Fauci reflects on missteps, successes of the US Covid-19 pandemic response | CNN Since Dr. Anthony Fauci retired late last year as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, effectively ending his role as America's Doctor during the Covid-19 public health emergency, he has been reflecting in a series of new interviews on the missteps -- and missed opportunities -- that characterized the pandemic response. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Recent, rapid ocean warming ahead of El Niño alarms scientists There’s growing concern that the oceans are heating up quickly – and scientists are unsure of the implications. BBC News

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This month, the global sea surface hit a new record high temperature. It has never warmed this much, this quickl

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WHO, Gates Foundation seek to reverse falling childhood vaccination rates The World Health Organization is working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other not-for profit organizations and agencies to reverse a pandemic-driven decline in routine childhood vaccinations. Nandhini Srinivasan,Sriparna Roy Reuters

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How America Lost the COVID-19 War The U.S. is no better prepared for future pandemics than it was in early 2020. Yahoo News

... the U.S. suffered many more casualties than any other affluent country, despite having the best access to remarkable vaccines.

How small vaccine stockpiles can stop outbreaks of infectious disease from becoming big If we can’t get this right for known diseases like Marburg, what hope do we have for unknown pandemic threats? Torie Bosch STAT

...while fast-tracking candidate vaccines represents a positive step forward in the race to stop these outbreaks and to improve global health security, it raises an important question. If vaccine candidates already existed for both of these viruses before the outbreaks began, then why weren’t investigational stockpiles of vaccine ready to go when the first cases were detected?

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MIT-developed printer brings on-demand vaccine production a step closer - UPI.com Researchers at MIT unveiled a revolutionary mobile vaccine printer Monday that could be used for rapid-response vaccination programs in remote areas that lack medical staff, equipment and critical infrastructure. UPI

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Pandemic relief efforts did not reach immigrant families CIDRAP

Immigrant families living in the United States took some of the hardest economic hits during the COVID-19 pandemic, but benefited less from government assistance and relief programs than families with US-born caregivers.

New theories of the possible link between Covid shots and tinnitus are emerging People who have developed life-altering ringing in their ears after Covid vaccinations demand deeper investigation into this potential side effect. NBC News

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WHO elevates XBB.1.16 to variant of interest as levels rise in US and other countries CIDRAP

The World Health Organization (WHO) this week boosted the XBB.1.16 Omicron subvariant to a variant of interest (VOI) from a variant under monitoring (VUM), based on the latest assessments from its technical advisory group on virus evolution.

The subvariant is fueling India's biggest surge in about 7 months, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported another jump in the proportion of XBB.1.16 viruses.