Hantavirus 'not COVID': WHO official

A World Health Organization (WHO) official on Thursday said that the threat level imposed by hantavirus, which has killed three people aboard a cruise ship, does not resemble the pandemic-level threat that COVID-19 had six years ago. Infectious disease epidemiologist Maria DeJoseph Van Kerkhove said during a press conference that the three hantavirus deaths of……

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Fewer than half of US states adequately prepared for health emergency ahead of World Cup: Report

Fewer than half of U.S. states are sufficiently prepared for a health emergency, according to new research released on Thursday.  Only 20 states scored “high” on the annual report from Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) on national public health emergency preparedness. Seventeen states and Washington, D.C., scored in the “middle tier” and 13 states fell……

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