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Photo-op of meeting on Avian and pandemic influenza
1. Wide view of conference/pan left
2. Mid shot of United Nations and Washington officials
3. Close up of China official
4. Wide shot of conference
5. Close up of official
6. Wide shot of row of officials
7. Mid shot of two...
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CHINA: DEVASTATING FLOODS CONTINUE
Mandarin/Nat
Floods triggered by seasonal downpours and a typhoon have caused damage throughout a wide swathe of China's northeast.
At least 845 villages were reported inundated along the treacherous Yellow River.
Some 1.048 (m) million...
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SYND 2-9-73 VACCINATIONS TO COMBAT NAPLES CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
Naples residents queuing up for cholera vaccination police on hand in case of trouble.
1. ws street scenes 2. ms crowds queue for vaccination: 3. cu sign 4. ms pan crowds with police on hand 5. ms vaccination centre tilt down to...
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CAN437 LARGE STORES AND HOTELS RESPOND TO FLU EPIDEMIC
Health authorities in north & central Russian fight flu outbreak.
1. ms snow, entrance to Moscow department store
2. vs salesgirls in masks serving at Moscows big Muskova store
3. ms waiters wearing masks serve customers in main...
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CAN 211 SCOTTISH CITY SUFFERS TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
The Scottish city of Aberdeen has been hit by a typhoid epidemic.
1. cu newspaper headlines 'Boycott Unclean Shops', 'More Events Cancelled'
2. cu signboard 'School closed
3. high angle Aberdeen Street
4. ms Aberdeen station sign and...
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News Item (38e72308-d3ce-50c8-2a89-09e609ac75d0)
notes: col print
location: beirut, lebanon
title: beirut supplies
serviced date: 07/02/76
no: lnc 74112
date shot: recent
length: 36 ft
seconds: 0.58
sound: natsof
date of arrival:
film shows: street scene with...
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CAN837 EAST PAKISTAN FLOODING LEADS TO FEAR OF CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
Floods cause havoc in East Pakistan.
1. ms flooded house
2. ws pen with boat through flooded area
3. various travelling shots of people atop their houses, water reaching the roofs
4. vs people in boats and on makeshift rafts
5. ms...
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Cleaning crew sanitizes bank in New Rochelle
Cleaning crews were hard at work Wednesday hoping to sanitize a bank in suburban New Rochelle, as state officials shuttered schools and houses of worship for two weeks in the New York City suburb.
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Cleaning crew sanitizes bank in New Rochelle
Cleaning crews were hard at work Wednesday hoping to sanitize a bank in suburban New Rochelle, as state officials shuttered schools and houses of worship for two weeks in the New York City suburb.
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Ambulances transporting patients to new hospital
Ambulances in Italy's capital were busy transporting patients to a new hospital specifically equipped to tackle the new coronavirus on Tuesday morning.
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Portraits of Italians medics fighting virus battle
The doctors and nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic in Italy are almost unrecognisable behind their masks, scrubs, gloves and hairnets - the flimsy battle armour donned at the start of each shift that is their only...
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Dozens of coffins arrive at Brazil mass grave
Dozens of coffins were taken to a public cemetery in Manaus, north west Brazil, on Wednesday, where authorities decided earlier this week to open common graves to bury victims of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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104th Fighter Wing honors Mass. frontline workers
Four F-15s from the 104th Fighter Wing based at Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts, conducted a flyover of several hospitals and medical facilities on Wednesday to pay tribute to health care workers on the...
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ONLY ON AP UN botches yellow fever response
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION – AP CLIENTS ONLY Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo - 20 July 2016 1. Street in front of the Kisenso General Hospital 2. People waiting outside hospital 3. Health...
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HealthMap.org is an infectious disease tracking system run by a group of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital. The website uses information, including social media, to track how diseases spread. (Aug. 9)
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HealthMap.org is an infectious disease tracking system run by a group of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital.
The website uses information,...
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Advocate reflects on nursing home virus 'nightmare'
The problems plaguing nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic have been around long before the virus according to the executive director of The Long Term Care Community Coalition.
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Hearing told vaccine for West Nile fever imminent
Washington, DC - September 24, 2002
1. Pan over hearing
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control:
"As of this morning there were 1,965 human cases of West Nile Virus reported from 32 states...
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Hundreds of California nurses marched through downtown Oakland and rallied in front of the federal building to call for higher care standards and better protections against Ebola. Meanwhile, nurses marched toward the White House in DC. (Nov. 12)
Hundreds of California nurses marched through downtown Oakland and rallied in front of the federal building to call for higher patient care standards and better
protection against Ebola.
Wednesday's rally in Oakland was one of dozens of...
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New federal statistics show an epidemic of twins among IVF patients, and two babies come with added risk during pregnancy. Reproduction experts are now urging more women in fertility treatment to try it one embryo at a time. (Dec. 2)
SOUNDBITE: Abigail Ernst, Had daughter through IVF
"I think most of us think that we do multiple transfers, or multiple embryos at a time, even all my co-workers said, 'Oh, how many are you putting in?'"
SOUNDBITE: Dr. Linda Giudice,...
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Global Pandemic Risk Is Rising, Johns Hopkins' Inglesby Says
Dec.16 -- Dr. Tom Inglesby, director of the Center for Health Security at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explains why global epidemics and pandemics are on the rise. He speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on...
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Advocate on US nursing home virus 'nightmare'
The problems plaguing US nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic have been around long before the virus, according to the executive director of The Long Term Care Community Coalition.
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Opioid overdoses in ERs up 30 percent as crisis worsens
Emergency rooms saw a big jump in overdoses from opioids last year — the latest evidence the nation's drug crisis is getting worse.
A government report released Tuesday shows overdoses from opioids increased 30 percent late...
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Analysis: As states reopen hospital capacity vital
As some states slowly begin reopening their economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, one expert on emerging infectious disease and pandemic preparedness, says hospital capacity is vital as the chance of more cases increases.
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Bill Gates on Creating and Testing Vaccines
Jan.18 -- Microsoft co-founder and Technology Advisor Bill Gates discusses the creation of vaccines against epidemics, and the testing of an effective Ebola vaccine. He speaks with Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait from the...