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Public Health reports first pediatric flu deaths of the 2024-25 flu season

Public Health Insider

King County has not had a pediatric flu death since the 2022-2023 flu season. The second was a preschool-age child who passed away on February 21, 2025. These two unconnected cases are the first two recorded pediatric flu deaths this season in King County.

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Early testing, treatment, and diagnosis for TB stops spread, saves lives 

Public Health Insider

In 2023 and 2024, tuberculosis (TB) re-claimed its long-held status as the worlds deadliest infectious disease. million people developed TB disease in 2023, including 1.25 Globally, 10.8 million people who died of TB disease.

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CSTE Hill Update: September 2023

CSTE

The report notes that $15 million will be shifted to CDCs Ready Response Enterprise Data Integration (RREDI) Platform.

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U.N. report: 85,000 cases of femicide in 2023. And that's likely an undercount

NPR Health

These are women murdered by an intimate partner, a family member, a rapist, a stranger randomly assaulting females. Laws do not always offer protection and justice. What needs to be done? Image credit: Anuwar Hazarika/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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CSTE Hill Update: 2023 Year in Review

CSTE

Congress will have its work cut out for it next month with two deadlines that could spell a partial or full government shutdown if bipartisan negotiations break down.

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WHO report highlights surge in TB cases and deaths in 2023

News Medical Health Sciences

The highest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases since global monitoring began were recorded in 2023, according to a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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2023 was the hottest summer in two thousand years

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Researchers have found that 2023 was the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere in the past two thousand years, almost four degrees warmer than the coldest summer during the same period.

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