Articles filed under Health Crises
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Two children diagnosed with monkeypox in U.S., officials sayJul 22, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox in the U.S., health officials said Friday. One is a toddler in California and the other an infant who is ...
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Doctors warn of low COVID-19 vaccine uptake among youngest childrenJul 22, 2022 1:00 am - Suburban doctors are warning that lingering hesitancy by parents to vaccinate younger children against COVID-19 could lead to higher infection rates and leave those chil...
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New York reports 1st US polio case in nearly a decadeJul 21, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday. Officials sa...
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WHO moves to roll out first malaria vaccine in AfricaJul 21, 2022 7:00 am - BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - As the World Health Organization announces the next step in its rollout of the world's first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countrie...
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WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergencyJul 21, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - As the World Health Organization's emergency committee convened Thursday to consider for the second time within weeks whether to declare monkeypox a global...
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Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has 'mild symptoms'Jul 21, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nati...
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FDA weighs oversight changes after formula, Juul troublesJul 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Food and Drug Administration has asked for a review of the agency's food and tobacco programs following months of criticism over their ...
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WHO: COVID triples across Europe, hospitalizations doubleJul 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infec...
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UK buys more vaccines for monkeypox as cases top 2,100Jul 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British has bought another 100,000 doses of vaccine to stop monkeypox as the number of cases across the country has risen to more than 2,130, the majority ...
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CDC endorses more traditional Novavax COVID shot for adultsJul 19, 2022 7:00 am - U.S. adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax -- a more traditional kind of vaccine, health officials said Tuesday. ...