The Pan American Health Organization said Wednesday it expects omicron to become the predominant coronavirus variant in the Americas in the coming weeks, where confirmed cases have reached record levels.
Jan 13, 2022
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New modeling from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) suggests the Omicron variant has the potential to cause a wave of transmission in England that could lead to higher levels of cases and hospitalisations ...
Dec 13, 2021
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The omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly throughout Great Britain and is likely to become the dominant form of the disease across the country by the middle of this month, the U.K. Health Security Agency said Friday.
Dec 10, 2021
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The World Health Organization's Europe office says projections show its 53-country region could face another 700,000 deaths in the coronavirus pandemic by next spring, topping 2 million in total.
Nov 23, 2021
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The economic impact of obesity is set to make up 3.6%, on average, of a nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)—the total value of annual goods and services—by 2060, if current trends continue, finds an 8-country modeling ...
Nov 4, 2021
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Banning menthol flavors in cigarettes could reduce smoking by 15% by having smokers giving up tobacco products altogether or switching to e-cigarettes and other nicotine vaping products—avoiding 16,250 tobacco-related deaths ...
Sep 3, 2021
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A new risk calculator will better predict people at high risk of heart and circulatory diseases years before they strike, and is ready for use across the UK and Europe, according to research published today in the journal ...
Jun 14, 2021
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Procedures to prevent the direct transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from mother to child, particularly during and after pregnancy, have significant fragmentation and gaps, a new survey presented at the 6th World Congress ...
Jun 5, 2021
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday announced weekend curfews and ordered restaurants to switch to takeout service only to fight rising coronavirus infections and growing deaths.
Nov 17, 2020
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A new study published in Chest by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers showed that deaths related to acute respiratory failure are increasing in the United States, while mortality due to acute respiratory distress ...
Nov 6, 2020
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