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What We're Reading - June 2024
 


Editor's Note:  All of us are confronted with more material than we can possibly hope to digest  each month.  However, that doesn't mean that we should miss some of the articles that appear in the public media on topics of interest to the epi community.  Moving forward, the EpiMonitor will curate a list of some of the best articles we've encountered in the past month.  See something you think others would like to read?  Please send us a link at info@epimonitor.net and we'll add it to the list.

 

Public Health Topics

 

 

 

 

Once called Nantucket fever, this nasty tick-borne illness is on the rise (NPR)

           https://tinyurl.com/2635vvef

  Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected (Grist)
           https://tinyurl.com/8hwt6xsn

 

 

An epidemic of scientific fakery threatens to overwhelm publishers (WAPO)

           https://tinyurl.com/ynyu8xpr

  Study Uses Powerful New ‘Digital Cohort’ Method to Understand Vaping Epidemic (UCSD)
           https://tinyurl.com/mr2fu9p6
  Precise control balances epidemic mitigation and economic growth (Nature)
           https://tinyurl.com/3449x5rh
  A record-breaking number of mosquitoes are carrying West Nile virus around Las Vegas (NBC News)
           https://tinyurl.com/bdhpph92
   Bird Flu
  Why the New Human Case of Bird Flu Is So Alarming (NYT)
           https://tinyurl.com/mtp924sv
     
  The Dairy Industry Must Act Faster to Keep H5N1 from Starting a Human Epidemic (Scientific American)
              https://tinyurl.com/yc5s2z7x
     
  Bird flu outbreak spreads to mammals in 31 states. At least 21 cats infected. (USA Today)
              https://tinyurl.com/4kscw6s3
     
  Bird flu could survive pasteurization, study finds (WYFI / PBS)
              https://tinyurl.com/4nshr384
     
  "We're flying blind": CDC has 1 million bird flu tests ready, but experts see repeat of COVID missteps (CBS News)
              https://tinyurl.com/2hna7p3s
     
  A Bird-Flu Pandemic in People? Here’s What It Might Look Like. (NYT)
               https://tinyurl.com/a99uzccx 
     

    COVID-19

 

  2 Covid Theories (NYT)
              https://tinyurl.com/24cf7ttb
     
  Cannabis use linked to worse COVID-19 outcomes  (Univ of Minnesota)
              https://tinyurl.com/yeyuw5fj
     
  ‘Unusual’ cancers emerged after the pandemic. Doctors ask if COVID is to blame. (WAPO)
              https://tinyurl.com/3yp7r28t
     
  New COVID-19 variant could cause summer surge (USA Today)
              https://tinyurl.com/muatve95
     
  World-First Experiment Reveals Why Some People Never Get COVID-19 (Science Alert)
              https://tinyurl.com/3pptrddb
     
  COVID summer wave grows, especially in West, with new variant LB.1 on the rise (CBS News)
              https://tinyurl.com/tvb34f6k
     
  Coronavirus FAQ: Is the 6-foot rule debunked? Or does distance still protect you? (NPR)
               https://tinyurl.com/bd5wc4cz
     

 

 

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