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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: New IHME COVID-19 Model Projects Nearly 180,000 U.S. Deaths (6/24). Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: New IHME COVID-19 Forecasts U.K. Facing Nearly 50,000 Deaths by October 1 (6/24). Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: New IHME COVID-19 Forecasts for Arab League Nations Find…

Bloomberg: U.S. Must Prepare Now for Next Pandemic, Senators Are Told “The U.S. was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic and needs to invest more in the tools needed to monitor outbreaks and respond rapidly to the next health crises, witnesses told a Senate panel Tuesday. ‘Health security is national security,…

VOA News: China’s Publicized WHO Fundraising Drive Falls Short of Hype “A highly touted Chinese drive to raise funds for the World Health Organization, launched after President Donald Trump announced he was ending financial support for the WHO, has raised less than $10,000 in its first month, according to data…

Rio Times: New Zika Virus Strain Circulating in Brazil May Lead to Epidemic, Study Says “A new strain of the zika virus is in circulation in Brazil, according to researchers at the Center for the Integration of Data and Knowledge for Health (CIDACS), of Fiocruz Bahia. Through a tool that…

Center for Global Development: Humanitarian Financing Is Failing the COVID-19 Frontlines Jeremy Konyndyk, senior policy fellow; Patrick Saez, senior policy fellow; and Rose Worden, research assistant, all at CGD (6/18). Center for Global Development: Estimating the Indirect Health Impacts of COVID-19 in Ethiopia Damian Walker, non-resident fellow at CGD, and…

AP: Congo announces end to 2nd deadliest Ebola outbreak ever “Eastern Congo marked an official end Thursday to the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which killed 2,280 people over nearly two years, as armed rebels and community mistrust undermined the promise of new vaccines. Thursday’s milestone was overshadowed, though,…

Reuters: Exclusive: Women, babies at risk as COVID-19 disrupts health services, World Bank warns “Millions of women and children in poor countries are at risk because the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting health services they rely on, from neonatal and maternity care to immunizations and contraception, a World Bank global health…

U.S. Department of State: United States Provides Additional U.S. Foreign Assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras In a press statement, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses additional U.S. foreign assistance for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, noting, “These additional funds will assist in making these countries more secure…

NIH: Experts identify steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response “More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry, and academia published a report of their conclusions and recommendations on COVID-19 serology studies online in Immunity. The group gathered for an online workshop in May…