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US baby born to Zika mum has microcephaly
A Honduran woman infected with Zika gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects caused by the virus, her doctor said on Wednesday.The baby was delivered by Cesarean section on Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical...
AFP News Agency
VOICED: Sex, drugs, stigma limits Thai HIV successes
VOICED: Sex, drugs, stigma limits Thai HIV successes
Bloomberg
Covid-19 Causes Broad Spectrum of Diseases: Johns Hopkins’ Pekosz
Apr.17 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor Andrew Pekosz explains what is being learned about patterns of coronavirus infections, the uncertainties of testing, and questions about immunity and reinfection. He...
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USS Theodore Roosevelt Sailor Dies From COVID-19
The Navy reported that one sailor assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt in Guam died Monday due to complications from COVID-19.
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COVID Patients May Never Know If They Contracted A Variant
Federal rules restrict labs from telling patients and their doctors if they've been infected by a COVID variant.
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Philadelphia To Restore Indoor Mask Mandate As COVID Cases Rise
Health inspectors will begin enforcing the mask mandate at city businesses April 18.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Two Pfizer jabs gives 70% protection from Omicron: S.African doctor
Two shots of Pfizer's Covid vaccine offers around 70 percent protection against severe disease from Omicron, according to Dr Ron Whelan, Head of the Discovery Covid19 task team in South Africa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Moderna Chair Says Covid Pandemic May Shift to Endemic in 2022
Moderna Inc. co-founder Noubar Afeyan says the Covid-19 pandemic could start moving into an endemic phase in 2022. "It really depends on what happens and the decisions that are made across the world," Afeyan said on Bloomberg Television,...
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Moderna Developing Combined Influenza, COVID-19 Vaccine
The company aims to have a single annual booster shot that's available in some countries by fall 2023.
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FDA Warns Against Using Recalled Baby Formulas Tied To Infections
Officials say bacterial contamination has been detected in certain lots of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare.
Bloomberg
Festive Gatherings Put Elderly at Risk, WHO Warns
Nov.24 -- World Health Organization Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan comments on the Covid-19 shot developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca Plc. She also discusses vaccine distribution and the risk of increased coronavirus...
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Japan's Shionogi Says Its Covid Pill's Sales May Hit $2 Billion
Oct.07 -- Japanese drugmaker Shionogi & Co. Ltd. says sales of the Covid pill it is developing could reach $2 billion drug. The company expects to have late-stage trial data in Japan by December and plans to move quickly on filing for...
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Advice on what to eat to combat swine flu
Baghdad, Iraq Oct. 22, 2009
1. Close up of padlocked gates at al-Tahrir Secondary School
2. Wide of locked up al-Zura Primary School'' with Iraqi flag flying over building
3. Wide of masked people outside hospital
4. Wide exterior of...
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An American doctor exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone will be kept in isolation at the National Institutes of Health for 21 days, the longest incubation period for the virus. (Sept. 29)
An American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone will be under observation at The National Institutes of Health for three weeks.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the Institute of Allergy and...
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CDC Director Tom Frieden said Sunday that Tomas Eric Duncan, the lone Ebola patient in the U.S., has taken a 'turn for the worse' in his fight to recover from the potentially-deadly virus. (Oct. 5)
About 800 calls and emails are coming in daily to the CDC on Ebola, up from about 50 to 100 before Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed in Dallas on Tuesday, said Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...
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UK Muslims gear up for Hajj pilgrimage
Muslims all over the world are preparing to take part in the Hajj which, for many, is a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage.
Those travelling to Saudi Arabia from the UK have been getting help with vaccinations, travel arrangements and other...
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You might not feel like eating when you're bedridden with swine flu, but Lucy Jones, dietician and spokesman for the British Dietetic Association, says diet becomes vital to fighting off the infection.(Oct. 26)
HEADLINE:Dietary tips for swine flu sufferers
CAPTION: You might not feel like eating when you're bedridden with swine flu, but Lucy Jones, dietician and spokesman for the British Dietetic Association, says diet becomes vital to fighting...
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A molecule has been found that could block the transmission of HIV ++REFEED++
Khayalitsha township outside Cape Town, South Africa - recent
1. Wide shot Khayalitsha township outside Cape Town
2. Mid shot Kunene Aunt Mashudu walking to beading centre (she is a HIV positive mother in the programme)
3. Various shots...
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China Health Ministry presser on bird flu virus as number of cases rises to 21
Beijing, 8 April 2013
1. Wide of news conference ++MUTE++
2. Cutaway media
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Liang Wannian, director of China's H7N9 prevention and control office:
"The new episode of bird flu H7N9 is caused by a new type of...
Sky News
Jeremy Hunt on hospital tour
CLEAN: Interior shots of Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP on a tour of a London hospital to promote new targets on combatting Sepsis on December 14, 2016 in London, England.
AFP News Agency
VOICED: HIV-AIDS spreads among aging Americans
VOICED: HIV-AIDS spreads among aging Americans
Press Association
Personal injury lawyer: Those recovering from brain injuries at high risk during pandemic
People recovering from serious brain injuries are in danger of falling through the cracks during the pandemic, a leading personal injury lawyer has said. As the NHS frees up beds to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, vulnerable patients are...
Bloomberg
Global Covid-19 Cases Near 3 Million, Nations Plan to Ease Restrictions
Apr.27 -- European nations are planning a gradual reopening throughout the month of May, while Indonesian health officials say normal life will resume in July after the nation implements a three-pronged approach to battling the...