Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Spike in cholera in Cameroon kills 29 in one week
Twenty-nine people have died from cholera in Cameroon in the space of a week, the health minister said on Friday.
Mar 25, 2022
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Yellow fever kills 32 in Sudan's Darfur: ministry
Mosquito-born yellow fever has killed 32 people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region this month, the health ministry said in a statement obtained by AFP on Wednesday.
Nov 1, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
H1N1 vaccine associated with small but significant risk of Guillain-Barre syndrome
Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is usually characterized by rapidly developing motor weakness and areflexia (the absence of reflexes). "The disease is thought to be autoimmune and triggered by a stimulus of external origin. ...
Jul 10, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In Paris, monkeypox vaccination gains steam with volunteer help
Doctor Kevin Huy was vaccinating people in Paris against COVID-19 when he answered a call for volunteers to inoculate against a more recent global outbreak—monkeypox.
Aug 1, 2022
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Vaccination
UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31
The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a "cautious" plan ...
Feb 21, 2021
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Cameroon starts world's first malaria vaccine program for children
Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa.
Jan 22, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NIH head fears some will bypass a COVID-19 vaccine
Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., who heads the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is worried that antivaxxers will disrupt efforts to convince Americans to get vaccinated against the new coronavirus, CNN reported Thursday.
Jun 8, 2020
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116 million African children to get polio vaccines: WHO
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and central Africa as part of efforts to eradicate the disease on the continent.
Mar 24, 2017
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Pediatrics
Investigational MenB vaccine can protect individuals in outbreak
(HealthDay)—An investigational serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine seems to have protected vaccinated individuals from the disease during an outbreak, according to a study published online April 27 in Pediatrics.
Apr 30, 2015
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US outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines
The government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, assuming a safe and effective shot is developed, even as top health officials faced questions about political ...
Sep 16, 2020
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