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How well did the EU respond to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic? Experts now give their verdict

Frontiers

In 2004, the EU created the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), precisely with the goal of coordinating cross-border disease surveillance and guidelines. The interviews occurred during or shortly after the first wave of the pandemic, between May and August of 2020. Read original article ?

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How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic

KFF Health News

Together with emails obtained from local health departments through public records requests, this investigation revealed key problems, including a deference to the farm industry, eroded public health budgets, neglect for the safety of agriculture workers, and the sluggish pace of federal interventions. Case in point: The U.S. “The U.S.

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How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

HEALTHBEAT

Together with emails obtained from local health departments through public records requests, this investigation revealed key problems, including a deference to the farm industry, eroded public health budgets, neglect for the safety of agriculture workers, and the sluggish pace of federal interventions. Case in point: The U.S.