Thursday, May 20, 2021

Gaza's Health System Buckling Under Repeated Wars, Blockade

Gaza's Health System Buckling Under Repeated Wars, Blockade by Fares Akram and Aya Batrawy. AP.  May 20, 2021.   

Seller of Vaccine Disinformation Has YouTube Channel Removed

Seller Of Vaccine Disinformation Has YouTube Channel Removed by Michelle R. Smith.  AP. May 19, 2021.   

Key To Responding To Next Pandemic: Year-Round Facilities Pumping Out Vaccines For threats Old And New

 How To Supercharge Vaccine Production For The Next Pandemic by Dylan Matthews.  Vox.  May 20, 2021.  

Vast Undercount Of Covid-19 Deaths Shows that Disease Surveillance And Tracking Are Dangerously Inadequate

 How The World Missed More Than Half Of All Covid-19 Deaths by Umair Irfan.  Vox.  May 7, 2021.  

The South Return To Normalcy Could Be A Mirage; Summer Could Bring Another Virus Wave To Local Areas

The South Could Still Become A Summertime Covid-19 Hot Spot by German Lopez.   Vox.  May 19, 2021.  

Standards For Clean Air In Building And Shared Spaces; Scientists Call For Regulation and Research

 Experts Urge Strict Workplace Air Quality Standards, In Wake Of Pandemic by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  May 17, 2021.  

College Boasts Comprehensive Outbreak Tracking: Contacts, Clusters, New Variants, Information Systems, Testing, Wasterwater, Apps, Community

The Future Of Virus Tracking Can Be Found On This College Campus by Emily Anthes.  The New York Times.  May 17, 2021.   

Reason For Mask Guidance Change: Vaccinated People Rarely Transmit; Shots Are Effective Against Variants

Why The C.D.C. Changed Its Advice On Masks by Apoorva Mandavilli.  The New York Times.  May 19, 2021.  

Thursday, May 13, 2021

New Reports To The World Health Organization

 Experts Call For Sweeping Reforms To Prevent The Next Pandemic by Sheri Fink.  The New York Times.  May 12, 2021.  

Psychiatry Is Sure To Change As The Psychedelic Revolution Arrives

The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming.  Psychiatry May Never Be The Same by Andrew Jacobs.  The New York Times.  May 12, 2021.   

New Tests For Respiratory Illnesses Can Look For More Than 20 Pathogens At A Time

 Is it Covid or the Flu?  New Combo Tests Can Find Out by Roxanne Khamsi.  The New York Times.  May 11, 2021.  

Under Warming Scenarios The World's Peoples May Face Increased Exposure To Diseases Of Insect Origin.

The Cicadas Are Foreshadowing Our Future With More--and More Dangerous--Insect Swarms by Bryan Walsh.  Yahoo!News.  May 12, 2021.   

A Breakdown Of The Vaccine Hesitant

 Anti-Vaxxers Aren't The Cause Of America's Dropping Vaccine Rates by German Lopez.  Vox.  May 5, 2021.  

Experts Remain Cautious To Protect Others Who Aren't Yet Vaccinated

 Got The Vaccine?  Experts Say You Can Relax About Your Covid-19 Risk Now.  Really. by German Lopez.  Vox.  May 11, 2021.