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

UW School of Public Health Blog

That paired with what is being referred to as a hunger cliff next week when those additional SNAP benefits go away, is quite alarming. Otten, associate professor, Nutritional Sciences Program (NSP) and the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS) at the UW School of Public Health (UWSPH); Marie L.

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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. “The U.S.

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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. health security system that would allow other risky new pathogens to take root, too.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room

KFF Health News

Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” Public health, one of the more misunderstood concepts in the health world, is about the health of entire populations, rather than individuals.