Felix Sassmannshausen

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Journalist, Editor & Political Scientist (Dr. Phil.) Health Policy, Economy & Democracy in Europe and Around the Globe Signal: FS_Reports.16

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Nun auch offiziell: Auf Reuters-Nachfrage hat Peking bestätigt, dass Song Li als Kandidatin für die Volksrepublik ins Rennen geht. Expert:innen warnen vor einer weiteren Politisierung der WHO im Konflikt zwischen China und den USA. Die WHO hat die Nominierung noch nicht offiziell bekannt gegeben.

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Major move for African financial sovereignty: The AU just launched the Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA). Designed to tackle market gaps and unjustified sovereign risk premiums, it could be a game-changer for fairer borrowing rates - if it fulfils its promise.

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The Trump administration will send a formal diplomatic message to Russia requesting more information about the reported death linked to a facility in Siberia that studies pneumonic plague and a number of subsequent quarantines, according to officials.

washingtonpost.comU.S. preparing formal request to Russia for information on plague deathThe State Department is pushing Moscow for details about the potential leak of pneumonic plague in Siberia.
@drtedros.who.intReposted by @fargonaut.bsky.social

#Kenya has reported a case of #Ebola caused by Bundibugyo virus, in a Kenyan citizen who had been living in #DRC. The patient became ill in DRC & received treatment in several hospitals, then travelled from DRC to Nairobi via Kampala. He died in Nairobi yesterday. My condolences to his loved ones.

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@who.int advises against any restriction of travel to, or trade with, the affected countries based on the currently available information. We continue to closely monitor and, where necessary, verify travel and trade measures in relation to this epidemic.

@leopoldina.orgReposted by @fargonaut.bsky.social

Eine heute veröffentlichte Leopoldina-Stellungnahme formuliert mehr als 30 Empfehlungen, um Menschen mit Long COVID oder ME/CFS wirksamer zu unterstützen und mithilfe der Grundlagenforschung den Weg für neue Therapieansätze zu bereiten: www.leopoldina.org/newsroom/nac...

leopoldina.orgLong-COVID besser verstehen und Versorgungslücken schließen: Stellungnahme zu postinfektiösen ErkrankungenÜber 1,5 Millionen Menschen leben laut aktuellen Studien in Deutschland mit den postinfektiösen Erkrankungen Long-COVID und/oder ME/CFS. Nach einer überstandenen Virusinfektion leiden sie noch monate-...
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Three years after COVID-19, pandemic preparedness is losing momentum.

A 20-country Univ. of Singapore - @thelancet.com study finds many systems failed those most at risk — and offers a blueprint for protecting people better next time.

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Neira's nomination expands the candidate pool by introducing a focus on primary prevention & climate-related health risks to the race. As civil society organisations had pushed for her nomination, observers describe it as the first grassroots campaign for a WHO Director-General election. To be seen.

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