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Mpox has finally infiltrated India, but how worried should we be about the viral disease?
Days after our neighbour Pakistan confirmed its second Mpox case this month, India has also reporte…
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Supercentenarians who live past 110 have 9 things in common, according to a scientist who studies them
An expert in supercentenarians who live past 110 shared the traits she's noticed in the world's old…
Serafina Kenny
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African countries have reported 6,883 Monkeypox cases, 173 deaths in 2022
According to data released by the Africa CDC, 173 deaths and a case fatality ratio of 2.5 per ce…
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New Omicron subvariants account for nearly 70% new Covid cases in US
New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have accounted for about 70 per cent of new Covid-19 cases …
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US weekly flu hospitalisations hit record high since 2010
Over 11,200 patients in the US were hospitalized with flu, the highest since 2010, according to dat…
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China's drug regulator clears mpox vaccine; to undergo clinical trial
There is currently no approved mpox vaccine in China. Globally, a few vaccines have been approv…
PTI
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A healthy baby died at 1 month old after contracting a severe version of a common virus. It's now showing up in multiple states.
Baby Ronan was a healthy, 8 pound newborn. At 10 days old, he started developing strange rashes and…
Hilary Brueck
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US data reveals most contagious Omicron subvariants are responsible for 80 percent of COVID-19 infections
The BA.5 subvariant accounted for 65 per cent of new infections in the latest week ending July 9, w…
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California declares state of emergency due to monkeypox outbreak
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency due to the spread of the m…
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7 people have died amid 'one of the worst meningococcal outbreaks' in US history. The CDC is urging people to get vaccinated.
After six men who have sex with men were reported dead from a meningococcal outbreak in Florida, th…
Hilary Brueck,Dr. Catherine S…
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CDC: 2 children diagnosed with monkeypox in the US — the first pediatric cases
The CDC said Friday that two kids were diagnosed with monkeypox this week, including an infant. The…
Hilary Brueck
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CDC report shows woman diagnosed with Monkeypox delivers a healthy baby in US
The officials noted that the baby was delivered safely and both are "doing well", CBS news reported…
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CDC: US infants are falling sick with a life-threatening virus that triggers fever, delirium, seizures, and sepsis
At least one newborn died in June after contracting a dangerous form of parechovirus, and the CDC s…
Hilary Brueck
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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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A busy colon-cancer doctor shares 3 simple things he does to prevent the disease that's killing more young people
Lifestyle choices can help prevent colon cancer. Oncologist Dr. Michael Shusterman shared three thi…
Kim Schewitz
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The CDC is considering telling people to upgrade from cloth face coverings to N95 or KN95 masks in light of Omicron, report says
The agency is "actively looking" at beefing up its recommendation to combat the spread of the Omicr…
Sinéad Baker
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The CDC raised its monkeypox alert to 'Level 2.' Here's what that means for travelers.
Though the CDC said travelers should practice "enhanced precautions" when leaving the country, it s…
Katie Anthony
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A mysterious liver disease infecting kids across Europe and the US has now killed at least 1 child
At least 169 hepatitis cases have been diagnosed so far in 11 countries. 17 patients have required …