Why early action matters for cardiovascular health

Advances in understanding cardiovascular disease drivers make it possible to move care upstream. Health systems and policy must now evolve so prevention reaches the populations who stand to benefit most.

POLITICO

Whether livestock can be infected is perhaps the most important question. The chance encounter of a wildlife pathogen with domestic animals raised in large numbers in close quarters will yield devastating results. That could be human epidemic/pandemic/endemic disease, farms wiped out and/or reverse spillover.

http://TrueInfections.com

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True Infections -- In the Global Village, just wait and every disease causing microbe will be right at your door.

True Infections -- unknown pathogens can kill.

Kimberley diphtheria rates more than triple in a month after 50-year eradication
By Ruby Littler

An outbreak of the long-dormant, highly contagious bacterial infection diphtheria in Western Australia's north is raising alarm among government officials and experts.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-19/kimberley-diphtheria-diagnosis-rates-raise-northern-wa/106571924

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Kimberley diphtheria rates more than triple in a month after 50-year eradication

An outbreak of the long-dormant, highly contagious bacterial infection diphtheria in Western Australia's north is raising alarm among government officials and experts.  

WastewaterSCAN Dashboard

WastewaterSCAN Data Dashboard tracks infectious diseases across the US via wastewater surveillance.

TWiV 1314: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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WastewaterSCAN Dashboard

WastewaterSCAN Data Dashboard tracks infectious diseases across the US via wastewater surveillance.

TWiV 1314: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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Can you stop malaria crossing borders? One nation’s bid to wipe out the disease

Informal migration, plus climate change and rising numbers of cases globally, are complicating the tireless efforts of the landlocked African country to eradicate the killer disease

The Guardian

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