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Monkeypox has spread to more than 20 countries, but the outbreaks are containable, WHO says
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news…
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CDC says monkeypox doesn’t spread easily by air: ‘This is not Covid’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to calm public anxiety over how the monkeypox virus is transmitted, emphasizing…
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CDC officials sound alarm for gay and bisexual men as monkeypox spreads in community
A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with…
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Monkeypox outbreak is primarily spreading through sex, WHO officials say
An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about…
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Pfizer says third Covid vaccine shot for kids under 5 is 80% effective against omicron
A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a child at vaccination site in San Francisco, California, U.S., on…
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World Health Organization confirms 80 cases of monkeypox with outbreaks in 11 countries
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions,…
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb says rising monkeypox cases suggest it’s spread ‘pretty wide’
The rising number of monkeypox cases in the U.S. and Europe suggest the virus has already spread widely across communities,…
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WHO says omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants have spread to over a dozen countries
coronavirus impact business and economy Mf3d | E+ | Getty Images Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have been detected in…
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U.S. will limit next generation Covid vaccines to high-risk people this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more funding
The U.S. will have to limit the next generation of Covid vaccines this fall to individuals at the highest risk…
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CDC investigating 109 cases of severe hepatitis in children across 25 states and territories, including 5 deaths
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Tami Chappell | Reuters The Centers for Disease…
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