Covid Inquiry: Mistake not to consider range of pandemics – David Cameron
David Cameron says “group think” meant government focused on flu pandemics, rather than other diseases. Source link
Pandemics
Using artificial intelligence to red-flag emerging pandemics – ET HealthWorld
Sydney: AI filtering and analysis of open-source data could stop future epidemics from becoming global pandemics. Serious infectious diseases have become more frequent in the past decade. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria and influenza killed more than 17 million people a year. COVID-19 has claimed at least six million … Read more
Nearly Half of Americans Gained Weight in Pandemic’s First Year
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Did you watch your waistline expand during lockdown? You’re not alone. Nearly half of U.S. adults piled on excess pounds during the first year of the pandemic, making a national obesity crisis even worse, a new study shows. “Obesity was an epidemic before the pandemic, … Read more
A Pandemic Page-Turner
Nov. 29, 2021 — Talking about dread diseases might not be your idea of fun holiday conversation, but Lydia Kang, MD, co-author of Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World’s Worst Diseases, thinks it should be. After all, we’re in the middle of a pandemic, and this isn’t the first time we’ve faced a … Read more
Pandemics and their impact on socio-political life and healthcare
Dayanita Singh’s photograph of a nurse at an HIV clinic. (Photo by Dayanita Singh, From Indian Express) By Monidipa Bose Dey From the Athenian plague (430 BCE), the Antonine 165-180 CE and Justinian plagues (541-542 CE), the bubonic plague of the 14th century, to the Spanish flu outbreak in 1918, the effects and repercussions of … Read more
Moral Injury: Pandemic’s Fallout for Health Care Workers
Wendy Dean, MD, president and co-founder, Moral Injury of Healthcare, Carlisle, PA. William A. Haseltine, PhD, chair and president, ACCESS Health International, New York City. Fahmida Hossain, PhD candidate and bioethicist, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. Tassia Trink, registered nurse, Southern California. Consuelo Vargas, registered nurse, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago. Matthew Heinz, … Read more
Are pandemics the new normal?
Though scientists had warned the world was due a pandemic, no-one could have predicted the scale and impact of Covid-19. So should we expect more pandemics in the future? The BBC’s Mattea Bubalo explains . Video by Mattea Bubalo, Laura Foster and Kate Forbes. Graphics by Mel Lou and Terry Foster Source link
WebMD Poll: Vaccine, Experts Will Mark Pandemic’s End
Nov. 9, 2020 — Americans are putting their faith in a vaccine and public health experts to “mark the end” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., a new WebMD poll finds. The poll of 1,000 respondents found 27% said a vaccine that prevents or reduces the chance of infection would signal the end … Read more
WebMD Poll: Vaccine, Experts Will Mark Pandemic’s End
Nov. 9, 2020 — Americans are putting their faith in a vaccine and public health experts to “mark the end” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., a new WebMD poll finds. The poll of 1,000 respondents found 27% said a vaccine that prevents or reduces the chance of infection would signal the end … Read more