Articles filed under Health Crises
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UK to use lower dose of monkeypox vaccine to stretch supplyAug 22, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British health authorities will begin offering eligible people just a fraction of the normal monkeypox vaccine dose to stretch supplies by about five times...
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Congo reports new Ebola case linked to previous outbreakAug 22, 2022 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - A new case of the Ebola virus has been confirmed in Congo's eastern Beni city, Congo's ministry of health announced Monday, saying it is linked to a p...
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Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccineAug 21, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last ...
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EU regulator OKs plan to increase monkeypox vaccine suppliesAug 19, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, the European Medicines A...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations decline, risk levels drop in some countiesAug 19, 2022 1:00 am - State health officials reported Friday there are 37 fewer people hospitalized with COVID-19 than a week ago, a 2.5% decline during that time. Of those hospitalized, 152 ...
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US offers extra monkeypox vaccine doses for gay pride eventsAug 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. is setting aside an extra 50,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine for places with upcoming gay pride events, health officials said Thursday. The numb...
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FDA targets illegal nicotine gummies in new warning letterAug 18, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators on Thursday issued a first-of-a-kind warning to the maker of nicotine gummies, saying the illegal candies pose a growing risk to tee...
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WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in AsiaAug 18, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - New coronavirus cases reported globally dropped nearly a quarter in the last week while deaths fell 6% but were still higher in parts of Asia, according to...
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Kane Co. health director says worst of the pandemic is over as schools openAug 18, 2022 1:00 am - Kane County school doors are reopening, an event that's set off alarm bells among local health officials over the past couple of years. But the county health department ...
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WHO chief: Lack of help for Tigray crisis due to skin colorAug 17, 2022 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization described the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia's Tigray region as 'œthe worst disaster on Earth'ť and wondered ...