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GHP News Podcast

Global Health Cast Edition 2

Topics Covered: 00:00 – Introduction 00:55 – Global COVID-19 situation: cases continue to decline 05:26 – AZD7442 – mAB for prevention of COVID-19 09:12 – Lack of Immune response to SARS-CoV2 in...

16 June, 2022

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8 June, 2022

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GHP News Outbreak News

Confirmed monkeypox case in North America

Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are collaborating with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to investigate a case of monkeypox in a Massachusetts resident who had recently...

23 May, 2022

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The World Vaccine Day – GHP-Symposium

Keynote Speakers Time Topic Presenter 1:00pm Opening: GHP website Prof. Dr. Heinz Josef-Schmitt Mainz, Germany 1:05pm COVID Summary (45 mins) Prof. Robert Booy Sydney, Australia 1:50pm Measles Elimination Prof...

17 May, 2022

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GHP News Outbreak News

Why US-Universities Battle Meningitis Outbreaks

The CDC issued a health warning on April 9, 2022 about an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida. Multiple meningococcal disease cases in college students had been reported in the state of Florida over the last...

18 April, 2022

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Vaccelerate: EU-Commission funded academic consortium to speed up vaccine development

The COVID pandemic showed lack of preparedness in many public health areas all over Europe. One such gap – often overlooked – is the lack of tools to rapidly conduct clinical studies on new vaccines. This gap has...

6 April, 2022

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TBE virus infection without central nervous system involvement

Background Most TBE virus infections remain asymptomatic; but when the infection is symptomatic, the disease can manifest with fever and can often involve the central nervous system (CNS) which leads to tick-borne...

1 April, 2022

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Pertussis outbreak in indigenous population in Colombia

A Bordetella pertussis outbreak has been reported by the National Institute of Health (INS) of Colombia in the Kogui community, an indigenous group living in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Northern...

23 March, 2022

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Nosocomial Mycobacterioides chelonae Outbreak in England

A 3rd death has been linked to a Mycobacterium chelonae outbreak at Cambridge’s Royal Papworth Hospital, England. A 26-year-old patient underwent a double lung and heart transplant in June 2019. The patient tested...

14 March, 2022

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Effectiveness of TBE vaccination

Background During the last 30 years, the number of reported TBE cases in Europe has increased by more than 193%, despite two effective TBE vaccines (FSME Immune and Encepur) being available. The raison for this increase...

4 March, 2022

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