Countries should prepare for pandemic 'worse than COVID-19' - WHO
Maria Van Kerkhove: "I don't think this pandemic needed to be as bad as it was as it is... And in fact, this was not really the big one, we have to prepare for an even worse one"
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Huge study of 18 million births from US found the proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16% after the first year of the Covid pandemic.
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🇦🇺Australia: The latest COVID booster will soon be available. Should I get one? Am I eligible?
"Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has recently approved a new COVID booster. The shot was developed by Pfizer and targets the JN.1 sub-variant of Omicron."
Source: https://archive.md/aZkQ6@npub15gr4...ztdn
Dog owners warned over contagious parvo virus outbreaks.
"The warning comes after a NSW council made the “difficult decision” to euthanise 21 dogs when an outbreak of parvo swept through its animal management facility."
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Queensland: Chief Health Officer John Gerrard resigns from Qld government role. By Taylah Fellows
"Premier David Crisafulli has revealed Dr Gerrard tendered his resignation on October 13 during caretaker mode."
Source: https://archive.md/c3k26
🇦🇺 Australia: 2024 worst flu season on record.
"Flu cases in 2024 are up more than 20% [352,782 cases] compared to last year’s total of 289,133 cases, and the season has also surpassed the pre-pandemic record of 313,454 cases in 2019."
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