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Bird flu: Diverse range of vaccines platforms 'crucial' for enhancing human pandemic preparedness

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Review of research to-date suggests vaccination remains the most effective strategy for avian influenza prevention and control in humans, despite varying vaccine efficacy across strains.

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Could a bout of COVID protect you from a severe case of flu?

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

New findings on how past viral respiratory infections affect future, unrelated ones could lead to therapies for boosting general antiviral immunity -- and potentially pandemic preparedness.

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The Summer COVID-19 Spike is Here; Review Research!America Resources

Research America

America has compiled a list of resources on the COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic preparedness which can be accessed here. Of course, COVID-19 infections can occur year-round, but awareness of peak rates of infection can help individuals prepare accordingly. Resources from our partners are shared alongside U.S.

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The World’s First Global Oxygen Strategic Framework and Investment Case Calls for US$4 Billion to Expand Access to Lifesaving Medical Oxygen in Low- and Middle-income Countries

The Global Fund

With a proposed funding ask of US$4 billion, the investment case outlines a comprehensive pathway for improving access to this essential medicine, which is crucial for treating a wide range of conditions and critical for pandemic preparedness and response.

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The beginning and end of Monday Morning

Monday Morning

Messonnier is eminently qualified by virtue of her training, including the Epidemiologic Intelligence Service, her more than 20 years’ experience of leadership in infectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and her recent leadership of pandemic preparedness and health systems at the Skoll Foundation.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

To support this critical command and control need, Congress established the White House Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy (OPPR) in 2023 to coordinate the federal agencies’ domestic response to public health threats that have pandemic potential or that may cause significant disruption.

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The Emerging Threat of Dengue, Other Tropical Diseases

Research America

Three experts from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) recently joined Research!America America for an alliance discussion on the rising threat of dengue fever and other tropical diseases, both globally and here in the U.S.