We, the participants and stakeholders of the WHN Clean Air Expo, gathered on this day Oct 24,2023 virtually across the world, recognize the urgent need for collective action to address the critical issue of indoor air quality and its detrimental effects on pathogen transmission, particularly COVID-19, and more generally human health. We recognize the importance … Continued
Respiratory virus season in 2023-2024 is a significant challenge in the fight against COVID-19. We know that even mild cases of COVID-19 may affect people’s daily lives for several days or weeks, and we all have seen—even among previously healthy individuals—that the repercussions of contracting the virus can be devastating: “Long COVID” symptoms, organ damage, … Continued
Amidst growing debates over mask mandates, your creativity has the power to influence crucial public health discussions and support those who are protecting their health. Join the World Health Network’s Creative Working Group and contribute to our “Masking Around the World” project. We’re also spearheading creative projects on clean air, testing, Long COVID and more. … Continued
HICPAC is the subject of a Gross Misconduct complaint filed with the HHS Inspector General against HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, CDC Director Mandy Cohen, and HICPAC Federal Officer Alexander Kallen Background: The membership composition of CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee (HICPAC) currently stands in violation of the Federal Advisory Committees Act (FACA) and the … Continued
During our recent Clean Indoor Air Expo, two of our speakers, Jose-Luis Jimenez and Lisa Brosseau, gave great talks which referenced infection prevention control in indoor environments. Click here to watch the full Clean Indoor Air Expo
Link: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3486610/v1 Summary of the highlights of the paper Quantitative errors in the Cochrane review on “Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses” Yaneer Bar-Yam1,2, Jonathan M. Samet3, Alexander F. Siegenfeld1,4, Nassim N. Taleb5 1New England Complex Systems Institute, 2World Health Network, 3Colorado School of Public Health, 4MIT, 5Tandon School of Engineering, … Continued
We want healthcare to be safe for both healthcare workers and patients. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) is the body that advises the CDC on infection control in healthcare. HICPAC is currently discussing drafts on infection control policies. Here is our letter to tell HICPAC not to weaken protections. To CDC Director … Continued
Global prevention risk level: HIGH We are in a new wave of uncertainty and an increasingly infectious “variant soup” in the community, even before the winter months have started. We are flying blind with little-no testing and under-reported data. There is pandemic fatigue amongst citizens and little-no government or public health communication about the airborne … Continued