CDC's committee meets on Aug 22 to discuss foundational guidelines on airborne infection control in nursing homes, hospitals & other health facilities. Will it update w/new science? Many fear it won't, allowing employers to put profits before protection. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/h…

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"All nature is at war, one organism with another, or with external nature." -Darwin in, as Noah Whiteman says, one of the two most important papers *ever written*

FDA has approved the new mRNA covid vaccines. Novavax is pending. Since I attended covid summer surge '24, I might hold out for that one. I covered some potential advantages of the newcomer last year. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/i…

There is a lot of confusion about mpox, with different clades and different epidemiological situations across the world. WHO opened a new dashboard presenting informative overviews with the map below showing where current circulation is of which clades.

Mpox was a preventable global health emergency. Missteps and inaction have created the perfect environment for the virus to mutate into a strain that's spreading more easily between humans. Big Take from w/Janice Kew Jason Gale Antony Sguazzin Naomi Kresge bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Impt report from Congo where children suffer from mpox. It's spreading fast bc they're crowded into refugee camps. “The first challenge we face is the accommodation of patients. The second challenge is the availability of medicines, which we don't have.” bbc.com/news/articles/…

New covid shots will cost people $200 if they don't have insurance. That's more than a million people in Georgia. Important story by Rebecca Grapevine Healthbeat healthbeat.org/atlanta/2024/0…

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning: "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…