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