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Survey: Half of US adults plan to get flu shot | CIDRAP

During the 2022 National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) briefing yesterday, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and NFID shared a new survey, which showed only 49% of US adults plan to get a flu vaccine during the 2022-2023 flu season, despite experts warning this year’s season may be severe. Source: Survey: Half of US adults plan to get flu shot | CIDRAP

Rash of child deaths in Gambia linked to cough syrups made in India -WHO | Reuters

Tedros told reporters that the U.N. agency was conducting an investigation with Indian regulators and the company that made the syrups, New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Maiden Pharma declined to comment, while calls and messages to the Drugs Controller General of India went unanswered. India’s health ministry did not respond to a request for comment.

The WHO issued a medical product alert on Wednesday asking regulators to remove Maiden Pharma goods from the market.

Source: Rash of child deaths in Gambia linked to cough syrups made in India -WHO | Reuters

We Are Not Enemies — Filosofa’s Word

Here we are once again … the closer we get to November’s mid-term election, the greater the threats of violence across the nation.  When violence is incited, directly or indirectly, by people who have a larger-than-life voice, it is particularly harmful, as Dan Rather points out in his latest newsletter … The Threat of Violence […]

We Are Not Enemies — Filosofa’s Word