Harsh Goenka talks about how Covid-19 pandemic has changed us in latest Twitter post

3 weeks, 1 day ago

House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic

CNN

CNN — A Republican-led House committee investigating broad aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects in the US released a final report Monday summarizing its two-year effort, saying it hoped the work would “serve as a road map for Congress, the Executive Branch, and the private sector to prepare for and respond to future pandemics.” In the 520-page report, …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong

Salon

By most accounts, President-elect Donald Trump bungled the federal response to COVID-19, publicly downplaying concern about a virus that he privately admitted was “deadly stuff.” “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear,” Trump said in Feb. 2020, at the same time he was admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that the virus was …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump's win is a grim reminder: The COVID era hasn't ended

Salon

Now that we've had a chance to catch our breath a little bit and get through the grieving process over last Tuesday's election, the inevitable recriminations have begun in earnest. I suspect we will spend many years dissecting what happened that put Donald Trump back in the White House this year. This campaign was especially fraught with President Joe Biden …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump’s botched COVID response has been largely forgotten, but it's crucial we remember

Salon

At a campaign event in Allentown, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump asked the crowd a question Ronald Reagan also asked voters in the 1980 election against Jimmy Carter, and one many presidents before have asked. “People are still framing questions like that as if where we were four years ago was not in the early stages of a …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid content: Zuckerberg

Deccan Chronicle

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee has alleged that the Biden-Harris administration "repeatedly pressurised" Meta's teams to censor posts related to Covid.He further said that the platform had to make some changes, that "with the benefit of hindsight and new information," they won't make today. Like I said to our teams at …

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4 months ago

Here’s why Covid cases are spiking again and how it could affect you

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The American Hospital Association said that the 18.1 percent test positivity rate for that week …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Noah Lyles' collapse underscores our collective COVID denial

Salon

The 2024 Olympic Games are serving up some less-than-subtle metaphors for how poorly we handle public health. Just after winning a bronze medal in the much-anticipated men's 200-meter race, U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles collapsed on the track in exhaustion — not just because he’d completed a brutal run in just 19.7 seconds, finishing third, but also because he was sick …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympics Sees 40-Plus COVID Cases as Global Infections Rise: WHO

Deccan Chronicle

Geneva: More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Data from 84 countries shows that the percentage of positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes Covid-19 disease -- "has been rising for several weeks", she told …

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5 months ago

Has the next pandemic already started?

Al Jazeera

New cases of avian flu are raising alarm of a possible new pandemic. It is crucial to avoid repeating mistakes from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when dealing with H5N1, where the risks could be even greater due to its high mortality rate. Tests should be made available worldwide – including in low- and middle-income countries – and prioritised in populations …

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5 months ago

Joe Biden’s COVID-19 “I’m Sick” tweet breaks one’s brain amid the drop-out rumors.

Slate

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. “I’m sick” —Joe Biden, on social media, about an hour after publicly reporting he had COVID-19. Here, at 7:22 p.m.: I'm sick — Joe Biden July 17, 2024 Two minutes later came the punchline: of …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US advisers recommend a fall vaccination campaign

The Independent

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6 months ago

Trump botched America’s pandemic response — but a 2nd term would be even more catastrophic

Raw Story

I think it’s important to remind yourself of the basics. READ: ‘Creepy weirdos’: Senator fears Trump WH staff would destroy government from ‘inside’ “ I don’t take responsibility at all,” Trump said in March 2020. Far-right voters oppose life-saving vaccines, so the Republican candidate is only too pleased to tell them what they want to hear.” Expect more of this …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last

NPR

Why Anthony Fauci approaches every trip to the White House as if it's his last toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For much of the past four years, Dr. Anthony Fauci has been the public face of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic — a status that garnered him gratitude from some, and condemnation from others. On working with President …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Despite its ‘nothingburger’ reputation, COVID-19 remains deadlier than the flu

LA Times

Since the earliest days of the pandemic, health officials have gauged the threat of COVID-19 by comparing it to the flu. Immunity from vaccines and past coronavirus infections has helped tame COVID-19 to the point that when researchers compared the mortality rates of hospitalized COVID-19 and seasonal influenza patients during the height of the 2022-23 flu season, they found that …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Countries struggle to draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to avoid mistakes made during COVID

LA Times

A worker takes fingerprints from the body of a COVID-19 victim early in the pandemic at a crematorium in Santiago, Chile. Britain’s department of health said it would only agree to an accord if it was “firmly in the U.K. national interest and respects national sovereignty.” And many developing countries say it’s unfair that they might be expected to provide …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mistrust, fights and blood sport: How COVID-19 trauma is shaping the 2024 election

LA Times

ICU nurses Fernando Fernadez, from left, Amanda Hamilton and Luz Escabar work on a COVID-19 patient in the ICU unit at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in May 2020. The pool of people distrusting the government has gotten larger,” said Kristin Urquiza, who co-founded Marked By COVID, which is calling for an accounting of the government’s pandemic response and …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Biden administration partners with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics

LA Times

President Biden’s administration is launching a program that will help 50 countries, most of them in Africa and Asia, identify and respond to infectious diseases. President Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. The Global …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Remembering Trump and Kushner's deadly, evil plan

Raw Story

March 13th through April 7th next month commemorate the anniversary of what could only be called an intentional, racially-based mass murder of American citizens, planned and executed by Donald Trump and Jared Kushner for purely political purposes, and virtually ignored by the American mainstream media. That was the day that Jared Kushner decided that letting Black and Hispanic Americans in …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: We never dealt with the trauma of 2020. Now it’s created an even bigger crisis

LA Times

Nurse practitioner Charlotte Thomas, from left, respiratory therapist Sandra Sandoval and registered nurse Saul Reynoso work on stabilizing a COVID-19 patient by placing central vascular lines after the patient was intubated at the ICU at Scripps Mercy Hospital in Chula Vista, on April 23, 2020. It is Monday and the car that broke down last week was apparently just a …

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10 months ago

Eric Klinenberg wants you to reexamine the impact of the pandemic: ‘We are all living through the long 2020’

LA Times

“This story is not over,” said Eric Klinenberg, author of “2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.” “We are all living through the long 2020.” On the Shelf 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed By Eric Klinenberg Knopf Publishing Group: 464 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Covid-19 social distancing was not based on scientific data, Fauci admits

Hindustan Times

Former White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci recently admitted that the Covid-19 pandemic guidelines likely lacked scientific background. The 83-year-old confessed to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday that “six feet” social distancing “sort of just appeared.” According to a statement released today from the committee's Chairman, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, Fauci also acknowledged that the …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 10,000 COVID deaths reported globally last month, fueled by holiday gatherings and new variant

LA Times

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks at a news conference in Geneva last year. The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent coronavirus variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Home Office warns that European court intervention is 'critical' threat to Rwanda plan

The Telegraph

Home Office officials have warned of a “high risk” that European judges will block deportations to Rwanda, The Telegraph can disclose. A “risk register” drawn up by civil servants highlighted the prospect of a fresh injunction from Strasbourg as a significant threat that could derail the scheme designed to deter illegal Channel crossings by migrants. It also warned of the …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Flu and COVID infections got worse over the holidays, with more misery expected, CDC says

The Independent

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe?

LA Times

The pandemic is far from over, as evidenced by the rapid rise to global dominance of the JN.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2. We have lost the ability to track the actual number of infections since most people either test at home or don’t even test at all, but the very high wastewater levels of the virus indicate about 2 million Americans …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Keeping the hope for health alive

Al Jazeera

As we close a year of milestones and challenges in global public health, our quest to achieve ‘Health for All’ continues. Heads of state at the United Nations General Assembly committed to advancing universal health coverage, ending tuberculosis and protecting the world from future pandemics. And as WHO closes out our 75th year as the “world’s” health organisation, I extend …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

New Blueprint for Pandemic Preparedness in Place: Dr Bhargava

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Government of India has prepared a blueprint for pandemic preparedness that includes lessons learnt in combating Covid-19 in the country, former ICMR director general Dr Balram Bhargava said. There were learnings, there were a lot of mistakes and we learnt from them,” Dr Bhargava said at a press conference on Wednesday, replying to a question on whether ‘red …

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1 year ago

Flu and COVID infections are rising and could get worse over the holidays, CDC says

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say, with increases fueled by holiday gatherings, too many unvaccinated people and a new version of the coronavirus that may be spreading more easily. About 42% of U.S. adults had gotten flu shots by the first week of December, down from …

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1 year ago

'Accept Covid-19 as Part of Lifestyle': Don't Panic, Says Top Epidemiologist But Advises Caution

News 18

It’s time for the public to stop being surprised by the rise in Covid-19 cases and recognise coronavirus as a permanent part of their lifestyle, former Indian Council of Medical Research scientist Dr Raman Gangakhedkar has told News18.com. The country’s top epidemiologist, who was the face of India’s apex medical research agency during government briefings on Covid-19 last year, said …

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1 year ago

Is Covid scare back? 300 fresh cases reported, three deaths in Kerala

India TV News

Kerala reported 300 new active cases of COVID-19 and 3 deaths on December 20, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Amid rising concerns over the emergence of the new variant of the Coronavirus, a Kerala-based health expert said on Wednesday that Covid is like any other communicable disease that cannot be wiped out completely adding that the …

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1 year ago

COVID-19 update: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya urges heightened preparedness amidst surge in cases

India TV News

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya conducted a virtual review meeting on Wednesday, addressing the increasing COVID-19 cases in the country and emphasizing the preparedness of health facilities. As the country faces a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Union Health Minister's call for increased preparedness aligns with the ongoing efforts to manage and mitigate the impact of the virus. The emphasis …

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1 year ago

COVID-19 makes a wintertime comeback

Hindustan Times

Germany is sniffling and coughing again. "We no longer see severe cases," he said, adding just one patient, aged 94, had to go to the hospital due to COVID-19. With as much as 10% of the country sick, according to Germany's Robert Koch Institute for public health, offices and services are struggling to stay open. Other forms of PCR testing …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Chris Whitty: Britain’s Covid plans were ‘woefully deficient’ – even for a flu pandemic

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

The UK took action too late during COVID-19 pandemic’s first wave, its top medical officer says

Associated Press

LONDON — Britain’s government was too late in taking action against the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020, the U.K.'s chief medical adviser said Tuesday in testimony to the independent COVID-19 inquiry. He said he had been concerned in particular about longer-term impacts on the poorest people and those living alone, and described the difficulties in …

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Just let people die’: Sunak reportedly said ahead of national lockdown, COVID probe panel finds

Firstpost

The inquiry is examining the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic that shut large sections of the economy and killed more than 220,000 people in Britain. It is due to run until the summer of 2026 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has allegedly been quoted as saying the government should “just let people die” during the COVID-19 pandemic rather than …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Former top civil servant apologises for suggesting chickenpox-style Covid parties

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dominic Cummings, Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser who often criticised Lord Sedwill, first made the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

What is the latest from Dominic Cummings on No 10’s handling of the Covid crisis?

The Independent

Dominic Cummings’s bravura performance at the Hallett inquiry has obviously attracted huge attention, and not just because of his potty-mouthed ways. As Cummings explains in paragraph 465 of his witness statement: “A low point was when he circulated a video of a guy blowing a special hair dryer up his nose ‘to kill Covid’ and asked the CSA and CMO …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Dutch gov't blind to long-term consequences of coronavirus approach: Dutch Safety Board

NL Times

During the coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch government was so focused on keeping acute care available that it was blind to the other effects of its coronavirus policy. By focusing its policy on available ICU places, the government ignored other issues like health problems due to delayed care, Long Covid, and broader social problems. “During the coronavirus crisis, the Cabinet stuck …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: Unanswered questions, lessons learnt and ongoing challenges

Firstpost

The COVID-19 pandemic that impacted all aspects of human life, quite literally cancelled the planet. Was any internal advice given to the Government of India that the mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna were better, despite the fact that they were significantly more expensive and difficult to administer? Covishield, developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca in the UK, is similar to previous …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Britain’s COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlight

Associated Press

LONDON — Britain’s inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation entered its second phase Tuesday, with political decision-making around major developments, such as the timing of lockdowns, taking center stage. Many held a silent protest outside the inquiry in London holding portraits of their deceased loved ones, and stood beside a banner which …

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1 year, 2 months ago

New crisis organization in the NL ready to respond to pandemics within 48 hours

NL Times

A new crisis organization is now in place and ready to take charge within 48 hours should another pandemic strike the Netherlands as it did in 2020. "We thought we were well-prepared back then, but to be honest, we weren't," said outgoing Health Minister Ernst Kuipers at the launch of the so-called National Functionality for Infectious Disease Control. "We certainly …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: Scientists have become sitting ducks. We need leaders to step up and defend us

LA Times

In April 2020, when President Trump and Anthony Fauci appeared at a news conference to discuss the pandemic, the backlash against COVID scientists was already building. During the pandemic, our team at the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine developed a low-cost COVID vaccine that was scaled for production in India and Indonesia, where almost 100 million doses …

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1 year, 3 months ago

5 Things COVID Experts Personally Won't Do Right Now In This Latest Surge

Huff Post

andreswd via Getty Images Here's how infectious disease experts are managing their COVID-19 risk. “As I have gray hair, I’m in a higher-risk group just on the basis of age, so I’ve been wearing my mask at indoor events continuously,” Schaffner said. “My wife and I are major caregivers for a family member who is receiving cancer chemotherapy, so we’re …

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1 year, 3 months ago

CBS News poll finds less concern about new COVID variants now than with Omicron

CBS News

Despite a recent rise in COVID cases and new variants, most Americans aren't concerned about getting COVID. There is less concern specifically about new variants today than there was about the Omicron variant as it was emerging in late 2021. As has long been the case with the coronavirus, concern, attention and action are all connected: 40% report following news …

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1 year, 3 months ago

WHO warns of 'concerning' Covid trends ahead of winter: ‘It’s a worry as…'

Hindustan Times

The World Health Organization warned of "concerning trends" for Covid-19 ahead of winter in the Northern Hemisphere as the health agency called for increased vaccinations and surveillance. While data is limited as many countries have stopped reporting Covid data, the UN health agency estimated that hundreds of thousands of people around the world were currently hospitalised owing to Covid. WHO …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Expert calls for future pandemic planning amid ‘signals’ from bird flu

The Independent

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1 year, 3 months ago

Even cautious experts say don't panic over new Covid wave: CDC admits US in 'strongest place' ever in pandemic - while the World Health Organization says world is in 'a different phase' now

Daily Mail

Global and US health chiefs have urged calm over rising Covid cases and new variants, pointing out that virtually everyone now has immunity against the virus. On Thursday, Dr Marion Koopmans — a virologist who advises the World Health Organization — said the world was now in a 'different phase' of the pandemic due to higher levels of immunity from …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Conspiracy theorist spreads false information about the return of COVID-19 mandates

Associated Press

CLAIM: Transportation Security Administration managers were told on Aug. 15 that by mid-September they, along with airport employees, will again be required to wear face masks and by mid-October the policy will apply to travelers as well. A spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which issued a now-expired travel mask mandate in 2021, confirmed that such rumors …

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1 year, 4 months ago

COVID-19 still a 'global health threat', new variant already under scanner: WHO Chief Tedros

Firstpost

WHO has recently classified a new variant BA.2.86 which is under monitoring at present. It is said to have a large number of mutations World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said COVID-19 still is a “global health threat” and a new variant of coronavirus is already under the scanner. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the G20 Health …

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1 year, 4 months ago

COVID-19 still a global health threat, new variant under scanner: WHO chief

The Hindu

Director-General of WHO Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on August 18 said though COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency for the world, it is still a ‘global health threat’ and a new variant of coronavirus is already under the scanner. “Although COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, it remains a global health threat. On the occasion, he urged all …

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