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Dengue fine? Here's what you must do to avoid government penalty as Karnataka declares dengue an epidemic
Karnataka has declared dengue a state-wide epidemic, enforcing stringent regulations to eliminate m…
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What is the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance — key provisions up for Parliament's consideration
The Indian government is preparing to introduce over 20 bills for discussion in the monsoon session…
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How American discrimination has hindered the way we've handled disease outbreaks
Discrimination in the US has led to federal inaction and mishandling of past epidemic diseases, inc…
Natalie Colarossi
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World Health Network declares monkeypox outbreak a pandemic
The current monkeypox outbreak, which has infected 3,417 people across 42 countries, has on Thursda…
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An FDA official who led the approval of OxyContin got a $400,000 gig at Purdue Pharma a year later, a new book reveals
The FDA approved OxyContin in 1995 believing it would result in "less abuse potential." In 2001, th…
Allana Akhtar
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Snapchat has become an on-demand delivery app for teens to score illegal drugs. Some kids are dying after taking one pill.
Across the country, families who have lost teens to fentanyl poisoning cite the role of Snapchat, I…
Jeff Elder
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'Herd immunity doesn't seem to work for Covid-19, need to be careful'
After Delhi seemed to be overwhelmed by the Covid-19 catastrophe, a respite may be in sight with th…
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Larry Kramer, who pushed the world to respond to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, has died of pneumonia at 84
Galvanized by the AIDS epidemic that swept the United States in the 1980s, Kramer founded the Gay M…
Rhea Mahbubani
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Mother of 'Flash' actor Logan Williams said the 16-year-old died from a fentanyl overdose a week before his birthday
Marlyse Williams confirmed her son died of an overdose after a three-year ordeal with opioid addict…
Canela López
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What is the meaning of pandemic and how is it different from an epidemic or an outbreak
On March 11, World Health Organisation said that the novel coronavirus has spread across more tha…
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Anti-Asian violence is part of an epidemic of racism but here's why you're only hearing about it now
"There's this sort of idea that Asian Americans are not as disadvantaged as other minorities," Jean…
Kristie-Valerie Hoang
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Biden's coronavirus board is made up of former federal officials who oversaw past epidemics including AIDS, Ebola, and Zika
At least 10 of the 13 members on Biden's COVID-19 advisory board have served the federal government…
Aria Bendix
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'China is to blame because the culture': Republican senator mistakenly blames China for MERS and swine flu epidemics
The Swine Flu, otherwise known as the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, was first discovered in humans in …
David Choi
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Monsoon session of Parliament: All you need to know about the Essential Commodities ordinance
The monsoon session of the parliament will begin on September 14, and one of the amendments that wi…
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Primary care doctors are delivering toilet paper, testing patients in their cars, and going online to combat the coronavirus epidemic
By March 13, the clinic made the decision to stop doing in-person coronavirus assessments. By the f…
Lydia Ramsey
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Wet markets important risk factor for disease spread: UN biodiversity chief
"Live animal markets (also known as 'wet markets' in parts of Asia, such as the Huanan Seafood Mark…
PTI
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This 90-year-old New York activist fought racist housing practices, was a nurse during the AIDS epidemic, and is now protesting for Black Lives Matter
Shatzi Weisberger, whose birthday is today, gets impatient when people tell her she shouldn't be de…