Health
Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency for 90 days
America's public health emergency plan for COVID-19 will continue for at least another 90 days, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
Apr 14, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Biden administration to offer 2nd COVID boosters to those 50 and older
Despite not knowing how long another jab might provide protection, the Biden administration plans to offer a second COVID booster shot to Americans 50 and older.
Mar 28, 2022
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Medical research
Flawed scientific papers fueling COVID-19 misinformation
Scientific studies with poor methodology and inaccurate findings are exacerbating a COVID-19 misinformation crisis that is discouraging vaccination and putting lives at risk.
Jul 30, 2021
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Health
At least five dead in US from vaping-related lung disease
At least five people have died in the United States after vaping, officials said Friday, in an outbreak that has sickened hundreds with severe pulmonary disease and left several teens in induced comas.
Sep 7, 2019
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Vitamin E oil might be cause of vaping-linked lung injuries
(HealthDay)—Lab tests have found a chemical derived from vitamin E in samples of vaping products that have sickened people in 25 states.
Sep 6, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines less effective against South African COVID variant
Two of the world's leading coronavirus vaccines don't work as well against a more contagious South African variant, though both did manage to neutralize the virus, two new studies show.
Feb 18, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'We know better than this': As Ebola outbreak rages, the world just watches
The Ebola outbreak raging through Congo has sickened thousands of people and killed more than 1,500—and the number of new victims continues to climb.
Jul 3, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fauci: US weighs 3-foot distancing rule, a major change
The United States' top pandemic advisor said Sunday that authorities were considering cutting social distancing rules to three feet (one meter), a move that would change a key tenet of the global fight against COVID-19.
Mar 14, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
North Carolina man dies of brain-eating amoeba after visiting water park
(HealthDay)—The rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri has been confirmed as the cause of death of a North Carolina man.
Jul 30, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US sets new 24-hour record of COVID-19 infections
The US set a new daily record of COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with more than 248,000 infections registered in the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University virus monitor reported.
Dec 16, 2020
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