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Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInfluenza is one of the deadliest viruses in the world Humans have been fighting viruses since the species has existed. For some viral diseases, vaccines...
Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA patient with lesions due to a case of monkeypox is shown. The response to the monkeypox outbreak...
As new diseases emerge and old ones surprise us, infectious disease doctors work overtime
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBOSTON — Infectious disease specialist Nesli Basgoz woke up before dawn one morning last month with...
A year after outbreak, Africa waits for its share of mpox vaccines
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Jynneos vaccine is highly effective in fighting mpox, and rich countries have stockpiled doses....
World Health Organization chief says monkeypox is now a global emergency
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMonkeypox "can be contained" in the United States, a top government physician said Sunday, a day...
WHO set to decide if monkeypox represents health emergency
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee on Thursday next...
Yes, there are more infectious diseases popping up these days — experts say there are 7 clear...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople wait in line for monkeypox vaccines in Washington DC.Bill Clark/Getty Images Polio,...
Ever wonder why the CDC is based in Atlanta and not Washington D.C.? Here’s why
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThere’s a reason the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in Atlanta and not in...
CT has 123 monkeypox cases. See state-by-state number of cases
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe monkeypox outbreak is now in more than 70 countries and the World Health Organization declared it a global emergency. Connecticut has 123 cases, according to the federal Centers for Disease ...
MMR vaccine rates are lagging amid a rise in measles cases. Experts blame a discredited study.
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen a measles outbreak struck Columbus, Ohio, late last year, public health officials learned the...