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Infectious disease doctor explains what's happening with COVID-19
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch looks at the implications of COVID-19's global reach and asymptomatic transmission of the disease.
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Experts identifying patterns of coronavirus spread, severity
Infectious disease experts are starting to identify patterns of how the coronavirus is spread and which cases may be most severe as the number of new cases appears to decline.
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Weighing the dangers of coronavirus against the flu
The symptoms may be similar and while the flu has claimed 38 lives in Canada this season compared to zero deaths by coronavirus, the concerns around the latter remain. The reasons include the fact there is no vaccine and that the...
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How the coronavirus outbreak happened
As coronavirus cases in China climb to more than 66,000 and over 15,000 deaths, a look back at how the outbreak started and whether enough was done to stop it from spreading.
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Lessons from how China handled coronavirus outbreak
The National looks and some of what’s been learned from how China handled the COVID-19 outbreak, especially in its early days.
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Coronavirus outbreak: What went wrong in the early days
The global health community has learned some valuable lessons from watching how China handled the COVID-19 outbreak in the early days.
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Mother urges parents to vaccinate kids after daughter’s measles death
Measles may start like a bad cold — with symptoms like a high fever and cough — but in rare cases, it turns deadly. For one child, complications emerged about a decade later, robbing her of speech, movement and, eventually, her life.
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Russia: US Expanding Biological Warfare Presence In Africa
Russia has accused the United States of expanding biological warfare activities in Africa. The accusations were made by Russia's Deputy Chief of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops, Major General Aleksey Rtishchev....
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HIV rates dropping globally, but up in Canada
Between 2010 and 2021, new HIV infections decreased globally by almost 22 per cent, suggests a new study from The Lancet HIV medical journal. But in Canada, the opposite is happening: in 2023, there was a 35 per cent increase compared to...
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WHO Calls Mpox Outbreak in Africa a Global Health Emergency
Mpox has been declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization. Surging cases in Africa are prompting calls for an international response, as Jennifer Zabasajja explains.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before House panel over COVID origins, pandemic response
Dr. Anthony Fauci is testifying before a Republican-led House panel Monday over his leadership and response to the COVID-19 pandemic . (Scripps News)
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Norovirus surge in US causes over 1,000 students to miss school
Over 1,000 students in schools in Alabama have missed classes because of the highly contagious stomach bug.
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USA: STANLEY B. PRUSINER WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE
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An American who discovered a new class of germ that causes mad cow disease and other lethal brain-wasting conditions won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday.
The findings by Doctor Stanley B. Prusiner may eventually shed light on...
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Applause rings out for Spain's medical workers
A cacophony of sound rose up over the Jimenez Diaz Foundation hospital in Madrid late on Saturday, as Spanish emergency services workers applauded medical staff working around the clock to look after patients struck down with the new...
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SYND 02 08 74 MENINGITIS SCARE IN SAO PAOLO
Scenes in Sao Paolo as hospitals try to cope with the Meningitis epidemic
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CUBA: HAVANA: MENINGITIS VACCINE TESTS
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The Clinton administration has decided to let a drug company with U-S offices work with Cuban researchers on tests of a meningitis vaccine for possible future use in the United States.
SmithKline Beecham has obtained...
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Spain gives 10 million face masks to commuters
Spain's government on Monday distributed 10 million masks at major train and subway stations for commuters, as some workers returned to their jobs after two weeks at home.
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Athens migrant camp on lockdown amid virus case
Greece has put a migrant facility outside Athens on lockdown for 14 days after a 53-year-old Afghan man developed coronavirus symptoms on Saturday afternoon, according to authorities.
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Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy amid pandemic
Neiman Marcus has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first department store chain and second major retailer to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic.
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World - Swine Flu
Controversy about where swine flu started in Mexico
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Pandemic fears as swine flu kills several, sickens...
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Neiman Marcus files for bankruptcy amid pandemic
Neiman Marcus has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the first department store chain and second major retailer to be toppled by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Wolverine Packing Co. in Detroit, Michigan is recalling about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products sold for restaurant use in four states that may be contaminated with E. Coli. (May 20)
Officials say a Detroit-based business is recalling about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products sold for restaurant use in four states that may be contaminated with the bacteria E. coli.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food...
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55 ‘probable’ Legionnaires’ cases in Atlanta
The Georgia Department of Public Health says it's probable there are 55 more cases in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak linked to the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel.
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Music Stars Join Lady Gaga for `Together at Home' Event
Apr.20 -- Some of the world's biggest music stars joined Lady Gaga in a globally-televised concert to support the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Lopez, Paul McCartney, Lang...