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COIVID Resources Links: Natural Disasters and COVID-19 Resources for Professionals and Emergency Workers

Sun, 2021-05-30 17:58 — mike kraft

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CDC: Under attack by Trump official for "sedition" and background on its early response problems.

Mon, 2020-09-14 22:48 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The top communications official at the powerful cabinet department in charge of combating the coronavirus made outlandish and false claims on Sunday that career government scientists were engaging in “sedition” in their handling of the pandemic and that left-wing hit squads were preparing for armed insurrection after the election.

Michael Caputo, 58, the assistant secretary of public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services, said without evidence that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was harboring a “resistance unit” determined to undermine President Trump.

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Direct Relief - Medical Aid Shipment to Sierra Leone

Fri, 2017-08-18 19:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Direct Relief - August 18, 2017

Direct Relief is sending 10,000 lbs of medical aid to Sierra Leone in response to the recent floods and mudslides. Items including antibiotics, wound care and rehydration supplies left Direct Relief's warehouse today. Water purification supplies and oral rehydration salts will also be sent to help communities that have lost access to clean water.

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7 Forgotten World Crises That Urgently Need Your Support

Sun, 2017-01-15 16:19 — Elhadj Drame

The global need for humanitarian aid has reached a level not seen since World War II. More than 128 million people in 33 countries are now affected by crises, including conflict and natural disaster.

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G7 Points to Need for WHO Reforms, Citing Lessons Learned From Ebola

Fri, 2016-05-27 15:36 — davidmc

ISE-SHIMA (Japan), (Sputnik) – The recent Ebola outbreak claimed the lives of over 11,000 people, according to WHO estimates.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that Ebola virus flare-ups would happen in 2016 despite the fact that all known chains of Ebola transmission had been stopped in West Africa.

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World Health Assembly Boosts Rapid Emergency Response

Fri, 2016-05-27 12:20 — davidmc

GENEVA—

The World Health Assembly has approved reforms that will increase the U.N. health agency's ability to respond rapidly and more effectively to health emergencies. In Geneva, a panel of experts discussed how new measures will help countries tackle emergencies, such as Ebola, Zika, and yellow fever.

Material to prevent Zika infection by mosquitoes are displayed at the 69th World Health Assembly at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, May 23, 2016

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Ascension Town Youth call for a relocation of the Burmeh Dump Site

Wed, 2016-05-04 11:26 — davidmc

By Edna Smalle
Tuesday May 3, 2016

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Zika vaccine efficacy trials could start in 2017

Wed, 2016-05-04 10:57 — davidmc

By Jon CohenMay. 3, 2016

In the most optimistic scenario, a Zika vaccine could prove its worth by the start of 2018, Anthony Fauci, head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in Bethesda, Maryland, said today.

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