Posts Tagged ‘Pandemics’
When Life-Saving Hospital Beds Sat in Warehouses During the Pandemic’s Worst Weeks
March 2020. ICUs across America were filling up fast. Doctors needed every piece of equipment they could get their hands on, especially the specialized rotating beds that help the sickest patients breathe. But more than 200 of these beds were stuck not because of supply chain problems or shipping delays, but because they’d failed their…
Read MoreAccord Reached ‘In Principle’ Over Tackling Future Pandemics: Negotiating Body
WHO members on Saturday reached agreement over how to tackle future pandemics after three years of discussions, the co-chair of the negotiating body told AFP. “We have an accord in principle” and the final version will have to be okayed by the various member states, Anne-Claire Amprou, who is also French ambassador for world health,…
Read More‘Generational Problem’: Youth Still Struggling In Pandemic’s Shadow
Like many other young people, Amelie feels that the Covid-19 pandemic — and its procession of lockdowns and restrictions — marked a “turning point” for her mental health. “I came face to face with everything I had been repressing — and it triggered an enormous depression,” the French university student, who was 19 years old…
Read MoreA Better Way To Fight Future Pandemics
Four years after the emergence of Covid-19, the conversation in global public health has moved on from dealing with an immediate crisis to how we can best prepare for the next pandemic. Having been through one such disaster, we now have many useful lessons to draw on. But not all of our leaders have absorbed…
Read MoreWe Might Be Done With This Pandemic. Pandemics Are Not Done With Us.
COVID-19 has been a stubborn presence this summer. Average daily cases have oscillated around 100,000 across the U.S. over the last three-plus months. They’ve been trending down in recent weeks. But hospitalizations at the end of August were more than double what they were at the beginning of May. And then there’s the ongoing outbreak…
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