Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine News

• Agency Donates Breathing Devices for Premature Babies to Ukraine Global health aid agency Unitaid is donating 220 specialized portable breathing devices to Ukraine that can help save lives of premature babies even in frontline hospitals where there is no electrical power.
  Reuters Health Information, August 09, 2022
• Alert FDA Authorizes Intradermal Use of Jynneos Vaccine for Monkeypox The Emergency Use Authorization aims to increase vaccine supply.
  FDA Approvals, August 09, 2022
• Ukraine Health Crisis Worsens as Medics Work Amid Shelling: WHO Ukraine is facing a worsening health emergency as the conflict with Russia rages on, the World Health Organization said.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• Australia Makes Monkeypox a Disease of National Significance Australia said the spread of monkeypox was now a 'communicable disease incident of national significance' to allow for a more coordinated response.
  Reuters Health Information, July 28, 2022
• Monkeypox Emergency Could Last Months, Experts Say Scientists advising the World Health Organization on monkeypox say the window is closing to stop its spread, with cases currently doubling every two weeks.
  Reuters Health Information, July 27, 2022
• COVID Infections Fall in New Zealand, Government Reports New Zealand's government said on Wednesday new COVID-19 cases were trending down and it looked likely the country would avoid a feared worst-case scenario of 20,000 infections daily.
  Reuters Health Information, July 27, 2022
• US May Require Nearly $7 Billion to Combat Monkeypox Outbreak The Biden administration estimates it may need nearly $7 billion to deal with the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 26, 2022
• WHO's Tedros Breaks Disagreement Over Monkeypox Designation WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday he had to act as a tie-breaker to resolve a disagreement on whether to declare the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2022
• Africa's Top Public Health Body Gets $100 Million From World Bank Africa's main public health body, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, will receive $100 million from the World Bank to help African countries prepare for and respond to disease outbreaks.
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2022
• Hurricanes Up Mortality Risk for Patients on Dialysis Patients on dialysis who live through a hurricane have a higher mortality risk over the following 30 days, but especially right after the hurricane strikes.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2022
• CDC Warns Monkeypox Cases Will Continue to Grow Since July 6, monkeypox tests done at state public health labs have risen 76%.
  WebMD Health News, July 18, 2022
• Adapted, Two-Strain Vaccines to Lift COVID Protection: EU Official Adapted versions of established mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that address two variants in one shot will soon offer people better protection than vaccines that are now available, a European health official said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 13, 2022
• If Nuclear Disaster Strikes, US Hematologists Stand Ready Dozens of hematologists around the US stand prepared to treat patients for acute radiation sickness caused by nuclear accidents or attacks.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2022
• Millions Tested in Shanghai, China Grapples With COVID Resurgence Millions of people in Shanghai queued for a third day of mass COVID-19 testing on Thursday as authorities in several Chinese cities scrambled to stamp out new outbreaks.
  Reuters Health Information, July 08, 2022
• Shanghai Faces 'Relatively High' Risk of Further COVID Community Spread China's commercial hub Shanghai faces a 'relatively high' risk of further community transmission of COVID-19, an official at the National Health Commission said on Friday.
  Reuters Health Information, July 08, 2022
• Japan Eases Travel Advisory for China, Others as COVID Risk Fades The Japanese government said it had lowered its infectious diseases-related travel advisory from "do not make non-urgent trips" to "travel with caution" for China, India and 32 other countries.
  Reuters Health Information, July 07, 2022
• British Health Minister Resigns, Plunging Government Into Chaos British Health Secretary Sajid Javid resigned on Tuesday, plunging Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government into crisis.
  Reuters Health Information, July 06, 2022
• CDC: Mask-Wearing Recommended in Growing Number of Counties People in 24 Oregon counties — including the county around Portland — and 15 counties in Washington state should resume mask-wearing indoors in public and on public transportation.
  Associated Press, July 06, 2022
• US to Spend $3.2 Billion on More Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines The federal government is planning for a potential rise in COVID-19 cases this fall and is setting aside $3.2 billion for 105 million doses of Pfizer's vaccine.
  WebMD Health News, July 05, 2022
• EAU 2022 Studies Find Gaps in Radiation Protection for Urologists Radiation exposure is a workplace hazard for endourologists, and personal protective equipment may not offer sufficient protection, researchers have found.
  Medscape Medical News, July 05, 2022