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Spot the signs & prevent avian tuberculosis in your parrot! Learn how to keep your feathered friend healthy and happy.

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If nothing was done to contain COVID-19?

161,700,000 people would die globally. So, to those trying to downplay seriousness of disease and/or question strong containment measures - you’re willing to risk the death of 160 plus million people?

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Your pilot today may be a bad apple who doesn't really know how to fly very well but it's the pilot's right not to tell you. Buckle up or not...

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Coronavirus Fact Check: Analyzing the Patterns in Trump's Falsehoods - The New York Times

Coronavirus Fact Check: Analyzing the Patterns in Trump’s Falsehoods – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-factcheck.html

For months, the president has downplayed the severity of the pandemic, overstated the impact of his policies and potential treatments, blamed others and tried to rewrite the history of his response.

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New 'point-of-care' finger-prick tests for coronavirus are being rolled out. Here's how they work - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Will USA get too

New ‘point-of-care’ finger-prick tests for coronavirus are being rolled out. Here’s how they work – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Will USA get too

The criteria for who can get tested for COVID-19 is growing, and new types of tests are arriving in Australia soon. Here’s how testing works and who is eligible.

Source: New ‘point-of-care’ finger-prick tests for coronavirus are being rolled out. Here’s how they work – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Florida DOH: 2 New COVID-19 Cases - 2 Deaths

Florida DOH: 2 New COVID-19 Cases – 2 Deaths

Fl COVID-19 Stats 10pm March 6th

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Florida, with 20 million residents and tens of millions of visitors each year, has been testing for COVID-19 for barely a week, and only 5 days ago confirmed their 1st  2 Presumptive Positive COVID-19 Cases. 

Testing, however, remains quite limited (100 negative results, 6 positive), and so we really have no idea how prevalent the virus might be…

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Idiots in line to kill elderly in Florida

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Reporter's Notebook: Life and death in a Wuhan coronavirus ICU, East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

Reporter’s Notebook: Life and death in a Wuhan coronavirus ICU, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

WUHAN (CAIXIN GLOBAL) – In the coronavirus epidemic, doctors on the front lines take on the greatest risk and best understand the situation. Peng Zhiyong, director of acute medicine at the Wuhan University South Central Hospital, is one of those doctors.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Source: Reporter’s Notebook: Life and death in a Wuhan coronavirus ICU, East Asia News & Top Stories – The…

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Ongoing mumps outbreak among adolescents and young adults, Ireland, August 2018 to January 2020

Ongoing mumps outbreak among adolescents and young adults, Ireland, August 2018 to January 2020

Between 18 August 2018 and 24 January 2020, 3,736 mumps cases were notified in Ireland. The highest numbers of notifications were observed in the age group 15–24 years. Vaccination status was reported for 32% (n = 1,199) of cases: 72% of these had received two doses of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Vaccination uptake after free MMR vaccination targeting colleges and universities since…

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Virologists weigh in on novel coronavirus in China’s outbreak Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Jan 08, 2020 Coronaviruses that can cause serious human disease are on the rise, emphasizing the importance of public health preparedness.

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WHO decries 'collective failure' as measles kills 140,000 - Reuters

WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000 – Reuters

Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. — Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-health-measles-who/who-decries-collective-failure-as-measles-kills-140000-idUSKBN1Y92CM

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Disneyland Visitor With Measles May Have Exposed Hundreds to Infection - The New York Times

Disneyland Visitor With Measles May Have Exposed Hundreds to Infection – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/us/disneyland-measles.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Before measles vaccines became widely administered in 1963, about three million to four million Americans a year contracted the disease, and about 400 to 500 died from it.

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Tanzania ′not sharing′ data on suspected Ebola cases: WHO | News | DW | 22.09.2019

Tanzania ′not sharing′ data on suspected Ebola cases: WHO | News | DW | 22.09.2019

The World Health Organization has said it learned the East African country has one confirmed and two suspected cases of Ebola. The latest outbreak has already spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda.

Source: Tanzania ′not sharing′ data on suspected Ebola cases: WHO | News | DW | 22.09.2019

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Hand sanitizer shown less effective than hand washing against flu Stephanie Soucheray | News Reporter | CIDRAP News Sep 19, 2019 The problem appears to be a mucus barrier that takes awhile to overcome.

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Inoreader - mBio: On the Emergence of Candida auris: Climate Change, Azoles, Swamps, and Birds

Inoreader – mBio: On the Emergence of Candida auris: Climate Change, Azoles, Swamps, and Birds

the rise of  C. auris is of particular concern because: C. auris infections have a high fatality rate The strain appears to be resistant to multiple classes of anti-fungals   This strain is unusually persistent on fomites in healthcare environments. And it can be difficult for labs to differentiate it from other Candida strains

Source: Inoreader – mBio: On the Emergence of Candida auris: Climate…

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Ebola cases near 2,300 as virus returns to earlier hot spots Cr@p! Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News Jun 28, 2019 "It is important to break the vicious cycle," a top WHO official says.