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Pandemic fatigue threatens COVID-19, monkeypox funding requests - Roll Call

COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are down, but White House argues that pandemic money is needed for future public health threats.

Roll Call · Sep 14, 2022

Why won't fluoride conspiracies die?

The political and social forces that spurred anti-fluoride conspiracies seem to have trickled down to the pandemic

Salon · Sep 13, 2022

Colorado man developed rare brain, spine complication from monkeypox, CDC says

DENVER — A Colorado man was one of two unlucky people who developed nerve damage after a monkeypox infection, and federal officials urged doctors to watch for the rare but serious complication.

The Denver Post · Sep 13, 2022

The top White House monkeypox doc takes stock of the outbreak — and what's next

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is steering the U.S. monkeypox response. A month into the job, he sees signs of success, but there's still more to be done.

WEKU · Sep 12, 2022

Curtain falling for old power cliques

With public anxiety growing over the future of Prayut Chan-o-cha in the role of prime minister, society has become shrouded with rumour and speculation.

Bangkok Post · Sep 9, 2022

Life expectancy decreased in the US for the second year in a row.

COVID-19 accounted for half of the decrease in life expectancy.

USAFacts · Sep 9, 2022

Polio in US: What we know and what the symptoms are

New York polio case in unvaccinated man first in US since 2013

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022

La Crosse virus is the second-most common virus in the US spread by mosquitoes – and can cause severe neurological damage in rare cases

For the Laudick family of Greensburg, Indiana, life forever changed on Aug. 5, 2013. That was the day 4-year-old Leah Laudick told her mom, Shelly, that she had a bad headache.

The Conversation · Sep 9, 2022

Superbugs are a "second punch" after pandemic

There was a 15% rise in drug-resistant infections in hospitalized patients from 2019 to 2020.

Axios · Sep 9, 2022

Meet Mary Wakefield, the nurse administrator tasked with revamping the CDC

It’s been a rough couple of years for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facing a barrage of criticism for repeatedly mishandling its response to the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently monkeypox, the agency has acknowledged it failed and needs to change.

Tribune News Service · Sep 8, 2022