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Mashup Score: 1RFK Hits Capitol Hill As Experts Warn His Anti-Vaccine Views Endanger Public Health - Health Policy Watch - 7 day(s) ago
“RFK Jr has spent virtually his entire career casting doubt about vaccines. This is all part of a pattern that has gone on for a decade or more,” Lawrence
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Mashup Score: 6Climate Change Now Responsible For Nearly One Fifth Of Dengue Cases In The Americas And Asia - Health Policy Watch - 17 day(s) ago
Nearly one fifth of dengue cases in Latin America and the Caribbean, or about 45 million infections a year, are attributable to climate change, in the past
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“Dengue responds non-linearly to average daily temperature, with cases peaking at average temperatures of 28℃, and then decreasing.” https://t.co/ym1SDAr9mS
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Mashup Score: 101Breathing Fire: Wildfire Smoke Linked To Sharp Rise In Dementia Risk - Health Policy Watch - 19 day(s) ago
Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke may significantly increase the risk of dementia, posing a greater threat to brain health than other forms of air pollution.
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NEW A study examined #EHR records from 2009-19 for 1.2M adults in SoCal: 21% ⬆️ risk of #dementia diagnosis for every microgram per cubic meter ⬆️ in fine particulate matter (PM2.5) from local wildfire smoke, measured over 3 yrs. #AAIC24 #MedTwitter 😷 https://t.co/lGwmfmafPi
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Mashup Score: 1Despite The Offer Of Free Mpox Vaccines, Burundi's Government Is Hesitant - Health Policy Watch - 24 day(s) ago
Despite having the second biggest mpox outbreak in Africa, Burundi has no immediate plans to vaccinate those at risk.
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“The problem is not really the availability of vaccines. The problem is more on the country’s side,” https://t.co/0zutpcq0J1
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Mashup Score: 2Drinking Pasteurized Milk Is 'Always' Recommended, Says WHO; Calls For Better Tracking Of Avian Flu In Animals - Health Policy Watch - 24 day(s) ago
Finally, she added that WHO recommends that the public always drink pasteurized milk rather than raw milk products “for a number of different health
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“we need much stronger efforts in terms of reducing the risk of infection between animals to new species and to humans.” https://t.co/7l7Qw2F2GY
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Mashup Score: 0Breakthrough Research Promises Shorter Treatment For Multi-Drug-Resistant TB - Health Policy Watch - 1 month(s) ago
In a breakthrough for patients with multi-drug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB), researchers shared positive trial results for a shorter, tailored
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“BCDL, given for 6-9 mos, is an excellent approach for those who don’t have severe disease at baseline..success rate is almost 95% and it has a big advantage compared to the historical conventional treatment because it’s much shorter and less toxic” https://t.co/VObZ82b1lb
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Mashup Score: 2It's Time To Stop The World’s Oldest Pandemic: We Need A New Tuberculosis Vaccine - Health Policy Watch - 1 month(s) ago
This week, experts and policymakers are convening at the Union’s World Conference on Lung Health to discuss tuberculosis (TB), the world’s deadliest and most
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“According to WHO, accelerating the scale up of vaccines would prevent up to 76.6 million cases, while producing between $372 billion in economic benefits by 2050.” https://t.co/wsDUGnOZ6A
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Mashup Score: 3Another Rwandan Health Worker Gets Marburg, While Cases Of Kids Co-infected With Mpox And Measles Rise - Health Policy Watch - 2 month(s) ago
Rwanda has recorded its 63rd Marburg case, while cases of children coinfected with both mpox and measles are rising in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
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“Meanwhile, the source of the Marburg outbreak has been traced to fruit bats in a cave where the index case had been mining” https://t.co/5eM5vLt6I1
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Mashup Score: 2World Can Halve Premature Deaths By 2050, Lancet Commission Reports - Health Policy Watch - 2 month(s) ago
All countries, regardless of their economic status, could halve premature death rates by 2050, a new report published in The Lancet suggests.
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Many thanks to @HealthPolicyW for this terrific news feature on our "Global Health 2050" report https://t.co/xelAVSv6OD
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Mashup Score: 0Marburg: Africa CDC Accuses U.S. Government Of Creating Panic - Health Policy Watch - 3 month(s) ago
The Africa CDC has slammed the U.S. government’s recent Level 3 travel advisory for Rwanda as unfair and baseless, arguing it undermines Rwanda’s proactive
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I think it’s disingenous and overtly misleading to conflate travel advisories with travel bans. https://t.co/WyCzXVsvRV
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“RFK Jr has spent virtually his entire career casting doubt about vaccines. This is all part of a pattern that has gone on for a decade or more,” https://t.co/WgBjilmdMR