Maeve Cullinan

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With America gone, WHO pandemic accord is finally agreed

1 week ago | msn.com | Maeve Cullinan

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With America gone, WHO pandemic accord is finally agreed

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Maeve Cullinan

Maeve CullinanWed, April 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM UTC3 min readMembers of the World Health Organisation including the UK have finalised a draft Pandemic Agreement – a legally binding pact aimed at strengthening global defences against future pandemics. The deal – which is expected to be ratified at the World Health Assembly in May – was reached just after 3am on Wednesday, following three years of arduous negotiations.
With America gone, WHO pandemic accord finally agreed

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Maeve Cullinan

Members of the World Health Organization including the UK have finalised a draft Pandemic Agreement - a legally binding pact aimed at strengthening global defences against future pandemics. The deal - which is expected to be ratified at the Word Health Assembly in May - was reached just after 3am on Wednesday, following three years of arduous negotiations. It marks only the second legally binding accord in the WHO's 75-year history, the first being the 2003 tobacco control treaty.
Oropouche virus ‘massively underdiagnosed’ in Latin America, new study suggests

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Maeve Cullinan

Oropouche virus may be far more widespread in Latin America than previously understood, new research has found. Closely related to the Zika and Dengue viruses, Oropouche is transmitted by biting midges and mosquitoes. It poses a particular risk to pregnant women, having been linked to stillbirths and serious birth defects. The virus was first detected outside of Brazil – where it is endemic – in October 2023, when it began spreading rapidly across other South American and Caribbean countries.
Oropouche virus 'massively underdiagnosed' in Latin America, new study suggests

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Maeve Cullinan

The researchers said that Oropouche cases are often confused with dengue fever, which is widespread in Latin America, because they cause similar symptoms including high fevers, headaches, and muscle pain. The study also found the El Niño phenomena - a naturally occurring weather pattern which creates warmer and wetter weather - significantly increases transmission of Oropouche, by creating conditions in which midges and mosquitoes can thrive.
WHO tests pandemic response with Arctic ‘mammothpox’ outbreak

1 week ago | msn.com | Maeve Cullinan |Arthur Scott-Geddes

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WHO tests pandemic response with Arctic ‘mammothpox’ outbreak

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Maeve Cullinan

The outbreak began when a team of scientists and documentary film-makers excavated the remains of a woolly mammoth in the frozen Arctic tundra. Within weeks, ICUs were “overwhelmed” and health systems were struggling to cope. Some countries introduced contact tracing and “enforced quarantines,” while others took a more laissez-faire approach – and saw the “uncontrolled spread” of a dangerous new disease.
WHO tests pandemic response with Arctic ‘mammothpox’ outbreak

1 week ago | msn.com | Maeve Cullinan |Arthur Scott-Geddes

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WHO tests pandemic response with Arctic 'mammothpox' outbreak

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Maeve Cullinan

Throughout the simulation, health officials from each of the participating countries joined Zoom calls to share details of how the outbreak was unfolding in their respective towns and cities and debate how to respond.
Scientists think they know what animal carries mpox. It’s not a monkey

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Maeve Cullinan

Maeve CullinanWed, April 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM UTC3 min readIt’s a question that has puzzled scientists since mpox was first discovered in the 1950s: which animal carries the virus and helps it spread? A group of researchers finally have an answer. They believe they have identified the animal that can carry the disease without being sickened by it – and it’s not a monkey, it’s a squirrel.