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Lake County resident tests positive for monkeypox, health officials announceJun 29, 2022 1:56 PM - Health officials announced Wednesday that a Lake County resident has what is likely the county's first case of moneypox.
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WHO chief: U.S. abortion ruling 'a setback,' will cost lives
Jun 29, 2022 12:36 PM - The head of the World Health Organization has criticized the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade
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US officials announce more steps against monkeypox outbreak
Jun 28, 2022 8:10 PM - U.S. health officials are expanding the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus
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FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for fall
Jun 28, 2022 5:23 PM - Advisers to the U.S. government are recommending that COVID-19 booster shots used this fall be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronavirus
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EU regulator considers clearing smallpox shot for monkeypox
Jun 28, 2022 10:10 AM - The European Medicines Agency says it will begin reviewing data to decide if a smallpox vaccine made by the pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic might also be authorized for monkeypox, amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the continent
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US grapples with whether to modify COVID vaccine for fall
Jun 27, 2022 3:33 PM - U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified to better match the latest changes of the shape-shifting coronavirus
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First presumed case of monkeypox announced in suburban Cook CountyJun 25, 2022 8:21 PM - State and local health officials announced suburban Cook County's first probable case of monkeypox Saturday.
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Pfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost omicron protection
Jun 25, 2022 9:59 AM - Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection
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Lake County urges residents to 'Fight the Bite'Jun 24, 2022 5:41 PM - Lake County urges residents to "Fight the Bite" this summer and protect yourself and family from the West Nile virus, an illness spread by mosquitoes.
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Juul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban
Jun 24, 2022 5:17 PM - A federal court has put a temporary hold on the government's order for Juul to stop selling its electronic cigarettes
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