of the outbreak that has killed more than 207,000 in the United States and hours after insisting that “the end of the pandemic is in sight.”

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #miller-katie-rose, #pelosi-nancy, #pence-mike, #presidents-and-presidency-us, #tests-medical, #trump-donald-j, #twenty-fifth-amendment-us-constitution, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 2:25 pm on September 30, 2020
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Ski, Party, Seed a Pandemic: The Travel Rules That Let Covid-19 Take Flight

The World Health Organization said open borders would help fight disease. Experts, and a global treaty, emphatically agreed. But the scientific evidence was never behind them.

#alpine-skiing, #austria, #bars-and-nightclubs, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #politics-and-government, #quarantines, #travel-and-vacations, #travel-warnings, #world-health-organization

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The New York Times 12:52 am on September 29, 2020
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Coronavirus Deaths Pass One Million Worldwide

Over the past 10 months, the virus has taken more lives than H.I.V., malaria, influenza and cholera. And as it sows destruction in daily life around the globe, it is still growing quickly.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #epidemics

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The New York Times 9:54 am on September 24, 2020
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As Virus Cases Surge in Europe, Hospitalizations Lag. But for How Long?

For now, countries are betting they can suppress hospital admissions and deaths without imposing more lockdowns, even as case numbers approach peak levels from last spring.

#belgium, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #europe, #france, #germany, #great-britain, #hospitals, #italy, #quarantines, #spain

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The New York Times 11:38 pm on September 21, 2020
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Advice on Virus Transmission Vanishes From C.D.C. Website

The new guidance, published only on Friday, had acknowledged that fine particles floating in air may spread the virus.

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #hospitals, #marr-linsey, #new-york-times, #united-states, #world-health-organization, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 3:00 am on September 15, 2020
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Bill Gates on Coronavirus, Vaccines and Global Health

The Covid-19 pandemic has set back public health efforts by years. But in an interview, the tech philanthropist expressed hope about new avenues for foreign aid

#acquired-immune-deficiency-syndrome, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #federal-budget-us, #foreign-aid, #gates-bill, #gates-bill-and-melinda-foundation, #humanitarian-aid, #philanthropy, #stimulus-economic, #third-world-and-developing-countries, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #vaccination-and-immunization, #world-health-organization, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:10 pm on September 10, 2020
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What if We Have to Wait Years for a Coronavirus Vaccine?

A silver-bullet vaccine is far from guaranteed. But it’s also not the only way out of the pandemic.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #debatable, #epidemics, #fauci-anthony-s, #immune-system, #tuberculosis, #viruses

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The New York Times 9:25 am on September 10, 2020
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What’s Mightier Than the Coronavirus? A Freshly Killed Chicken

How Hong Kong’s food culture has adapted to epidemic after epidemic, fending off disease while saving its favorite dishes, and its soul.

#avian-influenza, #beijing-china, #bubonic-plague, #chickens, #china, #chopsticks, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #food, #great-britain, #guangdong-province-china, #hong-kong, #hygiene-and-cleanliness, #influenza, #plague, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #rabies, #restaurants, #sars-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome, #smallpox, #tables, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching, #wuhan-china

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The New York Times 10:06 am on September 1, 2020
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How to Stop the Next Pandemic

It’s not just Covid-19. Pathogens once confined to nature are making their way into humans on a more regular basis. And it’s our fault.

#biodiversity, #china, #congo-democratic-republic-of-congo-kinshasa, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #daszak-peter, #ecohealth-alliance, #epidemics, #forests-and-forestry, #land-use-policies, #lyme-disease, #nipah-virus, #quammen-david, #sars-severe-acute-respiratory-syndrome, #walzer-christian, #wildlife-conservation-society, #wildlife-trade-and-poaching

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The New York Times 5:17 pm on August 30, 2020
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U.S. Will Revive Global Virus-Hunting Effort Ended Last Year

A federal agency is resurrecting a version of Predict, a scientific network that for a decade watched for new pathogens dangerous to humans. Joe Biden has also vowed to fund the effort.

#africa, #avian-influenza, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #bolton-john-r, #carroll-dennis-public-health-adviser, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #disease-rates, #ebola-virus, #ecohealth-alliance, #epidemic-intelligence-service, #epidemics, #fauci-anthony-s, #frieden-thomas-r, #livestock-diseases, #national-security-council, #presidents-malaria-initiative, #presidential-election-of-2020, #republican-party, #state-department, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #united-states-agency-for-international-development, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wuhan-china, #ziemer-r-timothy

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The New York Times 4:09 pm on August 27, 2020
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My Job? Telling People What Happens Next

I spend my time talking to experts, trying to envision what the future of the coronavirus crisis looks like. There aren’t a lot of rules on how to do this.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #new-york-times, #news-and-news-media, #shutdowns-institutional, #the-daily-radio-program

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The New York Times 3:14 pm on August 13, 2020
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In N.Y.C.’s Coronavirus Surge, a Frightening Echo of the 1918 Flu

This spring, death rates rivaled those seen during the country’s deadliest pandemic, a new study finds. “What 1918 looked like is basically this.”

#centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #health-and-mental-hygiene-department-nyc, #influenza, #influenza-epidemic-1918-19, #jama-network-open, #markel-howard, #new-york-city, #tomes-nancy, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 4:24 pm on August 11, 2020
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‘A Smoking Gun’: Infectious Coronavirus Retrieved From Hospital Air

Airborne virus plays a significant role in community transmission, many experts believe. A new study fills in the missing piece: Floating virus can infect cells.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-risks-and-safety-concerns, #disease-rates, #epidemics, #gainesville-fla, #hospitals, #lednicky-john, #marr-linsey, #rna-ribonucleic-acid, #university-of-florida, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 3:45 am on August 5, 2020
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As Trump Praises Plasma, Researchers Struggle to Finish Critical Studies

Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would have shown whether the therapy worked.

#american-red-cross, #blood-donation, #brigham-and-womens-hospital, #clinical-trials, #columbia-university, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #epidemics, #food-and-drug-administration, #guerrero-elliott-bennett, #hahn-stephen-m-1960, #health-and-human-services-department, #hospitals, #johnson-dwayne-1972, #lipkin-w-ian, #mayo-clinic, #medicine-and-health, #research, #trump-donald-j, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 10:25 pm on August 4, 2020
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Does Blood Plasma Work for Covid-19 Patients? No One Knows.

Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would have showed whether the therapy worked.

#american-red-cross, #blood-donation, #brigham-and-womens-hospital, #clinical-trials, #columbia-university, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #epidemics, #food-and-drug-administration, #guerrero-elliott-bennett, #hahn-stephen-m-1960, #health-and-human-services-department, #hospitals, #johnson-dwayne-1972, #lipkin-w-ian, #mayo-clinic, #medicine-and-health, #research, #trump-donald-j, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 9:06 am on July 29, 2020
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A Viral Epidemic Splintering Into Deadly Pieces

There’s not just one coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Now there are many, each requiring its own mix of solutions.

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The New York Times 9:18 pm on July 23, 2020
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Spain’s Coronavirus Crisis Accelerated as Warnings Went Unheeded

The Spanish epidemic has become a painful example of the tendency of one government after another to ignore the experiences of countries where the virus has already struck.

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The New York Times 9:14 am on July 21, 2020
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China Uses W.H.O. Inquiry to Tout Coronavirus Response

The global health agency sent two experts to China, but it is unclear how much access they are getting. They must first complete a two-week quarantine.

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The New York Times 7:00 am on July 21, 2020
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Coronavirus Threatens the Luster of Superstar Cities

Urban centers, with a dynamism that feeds innovation, have long been resilient. But the pandemic could drive a shift away from density.

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The New York Times 5:00 am on July 20, 2020
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Europe Said It Was Pandemic-Ready. Pride Was Its Downfall.

The coronavirus exposed European countries’ misplaced confidence in faulty models, bureaucratic busywork and their own wealth.

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