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Low-income Washington state households still struggling with food insecurity as pandemic protections end

UW School of Public Health Blog

The first survey in this series was conducted in the summer of 2020, the second from December 2020 to January 2021, and the third from July to August 2021. student, Health Systems and Population Health at UWSPH; Ashley S. The WAFOOD4 team comprises Jennifer J. Tseng, Ph.D. candidate, Epidemiology at UWSPH; James H.

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

KFF Health News

“Even if there’s only a 5% chance of a bird flu pandemic happening, we’re talking about a pandemic that probably looks like 2020 or worse,” said Tom Peacock, a bird flu researcher at the Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom, referring to covid-19. ” Rural health departments are also stretched thin.

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

HEALTHBEAT

Even if theres only a 5% chance of a bird flu pandemic happening, were talking about a pandemic that probably looks like 2020 or worse, said Tom Peacock, a bird flu researcher at the Pirbright Institute in the United Kingdom, referring to Covid-19. Rural health departments are also stretched thin.