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With a COVID 'variant soup' looming, New Zealand urgently needs another round of vaccine boosters
Almost three years into the COVID pandemic, it clearly isn't over.
Nov 8, 2022
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How do you get monkeypox? Sex guidelines are under debate
The last weekend of August, party promoter Jeremy Taylor hosted a dance at a Broad Street club in Philadelphia featuring tracks from Beyonce's latest album and cards telling guests where to get monkeypox vaccinations.
Sep 12, 2022
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Vaccine expected to induce strong immune responses against 2022 monkeypox virus, research shows
New research has suggested that recommended vaccinia virus (VACV)-based vaccines will mount a robust immune response against the monkeypox virus observed in the current outbreak (MPXV-2022).
Sep 9, 2022
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Common childhood bug 'hyped up as tomato flu'
Leading clinicians and medical researchers in India say they are aghast at the media reports that portray hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD)—a common, relatively mild, viral infection afflicting children—as caused by ...
Sep 5, 2022
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More polio virus detected in upstate New York wastewater
State health officials in New York are warning of expanding "community spread" of the polio virus after it was found in wastewater samples from another upstate county.
Aug 26, 2022
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Polio detected in NYC's sewage, suggesting virus circulating
The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City's wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn't been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Dozens in China infected with Langya virus found in shrews
Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also found in shrews, a report has said, but there is so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission.
Aug 11, 2022
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Should I be worried about monkeypox? And what exactly is monkeypox anyway?
Since May, there have been a lot of stories in the news about monkeypox. Depending on which stories you read, you may have heard that it's not very contagious, or that it's very contagious. You may have heard that it's not ...
Aug 11, 2022
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What is this new Langya virus? Do we need to be worried?
A new virus, Langya henipavirus, is suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China's Shandong and Henan provinces over roughly a two-year period to 2021.
Aug 11, 2022
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Polio fears rise in New York amid possible community spread
New York state health officials issued a more urgent call Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible "community spread" of the dangerous virus.
Aug 5, 2022
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