Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

'Very ignorant rumour': Misinformation abounds about monkeypox

The recent emergence of hundreds of cases of monkeypox worldwide has already triggered a flood of misinformation online, much of it modelled on conspiracy theories that have been circulating since the start of the COVID-19 ...

Pediatrics

Kids aren't skipping just COVID vaccines

There are thousands of children across Maryland who not only haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19, but also lack protection from influenza and the kinds of diseases that routine shots long ago made scarce, such as measles ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Should you be concerned about bird flu?

While humans continue to cope with COVID-19, the H5N1 bird flu has created its own pandemic, killing wild birds like geese and bald eagles in Illinois and driving poultry farmers to cull more than 37 million birds across ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mystery liver disease kills three children in Indonesia

Three children in Indonesia have died from a mysterious liver disease, the country's health ministry said, raising to at least four the global death toll of a fatal ailment puzzling doctors from the US to Asia.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

EU concerned over mystery hepatitis cases in children

The European Union's infectious diseases agency on Thursday said unexplained severe cases of hepatitis in young children were "a public health event of concern".

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO: 1 child has died in mystery liver disease outbreak

The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe and the United States.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID far from becoming endemic: WHO

COVID-19 is far from becoming an endemic disease and could still trigger large epidemics around the globe, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

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