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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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    Welcome to the Vermont Resilience System

    Sun, 2011-03-27 19:44 — Mikayla McDonald

    Welcome to the Vermont Resilience System. This knowledge management system is structured to help Vermonters to gain situational awareness regarding key issues influencing the health and human security of Vermont citizens and the resilience and sustainability of communities in Vermont.

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    Problems in federal programs leave rural patients without internet connection to telemedicine

    Wed, 2025-05-14 12:03 — mike kraft
    Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts - KFF Health News Taxpayers — through federal infrastructure programs — have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth. sjtribble KFF Health News

     

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    U.S. Ag department, facing law suits, says it will restore climate change-related websites.

    Wed, 2025-05-14 11:56 — mike kraft
    Facing lawsuit, USDA says it will restore climate change-related webpages The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore webpages related to climate change after it was sued earlier this year over the deletions. AP News
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    Some U.S. biotech companies are considering moving clinical trials overseas because of U.S. FDA budget cuts and staff layoffs.

    Wed, 2025-05-14 10:22 — mike kraft

    Upheaval at FDA pushes some biotech firms to move early trials out of US

     

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    Trump administration's medcal research cuts reached $2.7 billion--Senate report

    Wed, 2025-05-14 10:03 — mike kraft
    Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says | CNN A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain scientific data from government websites. Jacqueline Howard CNN
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    Majority of Americans support measles vacinations, worry about Trump administration's handling of outbreaks --poll

    Wed, 2025-05-14 09:49 — mike kraft
    Americans worry about Trump's handling of measles outbreak, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The vast majority of Americans believe that vaccines for measles are safe, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Jason Lange,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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    How wastewater testing can predict community's COVID cases--new study

    Wed, 2025-05-14 09:41 — mike kraft
    Wastewater testing predicts community COVID cases, experts say SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance accurately predicts the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 infections in the community, data from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities suggest. CIDRAP

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    US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine

    Tue, 2025-05-13 12:09 — mike kraft
    US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine The U.S. government is advising that international travelers age 60 and older not get a chikungunya vaccine as it investigates possible side effects. AP News

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    A vaccine that protects against swine, human and bird flu could eliminate need for yearly shots -- research

    Tue, 2025-05-13 11:52 — mike kraft
    Vaccine that protects against swine, human and bird flu could eliminate need for yearly shots Annual flu shots could become a thing of the past under a new vaccine strategy developed and tested by University of Nebraska–Lincoln virologist Eric Weaver and his laboratory team. University of Nebraska-Lincoln Medical Xpress

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    US listeria outbreak linked to prepared foods hits 10 persons

    Tue, 2025-05-13 11:29 — mike kraft
    At least 10 people sickened in US listeria outbreak linked to prepared foods | CNN At least 10 people in the U.S. have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, and a producer is voluntarily recalling several products, federal officials said. CNN
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    Trump budget cuts are hurting efforts to counter HIV, especially in southern states.

    Tue, 2025-05-13 11:03 — mike kraft
    Trump Once Vowed To End HIV in America. His Funding Cuts Are Rolling Back Progress. - KFF Health News Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET. kffhnamym KFF Health News

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    Health care groups across the South are scaling back HIV testing and outreach because of the Trump administration’s budget cuts and layoffs.

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    Analysis: Measles Could Become Endemic in US if Surge Continues, Expert Warns

    Tue, 2025-05-13 10:53 — mike kraft
    Measles Could Become Endemic in US if Surge Continues, Expert Warns One of the most contagious infections ever identified. The Conversation ScienceAlert
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    Trump administration staff cuts leave fewer experts to counter bird flu --sources

    Tue, 2025-05-13 10:35 — mike kraft

    Staff exodus at US farm agency leaves fewer experts to battle bird flu

    May 12 (Reuters) - Hundreds of veterinarians, support staff and lab workers at the animal health arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture have left under the Trump administration's push for resignations, according to three sources familiar with the situation, leaving fewer specialists to respond to animal disease outbreaks.
     
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    Spikes of Bird Flu in Cats Could Be a Warning of a Future Pandemic --study

    Tue, 2025-05-13 10:23 — mike kraft
    Spikes of Bird Flu in Cats Could Be a Warning of a Future Pandemic This needs to be monitored more closely. Jess Cockerill ScienceAlert
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