Iro Evlampidou → COVID-19 Updates:
MediPIET is organizing a webinar this Thursday 21 May at 1:30pm CEST (Madrid time) on "Contact Tracing Strategies and the use of Go.Data outbreak investigation tool". Dr Lise Grout from the Go.Data team of GOARN will be our invited speaker. You are all in... moreMediPIET is organizing a webinar this Thursday 21 May at 1:30pm CEST (Madrid time) on "Contact Tracing Strategies and the use of Go.Data outbreak investigation tool". Dr Lise Grout from the Go.Data team of GOARN will be our invited speaker. You are all invited! See more details here. less
Antibiotic treatment for COVID-19 complications could fuel resistant bacteria
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/antibiotic-treatment-covid-19-complications-could-fuel-resistant-bacteria?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=801df2ebcd... moreAntibiotic treatment for COVID-19 complications could fuel resistant bacteria
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How Health Disparities Are Shaping the Impact of COVID-19..
https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/how-health-disparities-are-shaping-the-impact-of-covid-19.html?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=801df2ebcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_16_12... moreHow Health Disparities Are Shaping the Impact of COVID-19..
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BELGIUM NOW HAS THE HIGHEST COVID-19 DEATH RATE BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM IT... very interesting article
https://www.newsweek.com/belgium-highest-covid-19-death-rate-1498021?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign... moreBELGIUM NOW HAS THE HIGHEST COVID-19 DEATH RATE BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM IT... very interesting article
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China says nearly 1,300 virus deaths not counted in Wuhan, cites early lapses
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-toll/china-says-nearly-1300-virus-deaths-not-counted-in-wuhan-cites-early-lapses-idUSKBN21Z052?utm_source=Global+Hea... moreChina says nearly 1,300 virus deaths not counted in Wuhan, cites early lapses
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Nearly 1,300 people who died of the coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan, or half the total, were not counted in death tolls because of lapses, state media said on Friday, but Beijing dismissed claims that there had been any kind of cover-up.
Ala'a Kharabsheh → COVID-19 Updates:
Amazon has started using thermal cameras at its operations facilities to screen workers for fevers, a common symptom of the novel coronavirus.
The move comes after a number of cases were reported at Amazon facilities in states such as Washington, Califor... moreAmazon has started using thermal cameras at its operations facilities to screen workers for fevers, a common symptom of the novel coronavirus.
The move comes after a number of cases were reported at Amazon facilities in states such as Washington, California and New York, and a slew of organized walkouts by workers over coronavirus safety. less
The World Health Organization and Pandemic Politics:
The good, the bad, and an ugly future for global health
https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/world-health-organization-and-pandemic-politics?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=5dd... moreThe World Health Organization and Pandemic Politics:
The good, the bad, and an ugly future for global health
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Coronavirus could double number of people going hungry
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/09/coronavirus-could-double-number-of-people-going-hungry?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm_campaign=866f4bdff5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_09_01_23&utm... moreCoronavirus could double number of people going hungry
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Doctors in India and Pakistan wear bin bags and raincoats to protect against Covid-19
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/doctors-india-pakistan-wear-bin-bags-raincoats-protect-against/?utm_source=Global+Health+NOW+Main+List&utm... moreDoctors in India and Pakistan wear bin bags and raincoats to protect against Covid-19
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New research published by UNU-WIDER today warns that the economic fallout from the global pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people, or 8% of the total human population. This would be the first time that poverty has increa
