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Increased monitoring and preparation for highly pathogenic bird flu are crucial steps in preventing potential outbreaks and protecting public health. The WHO's call underscores the importance of proactive measures and global cooperation to monitor and respond to emerging infectious threats. 🦠🌍 #BirdFlu #PublicHealth #GlobalMonitoring
WHO chief scientist calls for increased monitoring and preparation for highly pathogenic bird flu | CNN
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The on-going concerns about cross-species #H5N1 infections and how it will affect our food system is further evidence of the need for robust public health #surveillance with a #OneHealth focus. https://lnkd.in/gxFEf_Xn #phep
One Health Biosurveillance: An Important Tool for Limiting Societal Disruption - PA TIMES Online
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Temperature, humidity may drive future transmission of parasitic worm infections . Studies on climate and infectious disease typically focus on temperature's role on disease transmission. However, an international team found that both temperature and humidity contribute to future trends in the transmission of parasitic worm infections. #ScienceDailynews #InnovativeResearch #NextGenScience #ExploringFrontiers
February 29th 2024
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Recent outbreaks of #H5N1 in U.S. dairy cattle have led to careful monitoring of this specific strain of #AvianInfluenza. But what even is H5N1? Is it a concern for people? Can it become the next pandemic? What should healthcare providers know about the virus? What are the risks and who is at risk? We talked with #UFEPI member Dr. Benjamin Anderson from the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions to get the answers to all your questions. Read the expert Q&A to become a #BirdFlu expert yourself.
H5N1 strain of bird flu could be dangerous. UF expert explains why
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In today's interconnected world, the threat of outbreaks from zoonotic sources—diseases that jump from animals to humans—remains a pressing global concern. Addressing these multi-host outbreaks requires a comprehensive "One Health" approach, seamlessly integrating human, animal, and ecosystem health. Unfortunately, the current Proposal for the WHO Pandemic Agreement falls short of embracing this holistic strategy. It contains numerous caveats and lacks concrete mechanisms necessary to prevent future spillovers between wildlife, humans, and livestock. This shortcoming is disappointing, particularly when the stakes are so high. Negotiators must push for more robust, action-oriented measures to safeguard our global community. Member states must recognize that pandemics know no borders; thus, our response should reflect that reality. Global cooperation is not just a lofty ideal but a critical necessity. Countries must commit to bolstering pandemic prevention and enhancing surveillance capacities. We hope to mitigate the risks and impacts of future zoonotic diseases only through coordinated efforts. At the end of the day, the health of our world is interconnected, and it's imperative that we all work together to protect it. #OneHealth #pandemic #prevention #preventionatsource
Let’s seize the moment to prevent future pandemics, write WCS's Susan Lieberman, Christian Walzer, and Christine Franklin. The World Health Organization must move past its hesitation and adopt a new, legally binding agreement to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. https://lnkd.in/eTp3Q5pp
Let’s Seize the Moment to Prevent Future Pandemics | Blog | Nature | PBS
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The dangers of future pandemics, conceivably more harmful than COVID-19, are real and imminent. Yet the draft World Health Organization Pandemic Agreement plays down primary prevention. Only four sentences in the 30-page document mention the spillover of pathogens between animals and humans, the origin of most—if not all—recent viral pandemics. The measures needed to reduce threats of future pandemics come with important co-benefits such as helping to address climate change, biodiversity loss, equity, and animal welfare. Through the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime, as well as the Lancet Commission (see below), we are engaging with States to encourage them to enhance the draft text by having it directly address primary prevention. See our Lancet Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover letter, which I have co-signed as one if its Commissioners, here https://bit.ly/49tgo39 #pandemics #zoonosis #spillover #wildlife #equity #aminalwelfare #ecosystems Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime ADM Capital David Quammen Dalia A. Conde Alice Pasqualato Legal Atlas® Neil Vora, MD Susan Lieberman Conservation International Juliana Ferreira Freeland Brasil FOUR PAWS Mark Jones Nina Jamal Peter Woolcott AO Franz Perrez John Cusack Greta Francesca Iori Kaddu Kiwe Sebunya Martin Widstam Jinfeng Zhou UN Environment Programme Olivia Swaak-Goldman Zara Bending Jane Goodall Institute Global
Draft of WHO Pandemic Agreement plays down primary prevention
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World Health Organization member states committed to developing the #pandemic agreement so that the world does not suffer a global crisis of the magnitude of #COVID-19 again. To fulfill their promise they cannot only focus on the stage after an outbreak, after animals are infected and pathogens spillover to humans. They must focus on #primaryprevention and tackle the #rootcauses of #outbreaks through a #OneHealth approach. Kudos on this spot on and urgent message The Lancet-PPATS Commission and colleagues, John Scanlon AO, Neil Vora, MD. We are advocating for a shift away from #symptomcontrol to #preventionatsource before an outbreak and before animals and humans suffer.
Working in multiple roles to advance environmental protection, nature conservation, and sustainability.
The dangers of future pandemics, conceivably more harmful than COVID-19, are real and imminent. Yet the draft World Health Organization Pandemic Agreement plays down primary prevention. Only four sentences in the 30-page document mention the spillover of pathogens between animals and humans, the origin of most—if not all—recent viral pandemics. The measures needed to reduce threats of future pandemics come with important co-benefits such as helping to address climate change, biodiversity loss, equity, and animal welfare. Through the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime, as well as the Lancet Commission (see below), we are engaging with States to encourage them to enhance the draft text by having it directly address primary prevention. See our Lancet Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover letter, which I have co-signed as one if its Commissioners, here https://bit.ly/49tgo39 #pandemics #zoonosis #spillover #wildlife #equity #aminalwelfare #ecosystems Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime ADM Capital David Quammen Dalia A. Conde Alice Pasqualato Legal Atlas® Neil Vora, MD Susan Lieberman Conservation International Juliana Ferreira Freeland Brasil FOUR PAWS Mark Jones Nina Jamal Peter Woolcott AO Franz Perrez John Cusack Greta Francesca Iori Kaddu Kiwe Sebunya Martin Widstam Jinfeng Zhou UN Environment Programme Olivia Swaak-Goldman Zara Bending Jane Goodall Institute Global
Draft of WHO Pandemic Agreement plays down primary prevention
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How dangerous is your state when it comes to Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections? Pest Gnome recently compared all 50 states across six categories, which included the infestation risk, environmental factors, tick distribution, climate, agricultural factors, and pest control. They also reviewed the annual rates of Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, among other tick-borne diseases. Check out their ranked list here: https://lnkd.in/ezrd6MJ9 #projectlyme #lyme #tickbornediseases #lymediseaseawareness #chronicillness #chronicpain #health #bacteria #medicine #chroniclyme #science #research #lymediseaseawarenessmonth
2024's Worst States for Tick-Borne Illnesses
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Animal agriculture is a leading cause of biodiversity loss.
The threat of infectious disease is growing
New Study Names Biodiversity Loss As The Main Driver Of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
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It's alarming to hear that bird flu has spread to cows, marking another mammal affected by this disease. Compared to Covid-19's 2.1% global mortality rate, bird flu outbreaks have been sporadic but deadly, with a mortality rate of 30-60% among the 2,500 people infected over recent decades. The risk of another pandemic is heightened by factors such as overpopulation, ecosystem decline, inequity in access to health care, and closer human-animal proximity. It's crucial to take measures to minimize this risk and be prepared for the worst. #pandemic #birdflu #health For more on bird flu's spread to mammals, check out this link: https://lnkd.in/eh75MyJA
Bird Flu Spreads to Dairy Cows
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