Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mexico confirms its first monkeypox case
Health officials in Mexico confirmed Saturday the country's first known case of monkeypox, in a 50-year-old US resident being treated in Mexico City.
May 29, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Argentina reports 2 cases of monkeypox
Argentina reported two cases of the monkeypox virus on Friday in men who had recently arrived from Spain, marking the first time the presence of the virus has been confirmed in Latin America during this latest outbreak.
May 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Argentina reports case of monkeypox; man traveled from Spain
Argentina reported a case of the monkeypox virus on Friday in a man who recently traveled to Spain. It also reported a suspected case of the rare virus in another person.
May 27, 2022
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Medications
WHO calls on Pfizer to make its COVID pill more available
The head of the World Health Organization called on Pfizer to make its COVID-19 treatment more widely available in poorer countries, saying Tuesday that the pharmaceutical company's deal allowing generic producers to make ...
May 10, 2022
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Vaccination
Drop in vaccines exposes LatAm kids to disease: report
One in four children in Latin America and the Caribbean does not have vaccine protection against three potentially deadly diseases, a UN report said Monday, warning of plummeting inoculation rates.
Apr 25, 2022
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Medications
FDA warns of rising dangers of unapproved drug tianeptine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued another pointed warning about the dangers posed by tianeptine, an antidepressant that is not approved for any type of medical treatment in the United States.
Feb 23, 2022
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Health
Overfed and undernourished: The global issue of obesity and malnutrition
A shift in global diets is seeing people switch to foods high in calories, but low in nutritional value, with negative impacts on health.
Feb 17, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
World passes 300 million COVID cases as Omicron breaks records
The total number of COVID-19 cases registered worldwide passed 300 million on Friday, with the Omicron variant's rapid spread setting new infection records in dozens of countries over the last week.
Jan 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pandemic spirals, but deaths drop
The number of COVID-19 cases spiralled by more than a half across the world this week, while pandemic-linked deaths dropped nine percent.
Dec 31, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mexicans join bid for Covid compensation from China, WHO
Devastated by the loss of his daughter to COVID-19, Jaime Michaus joined hundreds of Mexicans seeking compensation from China and the World Health Organization, despite reservations and uncertain prospects of success.
Dec 30, 2021
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