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All US Passengers From Hantavirus-Hit Ship Return to Home States
[ad_1] June 22 (Reuters) – The University of Nebraska Medical Center said on Monday all 18 U.S.-resident passengers from the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius cruise…
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Cyprus Imposes Livestock Controls Amid Foot and Mouth Outbreak
[ad_1] NICOSIA, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Cyprus imposed strict livestock controls on Tuesday after authorities confirmed multiple cases of foot and mouth disease, triggering…
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UN Says 53 Congolese Refugees Have Died in Burundi
[ad_1] KINSHASA, Jan 10 – More than 50 refugees fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have died in neighbouring Burundi, the United…
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USDA Confirms Bird Flu Case in Wisconsin Dairy Herd as New Wildlife Spillover
[ad_1] Dec 19 (Reuters) – The United States Department of Agriculture on Friday confirmed that a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a…
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Piles of Garbage and Seeping Sewage Pollute Devastated Gaza
[ad_1] KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Stinking mounds of fly-covered garbage lie strewn throughout Gaza amid the rubble from Israel’s devastating military campaign, spilling…
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WHO’s new COVID guidelines see fewer patients requiring hospitalization
[ad_1] Most patients are unlikely to develop severe disease or die if they get the current variants of COVID-19 as immunity levels have climbed…
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As billions roll in to fight opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work
[ad_1] FINDLAY, Ohio — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements.…
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Major US pharmacy chain Rite Aid files for bankruptcy
[ad_1] Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid says it has filed for bankruptcy and obtained $3.45 billion in fresh financing as it carries out…
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to two scientists whose work enabled creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines…
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5 things to know about the new COVID-19 vaccine
[ad_1] It may be time to get your COVID-19 vaccine again. There’s a new booster that’s coming out to guard against the virus. The…
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CDC recommends updated COVID shots for people 6 months of age and older
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 6 months of age and older. Director Mandy…
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New coronavirus variant has experts on alert and WHO is urging countries to step up COVID surveillance
[ad_1] A new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has put epidemiologists around the world on alert, and the World Health Organization is asking countries…
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WHO names Eris a COVID variant of interest. Here’s what you need to know.
[ad_1] The World Health Organization has upgraded COVID-19 variant EG.5 to a variant of interest, or VOI, from a variant under monitoring, or VUM,…
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New ‘Eris’ COVID variant is dominant in the U.S., but a shortage of data is making it hard to track
[ad_1] A new variant of COVID-19 dubbed EG.5 has become dominant in the U.S., according to projections made by the Centers for Disease Control…
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COVID pandemic is officially over in the U.S., excess-deaths data show
[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic is definitively over, according to two recent reports focused on the same metric. That metric is excess deaths, a measure…
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U.S. dollar could soon wipe out all of its post-pandemic gains, Soc Gen strategist warns
[ad_1] The slide in the U.S. dollar in the last eight months could mean that mean all of its gains in the wake of…
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FDA advisors recommend AstraZeneca antibody to protect babies from RSV
[ad_1] Narisara Nami | Moment | Getty Images A panel of independent advisors to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Thursday that the…
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WHO declares end to Covid-19 global public health emergency
[ad_1] Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. Denis Balibouse…
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World Health Organization declares end to COVID global health emergency
[ad_1] The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. Speaking at a press conference at the agency’s…
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The doctor won’t Zoom with you now: The telehealth frenzy is over.
[ad_1] The pandemic opened the floodgates to telehealth. Now, many patients and doctors are curbing their enthusiasm for virtual care. Four out of five…