Health
Future diets will be short of micronutrients like iron. It's time to consider how we feed people, researchers say
Iron deficiency is one of the most common forms of nutrient deficiency around the world.
Sep 1, 2023
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Health
Climate change raising heat risks for workers, experts warn
Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of workers dying or becoming disabled from laboring in extreme heat, an international conference has been told.
May 10, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virtual wards are safe and effective for treatment of individuals with mpox
Most people with mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) can safely be treated on virtual wards, without admission to hospital, a UK study being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Medications
New drug is found effective for treating complicated urinary tract infections
An international study led by a Rutgers scientist comparing new and older treatments against complicated urinary tract infections has found a new drug combination to be more effective, especially against stubborn, drug-resistant ...
Oct 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox: Is history repeating itself?
Dr. Emmanuel Nakoune and Dr. Piero Olliaro lead monkeypox research in the Central African Republic, where the disease is endemic. We speak to them about their experiences, challenges, and why we continue to see the same problems ...
Oct 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox outbreaks associated with human-to-human transmission outside endemic areas
Since May 2022, cases of monkeypox have increased globally, stirring fears of a new pandemic. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens on September 22 by Professor Souha Kanj and colleagues at the American ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New tool guides clinicians to identify and treat patients at risk for monkeypox virus
Monkeypox was rarely seen outside West and Central Africa until the current 2022 global outbreak, and clinicians are now on alert to identify, isolate, and treat individuals infected with the virus that causes it. A team ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox: The next global vaccine equity failure?
Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization's director-general warned about at the beginning of 2021.
Aug 30, 2022
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Vaccination
EU backs new monkeypox jab method to stretch supply
The EU's drug regulator on Friday authorised a new technique for monkeypox injections that will allow up to five times more people to be inoculated as supplies of the vaccine run short.
Aug 19, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Monkeypox vaccine availability and effectiveness
A smallpox vaccine shown to protect against monkeypox has come under huge global demand, leading health authorities to warn against repeating the unequal distribution seen during the COVID pandemic.
Aug 3, 2022
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