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Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bird flu is spreading to more farm animals. Are milk and eggs safe?

The Independent  

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Health chiefs STILL don't know how elderly Brit caught swine flu in freak incident involving never-before-seen strain that experts fear could be spreading under the radar
1 year ago

Health chiefs STILL don't know how elderly Brit caught swine flu in freak incident involving never-before-seen strain that experts fear could be spreading under the radar

Daily Mail  

Health officials today admitted they still have no idea how an elderly Brit caught a strain of swine flu never seen here before. The disease was only caught by fluke when they were randomly tested by their GP, sparking fears that the H1N2 virus was spreading under the radar Symptoms of swine flu — which sparked a pandemic that raced …

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Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine

The Independent  

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Polio has been silently spreading in New York since April, CDC study suggests
2 years, 4 months ago

Polio has been silently spreading in New York since April, CDC study suggests

The Independent  

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Op-Ed: Monkeypox is not the next COVID. But it’s spreading from the same failures
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Monkeypox is not the next COVID. But it’s spreading from the same failures

LA Times  

A protester in San Francisco, which on July 28 became the first U.S. city to declare an emergency over the virus. The recent discovery by Stanford scientists that wastewater in Palo Alto, Sacramento and other cities in the Bay Area contains monkeypox DNA means that the outbreak has gained traction in California, where Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of …

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RIVM concerned about monkeypox spreading at Pride events
2 years, 6 months ago

RIVM concerned about monkeypox spreading at Pride events

NL Times  

Public health institute RIVM is concerned that the upcoming Pride festivals in Amsterdam and other cities in the Netherlands and abroad will lead to a “more intensive spread” of the monkeypox virus. “Contacts exposed through this transmission route run a high risk of infection and becoming ill themselves.” The RIVM, therefore, advised warning these “high-risk contacts” about the virus and …

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Monkeypox cases rise to over 550, infections spreading undetected, claims WHO
2 years, 7 months ago

Monkeypox cases rise to over 550, infections spreading undetected, claims WHO

India TV News  

The monkeypox virus may be spreading 'undetected', said the World Health Organisation even as the global confirmed cases rise to more than 550 from 30 countries that are not endemic to the virus. While, so far, most cases have been reported among men who have sex with men presenting with symptoms at sexual health clinics, "the sudden appearance of monkeypox …

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Data shortfall impairs Brazil's tracking of spreading virus
3 years ago

Data shortfall impairs Brazil's tracking of spreading virus

The Independent  

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Covid variant accelerating India’s ’explosive’ pandemic outbreak: WHO top scientist
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid variant accelerating India’s ’explosive’ pandemic outbreak: WHO top scientist

Live Mint  

A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and it is feared it could be dodging some vaccine protections, contributing to the country's explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization's chief scientist said Saturday. In an interview with AFP, Soumya Swaminathan warned that "the epidemiological features that we see in India today do indicate that it's an extremely rapidly spreading …

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After Hyderabad, Two Lionesses at Etawah Safari Park in UP Test Positive for Covid-19
3 years, 8 months ago

After Hyderabad, Two Lionesses at Etawah Safari Park in UP Test Positive for Covid-19

News 18  

Two lionesses have tested positive for COVID-19 at Etawah Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh. The possibility of animals contracting Covid-19 first came to light when a four-year-old female tiger ‘Nadia’ & six others tested positive at Bronx Zoo in New York City in April last year. It is believed that Covid-19 is a zoonotic disease, meaning it came to humans …

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Coronavirus cases up by 5% in last week, steepest rise in under-25s
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus cases up by 5% in last week, steepest rise in under-25s

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections increased by 5.3% in the third week of April, indicating the third wave has not yet reached its peak. According to the latest weekly report from the public health agency RIVM there were 53,981 positive tests in the last seven days, up from to 51,240 the week before. Among the 25 local health boards the number of cases …

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US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus
4 years ago

US Jews plan smaller Hanukkah celebrations amid virus

The Independent  

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Covid: Ireland set to cull all 120,000 mink on its fur farms over fears of virus spreading
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid: Ireland set to cull all 120,000 mink on its fur farms over fears of virus spreading

The Independent  

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Young people are spreading coronavirus in L.A., but older and sicker suffer the most
4 years, 1 month ago

Young people are spreading coronavirus in L.A., but older and sicker suffer the most

LA Times  

People enter a train at the 7th Street Metro Center in Los Angeles. “This is most unfortunate, and it serves as a stark reminder that young people are spreading the virus with disastrous results for our elderly,” Ferrer said. “To say many lives are at stake is not an exaggeration.” L.A. County’s adjusted coronavirus case rate has nearly doubled, from …

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China: Trump ‘spreading political virus’ at United Nations
4 years, 3 months ago

China: Trump ‘spreading political virus’ at United Nations

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump used the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to attack China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, saying it must be held accountable for having “unleashed this plague onto the world”. “Later they falsely said people without symptoms would not spread the disease … The United Nations must hold China accountable for their actions.” ‘Get through this together’ …

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白宫专家：美国新冠肺炎疫情进入“新阶段”
4 years, 5 months ago

白宫专家：美国新冠肺炎疫情进入“新阶段”

China Daily  

Dr. Birx warns US in new phase of coronavirus pandemic with ‘extraordinarily widespread’ cases 白宫冠状病毒应对工作小组协调员德博拉·伯克斯8月2日表示，全美新冠疫情进入“新阶段”，病毒传播范围比疫情早期更广泛。她敦促美国人外出佩戴口罩，遵守防疫指南。美国疾控中心的一项最新预测显示，未来三周可能有近2万名美国人死于新冠肺炎。 A nurse wearing personal protective equipment watches an ambulance driving away outside of Elmhurst Hospital during the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus disease in the Queens borough of New York, US, April 20, 2020. Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said …

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Opinion | With lakhs of migrants returning, the writing on the wall is clear: the virus is spreading
4 years, 7 months ago

Opinion | With lakhs of migrants returning, the writing on the wall is clear: the virus is spreading

India TV News  

As the total number of coronavirus cases in India crossed the one-lakh threshold on Monday night, there are causes for concern among public health planners. Till now, more than 17 lakh migrants have been sent to their home states and more special trains and buses are in the pipeline. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, …

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US: Trump dismisses concern over virus spreading in White House
4 years, 7 months ago

US: Trump dismisses concern over virus spreading in White House

India Today  

US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed concerns over the possible spread of coronavirus in the White House but said he may limit contact with Vice President Mike Pence. "I would say that he and I will be talking about that," Trump said at an occasionally testy press conference. "Everybody coming into the president's office gets tested, and I've felt …

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Cambodia accused of political clampdown amid coronavirus outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Cambodia accused of political clampdown amid coronavirus outbreak

Al Jazeera  

At least four people remain in detention while 12 were released after apologising to the government. Human Rights Watch, in a statement released on Tuesday, said at least 17 people have been arrested since January for sharing information about the deadly disease, which has killed more than 16,500 people worldwide. “The Cambodian government is misusing the COVID-19 outbreak to lock …

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