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The world should prepare for smallpox making a comeback --report

Tue, 2024-04-16 10:22 — mike kraft

Is smallpox still a threat?

Smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century alone, is the only human disease to be eradicated. However, a new report, "Future State of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures," from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) argues that the U.S. and the global community should prepare for smallpox to make a return.

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Analysis: 2023 Climate Wins Overview

Wed, 2023-12-20 10:08 — mike kraft

Your 2023 Climate Wins, Wrapped | Atmos

Your 2023 Climate Wins, Wrapped | Atmos This year’s climate extremes may give the impression that the planet is screwed, but climate experts say we’ve made record progress in 2023. Atmos Atmos

 

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COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis

Mon, 2023-12-04 15:57 — FNUOvviyaa
COP28: The climate crisis is also a health crisis Health has made it onto the agenda of a UN climate conference, and health advocates at COP28 in Dubai on Sunday said the topic was long overdue for discussion as climate inaction is costing lives and impacting health every single day. UN News

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Climate change is directly contributing to humanitarian emergencies spared by heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes. Those and similar climate shocks are only increasing in scale, frequency and intensity.

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EU to use satellites to track climate threats to forests

Wed, 2023-11-22 10:12 — mike kraft

 

EU to use satellites to track climate threats to forests The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a forest monitoring system that will use satellites to track threats such as climate change-fuelled wildfires and illegal logging. Climate change is taking a mounting toll on Europe's forests, as extreme heat and drought increase the risk of deadly wildfires. Nearly 900,000 hectares of EU land was burned in forest fires last year, an area roughly the size of Corsica, EU data show. Yahoo News

 

 

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U.S. Administration Announces Second Round of Funding to Mitigate Repetitive Flooding

Mon, 2023-11-20 11:25 — mike kraft
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Second Round of Funding to Mitigate Repetitive Flooding - HS Today On November 14, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced the availability of another $300 million in Swift Current funding to help property owners across the nation become more resilient to flooding.
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The challenges in sustained U.S. investment for emergency readiness --GAO report

Fri, 2023-11-10 10:52 — mike kraft
New GAO report details challenges in sustained investment for emergency readiness M-C-C / iStock CIDRAP

In a new report from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), public health officials cite the challenges of using federal COVID-19 funds to build and maintain infrastructure for emergency readiness. ...

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Climate change: New U.S. map shows how climate change affects U.S. counties

Tue, 2023-10-03 11:44 — mike kraft

 

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UN delegates approve declaration on steps to prepare for future pandemics

Thu, 2023-09-21 10:29 — mike kraft
UN delegates approve political declaration on pandemic readiness CIDRAP

Following the first-ever head-of-state summit on pandemic preparedness at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (yesterday), leaders approved a political declaration that spells out steps to better prepare the world for the next pandemic.

 

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US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — with 4 months still to go

Tue, 2023-09-12 10:34 — mike kraft
US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year — and there's still 4 months to go The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion. AP News

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Analysis: Three Covid pandemic lessons that could help global leaders prevent the next pandemic

Wed, 2023-09-06 10:03 — mike kraft
Three lessons from Covid that could help global leaders prevent the next pandemic "If we wanted to, this could be the last pandemic. It's a political choice,” said Joanne Liu, a professor at McGill University’s School of Population and Global Health. Theresa Gaffney STAT

Everyone has things that, looking back, they would have done differently in the early days of 2020, had they known how the Covid-19 pandemic would tear across the globe. But those regrets may be particularly poignant for global leaders whose actions (or lack thereof) had direct impacts on how Covid-19 spread.

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