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  • Mar 12, 2025 | thinkglobalhealth.org | Nsikan Akpan

    Originally published on February 12, 2025; Updated on March 12, 2025On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shared its latest update on consumer prices, showing that the average cost of a dozen large grade A eggs increased nearly $1 in a single month—to $5.89. This price jump is the largest since 1980–even after adjusting for inflation and beats the record set by February's price data.

  • Feb 12, 2025 | thinkglobalhealth.org | Nsikan Akpan

    On Wednesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly price data, showing that the average cost of large grade A eggs is the highest in 45 years. The price is the second highest—falling $0.15 of a record set in January 2023—after adjusting for seasonal inflation. The egg-price surge stems from H5N1 avian influenza—or bird flu—hitting poultry producers hard this winter.

  • Nov 26, 2024 | snexplores.org | Sophie Hartley |Nsikan Akpan |Stephen Ornes |Sharon Oosthoek

    agent: A person or thing (it can be a chemical or even a form of energy) that plays some role in getting something done. agile: Able to move quickly (and pivot as needed) with skill and little apparent effort. Sometimes the term is applied to thinking and project management as well as to athletic pursuits. behavioral ecologist: A scientist who studies how animal behavior relates to where animals live.

  • May 24, 2024 | thinkglobalhealth.org | Chloe Searchinger |Nsikan Akpan

    After more than two years of discussion and negotiations, the representatives for 194 nations failed to finalize a draft of the Pandemic Agreement, an international accord meant to fix the weaknesses and global inequities in pandemic preparedness that COVID-19 revealed.

  • Apr 28, 2024 | pbs.org | John Yang |Harry Zahn |Vicky Stein |Nsikan Akpan

    New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission to Jupiter and its moons. Last week, NASA released animated artists’ conceptions of Io based on data Juno collected during two flybys. John Yang reports. Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.

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Nsikan Akpan, PhD
Nsikan Akpan, PhD @MoNscience
30 May 25

Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days - Eric Holthaus / The Guardian If forecasts hold, the Midwest could experience degraded air quality tonight. NY could see the same to a lesser degree on Saturday https://t.co/tTZOzfrbU4

Nsikan Akpan, PhD
Nsikan Akpan, PhD @MoNscience
20 May 25

The World Health Assembly has adopted the Pandemic Agreement. The catch: The treaty will not be signed, ratified, nor put into force until member states negotiate an annex section about Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS). https://t.co/JvWsQiPyxh

Nsikan Akpan, PhD
Nsikan Akpan, PhD @MoNscience
19 May 25

RT @DrTedros: A truly historic evening at the #WHA78: the #PandemicAccord resolution was approved in Committee A with 124 in favour, 0 agai…