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A New Paradigm for Pandemic Preparedness

RYAN – A New Paradigm for Pandemic Preparedness Nina H. Fefferman, John S. McAlister, Belinda S. Akpa, Kelechi Akwataghibe, Fahim Tasneema Azad, Katherine Barkley, Amanda Bleichrodt, Michael J. Blum, L. Bourouiba, Yana Bromberg, K. Selçuk Candan, Gerardo Chowell, Erin Clancey, Fawn A. Cothran, Sharon N. DeWitte, Pilar Fernandez, David Finnoff, D. T. Flaherty, Nathaniel L. Gibson, Natalie Harris, Qiang He, Eric T. Lofgren, Debra L. Miller, James Moody, Kaitlin Muccio, Charles L. Nunn, Monica Papeș, loannis Ch. Paschalidis, Dana K. Pasquale, J. Michael Reed, Matthew […]

Detection of Hantavirus during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Arizona, USA, 2020

HECHT – Detection of Hantavirus during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Arizona, USA, 2020 Gavriella Hecht, Ariella P. Dale, Irene Ruberto, Guillermo Adame, Ryan Close, Sarah-Jean Snyder, Kathryn Pink, Nathanael Lemmon, Jessica Rudolfo, Michael Madsen, Andrea L. Wiens, Caitlin Cossaboom, Trevor Shoemaker, Mary J. Choi, Deborah Cannon, Inna Krapiunaya, Shannon Whitmer, Melissa Mobley, Emir Talundzic, John D. […]

Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021

NORRIS – Excess mortality in Ukraine during the course of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021 Aleksandr Shishkin, Pema Chewa, Chen Yang, Yuriy Gankin, Gerardo Chowell, Michael Norris, Pavel Skums, Alexander Kirpich Article first published online: 27 April 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33113-2 ABSTRACT: In this work, the COVID-19 pandemic burden in Ukraine is investigated retrospectively using the excess […]

Geography Colloquium: Health and Climate Change: The View From The Event Horizon

Speaker: Dr. Colin Carlson Assistant Research Professor Center for Global Health, Science, and Security Georgetown University Thursday, April 6, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Conventional wisdom dictates that the greatest health impacts of climate change will be the impacts of heat, extreme weather, and vector-borne disease – […]

Summarizing the Research and Knowledge Gaps for Mosquito-borne Arboviruses in Ecuador

GAINESVILLE, FL – Researchers and clinicians in Ecuador face a challenging environment: this biodiverse country is home to many disease hosts and vectors. Particularly, the mosquitoes in Ecuador carry and transmit arboviruses (arthropod-borne viruses). This group includes diseases like dengue, chikungunya, Mayaro virus, yellow fever, and Zika, among others. All are spread by overlapping mosquito species. […]