Equity & Health
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Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies
Nytimes.com 33d 10 tweets
Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.
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Equity & Health Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies 32d
Covid: Melbourne's hard-won success after a marathon lockdown
BBC News 33d 2 tweets
After losing its initial grip on Covid, Australia is again being hailed as a global success story.
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Equity & Health Covid: Melbourne's hard-won success after a marathon lockdown 33d
WHO warns giving up on efforts to control Covid-19 would be 'dangerous'
Helen Branswell - STAT 34d 12 tweets
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows seemed to indicate the Trump administration has concluded containment of the virus is not possible.
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Equity & Health WHO warns giving up on efforts to control Covid-19 would be 'dangerous' 34d
The Pandemic Broke America’s Understanding of Safety
The Atlantic 34d 6 tweets
When no one agrees on reality, it’s hard to figure out what to fear.
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Equity & Health Pandemic Safety: Our Understanding of Safety Is Broken - The Difference Between Feeling Safe and Being Safe 34d
Who in Europe is getting it right on Covid?
jon henley - the Guardian 35d 2 tweets
Different approaches are having notably different outcomes
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Equity & Health Who in Europe is getting it right on Covid? 35d
The Academy of Medical Sciences and The Lancet International Health Lecture 2020 | The Academy of Medical Sciences
Acmedsci.ac.uk 48d 9 tweets
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Equity & Health The Academy of Medical Sciences and The Lancet International Health Lecture 2020 at 10.30 - 12.00 (GMT) on Monday 2 November - free and open to all 35d
Teaching computers to read health records is helping fight COVID-19 – here's how
The Conversation 41d 3 tweets
Decoding doctors’ writing can unlock vital health data.
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Equity & Health . Digital diagnosis: Why teaching computers to read medical records could help against COVID-19 #covid19 #ArtificialIntelligence 35d
Air pollution: everything you should know about a public health emergency
Damian Carrington - the Guardian 755d 18 tweets
It isn’t just car fumes that fill our urban centres with particles. Why is air pollution on the rise, who does it affect most – and what can we do about it?
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Equity & Health Air pollution: everything you should know about a public health emergency 35d
Urban leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic
Who.int 36d 3 tweets
To mark World Cities Day 2020, the Partnership for Healthy Cities invites you to a special virtual event on 29 October 2020 on how cities are leading us through the pandemic toward a healthier world.
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Equity & Health Urban leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic 36d
A second wave of covid-19 sends much of Europe back into lockdown
The Economist 37d 5 tweets
Even the Germans and Nordics cannot be complacent
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Equity & Health A patchwork of red, yellow and green - A second wave of covid-19 sends much of Europe back into lockdow 36d
How Africa fought the pandemic — and what coronavirus has taught the world 
Ft.com 37d 18 tweets
African countries mounted a powerful response, using their experience of previous infectious disease
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Equity & Health How Africa fought the pandemic — and what coronavirus has taught the world  36d
Democracy and Health
Bmj.com 37d 7 tweets
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Equity & Health Democracy and Health - BMJ collection - progress of different political systems achieving universal health coverage, the links between democracy and health, & what measures must be undertaken to better “pandemic proof” this political system 37d
Health A Political Choice Act Now Together
Edition.pagesuite.com 38d 16 tweets
Health A Political Choice Act Now Together - 06/10/2020
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Equity & Health . A must read 'Health: A Political Choice' by with contributions from , , & . We need to act now together to ensure #HealthForAll 37d
UHC Health A Political Choice
Edition.pagesuite.com 37d 1 tweets
UHC Health A Political Choice - 11/06/2019
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Equity & Health RT : Catch 's article on Health and Social Justice in the virtual policy journal "Health: A Political Choice – Act Now, Together" (p. 108) 37d
Resources | State of Global Air
Stateofglobalair.org 38d 1 tweets
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Equity & Health State of Global Air 2020 - A global report card on air pollution exposures and their impacts on human health. 38d
Latin America’s embrace of unproven COVID treatment hinders drug trials
Nature.com 40d 4 tweets
Unchecked ivermectin use in region is making it difficult to test anti-parasite drug’s effectiveness against the coronavirus.
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Equity & Health Latin America’s embrace of an unproven COVID treatment is hindering drug trials 38d
Time To Tap Covid-19 Innovations & Systems To Reimagine TB Care
Madhu Pai - Forbes 39d 23 tweets
The TB epidemic is worsening because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the massive setback to progress in reaching any of the TB targets, it's time for the TB community to ask: are there Covid-19 innovations and systems that can be effectively...
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Equity & Health Time To Tap Covid-19 Innovations & Systems To Reimagine #TB Care 38d
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 39d 2 tweets
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Equity & Health Old Age Is the Next Global Economic Threat 39d
Understanding how ‘overdispersion’ works is key to controlling Covid | Kyra Grantz and Justin Lessler
the Guardian 41d 12 tweets
A small number of people and events are responsible for most virus transmission – that is why tracing them is so vital, say Kyra Grantz and Justin Lessler of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Equity & Health Understanding how ‘overdispersion’ works is key to controlling Covid 39d
A life-course model for healthier ageing: lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic
The Lancet Healthy Longevity 39d 2 tweets
The COVID-19 pandemic uprooted assumptions on which societies function, and profoundly changed daily life. Because the disease disproportionately affected people older than 65 years, the pandemic generated a sense of vulnerability in many older...
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Equity & Health A life-course model for healthier ageing: lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic - The Lancet Healthy Longevity 39d