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Global Health Security Summit: Pakistani PM calls for global unity to fight diseases
Pakistan’s PM on Wednesday called for unified efforts to tackle global infectious diseases & emergencies caused by climate change
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“Incredible life-changing innovations…” White House’s Outgoing Covid response coordinator big India endorsement
Former White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr Ashish Jha on June 17 hailed India’s efforts in managing COVID. While talking to ANI, Dr Ashish Jha said that during the pandemic, the world saw incredible life-changing innovations...
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Could the zombie fungus from The Last of Us really happen?
The explosive popularity of The Last of Us, the video game-turned-HBO series where a fungal pathogen turns people into terrifying zombies, has given rise to a question: could this really happen? Scientists say fungal infections could be...
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Wild Recovery: Protecting nature and preventing the next pandemic | earthrise
earthrise looks at protecting wildlife and preventing pandemics through the stories of two endangered mammals which have been investigated for links to COVID-19.
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EU's buying of COVID vaccines shows value of a future health union, says Sweden's health minister
In November the EU began its first steps towards building a health union among member countries.
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Lessons from the 1918 pandemic
Writer and science journalist Laura Spinney discusses what history has taught us from other pandemics of the 20th century, such as the 1918 Spanish flu.
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World - Swine Flu
Controversy about where swine flu started in Mexico
Perote, Veracruz - 27 April 2009
1. Man wearing surgical mask walking past fence of pig farm
2. Mid of man with pigs in enclosure
Pandemic fears as swine flu kills several, sickens...
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Boy on respirator, fowl collected for cull
1. Wide exterior of hospital
2. Close-up sign outside hospital
3. Woman walking in hospital corridor with mask on
4. Children wearing masks
5. Muhammet Ozcan on respirator
6. Various of people in hospital corridors
7. Close-up of...
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Century after pandemic, science takes its best shot at flu ++mute++
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A century after one of history's most catastrophic disease outbreaks, scientists are rethinking how to guard against another super-flu like the 1918 influenza that killed tens of millions as it swept the globe.
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Photo-op of meeting on Avian and pandemic influenza
1. Wide view of conference/pan left
2. Mid shot of United Nations and Washington officials
3. Close up of China official
4. Wide shot of conference
5. Close up of official
6. Wide shot of row of officials
7. Mid shot of two...
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Cleaning crew sanitizes bank in New Rochelle
Cleaning crews were hard at work Wednesday hoping to sanitize a bank in suburban New Rochelle, as state officials shuttered schools and houses of worship for two weeks in the New York City suburb.
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Cleaning crew sanitizes bank in New Rochelle
Cleaning crews were hard at work Wednesday hoping to sanitize a bank in suburban New Rochelle, as state officials shuttered schools and houses of worship for two weeks in the New York City suburb.
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Ambulances transporting patients to new hospital
Ambulances in Italy's capital were busy transporting patients to a new hospital specifically equipped to tackle the new coronavirus on Tuesday morning.
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Dozens of coffins arrive at Brazil mass grave
Dozens of coffins were taken to a public cemetery in Manaus, north west Brazil, on Wednesday, where authorities decided earlier this week to open common graves to bury victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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104th Fighter Wing honors Mass. frontline workers
Four F-15s from the 104th Fighter Wing based at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts, conducted a flyover of several hospitals and medical facilities on Wednesday to pay tribute to health care workers on the...
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Can Force Majeure Hold Up in Court During Virus Pandemic?
May.08 -- Covid-19 has shuttered businesses, wreaked havoc on the economy, and disrupted contractual agreements worldwide. As parties assess the fallout, many legal teams are exploring whether to turn to a rarely tested section of their...
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John Barry Tells Newsy We're Ceding Control To The Virus
John Barry is an author and a distinguished scholar at Tulane University's school of public health and tropical medicine.
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Advocate reflects on nursing home virus 'nightmare'
The problems plaguing nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic have been around long before the virus according to the executive director of The Long Term Care Community Coalition.
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The Long-Term Impact of Coronavirus on the Global Economy
Apr.02 -- Oscar Jorda, senior policy advisor at San Francisco Federal Reserve, discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic could impact the global economy in the long term. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.”
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How COVID-19 Revamped The U.S. Strategic National Stockpile
A year into the pandemic, the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile has ramped up its readiness to respond to the coronavirus and future threats.
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Global Pandemic Risk Is Rising, Johns Hopkins' Inglesby Says
Dec.16 -- Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explains why global epidemics and pandemics are on the rise. He speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on...
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Advocate on US nursing home virus 'nightmare'
The problems plaguing US nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic have been around long before the virus, according to the executive director of The Long Term Care Community Coalition.
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Analysis: As states reopen hospital capacity vital
As some states slowly begin reopening their economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, one expert on emerging infectious disease and pandemic preparedness, says hospital capacity is vital as the chance of more cases increases.
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New drug set to change how world's largest population living with HIV deals with the virus
Ga-Rankuwa township, north of Pretoria
1. Wide exterior Phedisong 4 Clinic in Ga-Rankuwa township, north of Pretoria, with marquees for launch of new ARV pill rollout
2. Close banners reading (English): "HIV texting is free in all public...