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Avian Flu Diary: FAO Update: Global Avian Influenza Viruses with Zoonotic Potential

Source: Avian Flu Diary: FAO Update: Global Avian Influenza Viruses with Zoonotic Potential

Paxlovid, molnupiravir benefit older COVID-19 patients, 2 studies show | CIDRAP

A pair of new studies describes the clinical benefits of two oral antiviral drugs in COVID-19 patients amid the Omicron period, one from Israel suggesting that nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) reduced rates of hospitalization and death in people 65 years or older, and research from Hong Kong demonstrating that Paxlovid and molnupiravir lowered rates of death, disease progression, and the need for supplemental oxygen in older hospitalized patients.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization for oral Paxlovid and molnupiravir for the treatment of patients with mild or moderate COVID-19 at high risk for severe illness within 5 days of symptom onset, regardless of vaccination status.

 

Source: Paxlovid, molnupiravir benefit older COVID-19 patients, 2 studies show | CIDRAP

“If 12 million Chileans Vote, It Will Be a Victory of Democracy” – Havana Times

“If 12 million people vote, we are facing a participatory revolution. That is, this would be an equivalent of what happened on October 5, 1988 (when 97.6% of the registered voters went to the polls) in the sense that it would be an immensely democratic act,” he added. Reinforcing this idea, Lagos maintained that if that number of people go to the polls, “the result doesn’t matter.” “If 12 million Chileans vote it will be a triumph for democracy. It doesn’t matter which option wins, because we will have achieved that people vote who have never done so before or who voted very rarely in the last 15 years when voting was voluntary. It would mean that we finally managed to get those people to participate,” she said. “When the people manifest themselves and there is sovereignty, democracy works. If 12 million people vote, the result doesn’t matter, it will be a triumph of democracy,” Lagos repeated.

Source: “If 12 million Chileans Vote, It Will Be a Victory of Democracy” – Havana Times

Glory to Ukraine

Grounds For Hope

Image by Enrique from Pixabay 

Against rage and unmatched forces
We’ll overcome, for we stand tall
Against fury and undeserved strikes
We are a mighty power and as one.
From the shores of Azov and the Black Sea 
To the chernozem and boundless prairies
Golden fields as far as an eye can see
Bountiful blessing from God 
Where a fighting spirit never grows weary.
The majestic bells and prayers from Pochaiv
Will dissipate our enemy’s strength
Our power comes from the rocks of the Kamianets -Podilskyi fortress
Our promises aren’t small talks.
From the beautiful steppes and mines of Donetsk 
To the lungs of the earth - invigorating Carpathian forests
Healing waters from Mount Hoverla never cease 
soothes aches and gives strength for life to flourish. 

Проти люті і незрівнянних сил Ми подолаємо, бо ми міцно стоїмо Проти підлих і незаслужених ударів Ми могутня сила і як одне ціле…

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A Memorabilia for My First Love

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm

A Memorabilia for My First Love

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Thơ » Việt Nam » Hiện đại » Linh Phương

Phạm Duy phổ nhạc

Thái Thanh trình bày

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When was my return you had asked

My answer was soon(soon I will be home)

Not from the battle at Pleime

Or Đức Cơ – Đồng Xoài – Bình Giả

My return through the swaying trees

My return in a wooden box pinned with flowers

My return on a stretcher

On a helicopter the whites of mourning

Hidden from sunlight upon dusk my return

Shrouding wholly my soul, a sad poncho

Upon your brilliant black hair my return

Adorned in haste the mourning cloth of an eternal goodbye.

Upon your woeful sorrow my return

The copper bullet a memorabilia then

A keepsake upon your marriage, my gift

The virtue of a girl lost…

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