Uganda reported its first case of COVID-19 on March 21, 2020. Almost a year later, the first batch of vaccines to protect against the spread of the disease arrived in the country.
Apr 21, 2023
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More than a third of Michigan adults who have had COVID-19 report being treated badly due to their infection, say University of Michigan researchers.
Apr 14, 2023
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The current outbreak of a highly contagious strain of H5N1 avian influenza has been called the worst in history. By January 2023, poultry farmers in the U.S. had slaughtered almost 60 million birds infected or at risk of ...
Apr 13, 2023
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A rapid spike in cases of a potentially deadly, drug-resistant fungus has concerned public health officials across the nation. But a team of Southern Nevada researchers hope their new study applying wastewater surveillance ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Scientific knowledge, as measured by numbers of papers published, has been estimated to double every 17.3 years. However, it takes an average of about 17 years for health and medical research—going from basic lab studies ...
Apr 5, 2023
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U.S. public health officials want high-risk individuals who haven't been vaccinated for mpox—previously called monkeypox—to do so before a potential resurgence of the virus in the coming months.
Apr 3, 2023
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Brazil's government on Tuesday reported the 700,000th death from COVID-19 in the South American nation, which has the second most victims of the virus after the United States.
Mar 29, 2023
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday that cases of Candida auris, or C. auris—a potentially deadly and drug-resistant fungal infection—are on the rise at U.S. health-care facilities.
Mar 21, 2023
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More than 25% of parents surveyed report that they were less than truthful about their children's COVID-19 status or that they didn't follow the disease's preventive guidelines during the pandemic for their offspring, according ...
Mar 6, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that it has taken action to restrict imports of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine to prevent illicit use of the drug.
Feb 28, 2023
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