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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. For the study, the authors interviewed 18 public health experts from individual EU countries as well as from the European Commission.

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

KFF Health News

“It’s disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the covid-19 crisis reemerge,” said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Pacheco-Werner said, “Mass deportation is an astronomical challenge for public health.”

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

HEALTHBEAT

Its disheartening to see so many of the same failures that emerged during the Covid-19 crisis re-emerge, said Tom Bollyky, director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations. Such precarity made people less willing to see doctors about Covid symptoms or complain about unsafe working conditions in 2020.