'Not forgotten': Trial offers hope for long Covid sufferers, testing 5-day Remdesivir regimen as treatment

'Not forgotten': Trial offers hope for long Covid sufferers, testing 5-day Remdesivir regimen as treatment

  • ITV news
‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts

‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts

  • The Guardian
Danielle Smith says province still working to import pain medication from Turkey
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Danielle Smith says province still working to import pain medication from Turkey

  • Globe and Mail
WHO notes 4 new MERS cases, 2 fatal, in Saudi Arabia since September

WHO notes 4 new MERS cases, 2 fatal, in Saudi Arabia since September

  • CIDRAP
Tanzania reports first mpox cases as African officials look for more vaccine doses

Tanzania reports first mpox cases as African officials look for more vaccine doses

  • CIDRAP
Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997

Measles cases in Europe and Central Asia doubled last year to the highest reported level since 1997

  • Associated Press
5-strain meningitis vaccine shows promise in very young kids

5-strain meningitis vaccine shows promise in very young kids

  • CIDRAP
Study finds 'alarming' levels of drug-resistant Salmonella in Pakistan

Study finds 'alarming' levels of drug-resistant Salmonella in Pakistan

  • CIDRAP
German spy agency concluded in 2020 that COVID likely leaked from Wuhan lab

German spy agency concluded in 2020 that COVID likely leaked from Wuhan lab

  • Reuters
MS patients in England to benefit from major roll out of take-at-home pill

MS patients in England to benefit from major roll out of take-at-home pill

  • The Guardian
Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

  • The New York Times
Doctors catch worms actively invading woman’s brain

Doctors catch worms actively invading woman’s brain

  • ars technica
Most of the world's population breathes dirty air

Most of the world's population breathes dirty air

  • Associated Press
Canadian Human Rights Commission takes MAiD concerns to UN

Canadian Human Rights Commission takes MAiD concerns to UN

  • Canadian Affairs
Measles outbreak a ‘global resurgence’, infectious disease specialist says

Measles outbreak a ‘global resurgence’, infectious disease specialist says

  • CTV News
Alberta’s health minister signed off on proposal to ship Turkish pain medication to Ukraine
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Alberta’s health minister signed off on proposal to ship Turkish pain medication to Ukraine

  • Globe and Mail
The Resurgence of Cholera, 'The Forgotten Pandemic,' Amid Vaccine Shortages

The Resurgence of Cholera, 'The Forgotten Pandemic,' Amid Vaccine Shortages

  • Geneva Health Files
Canadian government pledges $675M for global vaccine effort targeting malaria and HPV

Canadian government pledges $675M for global vaccine effort targeting malaria and HPV

  • Canadian Press
Long COVID patients regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery

Long COVID patients regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery

  • The Guardian
Nearly 100 people died of cholera in less than a month in Sudan's White Nile State

Nearly 100 people died of cholera in less than a month in Sudan's White Nile State

  • Associated Press
As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump's Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It

As Ebola Spreads in Uganda, Trump's Aid Freeze Hinders Effort to Contain It

  • The New York Times
The countries that never locked down for COVID: Five years on

The countries that never locked down for COVID: Five years on

  • BBC News
Probe in DR Congo unexplained illness cluster shifts toward chemical or meningitis causes

Probe in DR Congo unexplained illness cluster shifts toward chemical or meningitis causes

  • CIDRAP
Uganda confirms fatal Ebola case in 4-year-old

Uganda confirms fatal Ebola case in 4-year-old

  • CIDRAP
‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten

‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten

  • The Guardian
Recent Virus Research Should Raise Alarm

Recent Virus Research Should Raise Alarm

  • The New York Times
  • W. Ian Lipkin and Ralph Baric
‘A bloodbath’: HIV field reeling after billions in U.S. funding axed

‘A bloodbath’: HIV field reeling after billions in U.S. funding axed

  • Science
We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us

We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us

  • STAT
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World

  • The New York Times
When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

  • Think Global Health
Trump's trade war threatens Canadian health care

Trump's trade war threatens Canadian health care

  • The Walrus
FDA meeting to choose flu vaccine composition canceled without explanation

FDA meeting to choose flu vaccine composition canceled without explanation

  • CNN
What we know about the illnesses that have sickened over 400 people and killed more than 50 in Congo

What we know about the illnesses that have sickened over 400 people and killed more than 50 in Congo

  • Associated Press
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots

F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots

  • The New York Times
Cambodia reports fatal H5N1 infection in a toddler

Cambodia reports fatal H5N1 infection in a toddler

  • CIDRAP
Disease spreading rapidly in Congo, killing dozens, after children ate a bat

Disease spreading rapidly in Congo, killing dozens, after children ate a bat

  • Futurism
An unknown illness killed over 50 people in Congo with hours between symptom onset and death

An unknown illness killed over 50 people in Congo with hours between symptom onset and death

  • Associated Press
U.S. joins WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite planned withdrawal from agency

U.S. joins WHO-led flu vaccine meeting, despite planned withdrawal from agency

  • STAT
Dozens of Canadians got sick at Mexican all-inclusive resort, call for facility inspection

Dozens of Canadians got sick at Mexican all-inclusive resort, call for facility inspection

  • CBC
What Is HKU5-CoV-2? Experts say findings on bat virus similar to COVID shouldn't be 'overblown'

What Is HKU5-CoV-2? Experts say findings on bat virus similar to COVID shouldn't be 'overblown'

  • Forbes
Most people in Denmark and the Netherlands have a doctor. Here's what Canada can learn

Most people in Denmark and the Netherlands have a doctor. Here's what Canada can learn

  • CBC
If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all — and we need it urgently

If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all — and we need it urgently

  • The Guardian
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus & Jean Todt

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