Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: What you need to know about avian flu
Multiple states since March 2024 have reported dairy herds displaying symptoms caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI.
Jun 10, 2024
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Understanding inequities in nurses' moral distress during COVID-19
Research has shown that, when nurses feel they are being prevented from taking a morally justifiable action or achieving an ethical outcome, it contributes to poor mental health, burnout, and intent to leave one's job. Surveys ...
Jun 7, 2024
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Farmworkers face high-risk exposures to bird flu, but testing isn't reaching them
Farmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of them would lack resources to fall back on if they became ill.
Jun 3, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC reports third dairy worker infected with bird flu, risk to public remains low
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, there's been a third case of H5N1 avian flu confirmed in a dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
May 30, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Another Michigan dairy worker has bird flu, the third US case this year
Another Michigan farmworker has been diagnosed with bird flu, the third human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, health officials said Thursday.
May 30, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: Is it bird flu just an animal thing, or can people catch it?
Bird flu continues to pose a low risk to the general public according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
May 20, 2024
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Over 100 scientists rename airborne viruses after COVID-19 mistakes
Airborne viruses will be called "pathogens that transmit through the air" under new terminology the World Health Organization hopes will end a scientific rift that hampered the early response to COVID-19.
Apr 19, 2024
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'Be prepared,' CDC tells state leaders after bird flu found in Texas dairy worker
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Monday they have met with state health leaders in Georgia and around the country, telling them to be prepared for more human cases of bird flu after a dairy worker ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Perinatal women of Mexican descent propose solutions to pandemic-related stressors affecting Latinos
Public policies blocked many families of Mexican descent living in the U.S. from accessing vital services such as food and mental health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though these communities experienced some of ...
Apr 4, 2024
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Racism, harassment and discrimination take a terrible toll on ethnic minority NHS staff, says researcher
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a time filled with uncertainty and fear, ethnically minoritised NHS staff have not only had to contend with the virus but also a workplace fraught with inequalities.
Apr 4, 2024
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