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Monkeypox, now known as mpox, showing signs of return: The World Health Organization declared the mpox global health emergency over, but health officials say gay ...
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Monkeypox, now known as mpox, showing signs of return
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World Health Organization: monkeypox is no longer an international health emergency
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Monkeypox (Mpox) is no longer an international health emergency: WHO has lifted the state of emergency imposed in July 2022.
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Monkeypox (Mpox) is no longer an international health emergency
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Monkeypox, now known as mpox, showing signs of return: The World Health Organization declared the mpox global health emergency over, but health officials say gay ...
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Monkeypox, now known as mpox, showing signs of return
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World Health Organization: monkeypox is no longer an international health emergency
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World Health Organization: monkeypox is no longer an international health ...
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Monkeypox (Mpox) is no longer an international health emergency: WHO has lifted the state of emergency imposed in July 2022.
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Monkeypox (Mpox) is no longer an international health emergency
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Health emergency lifted due to Mpox: Geneva - The outbreak of the viral disease Mpox (formerly monkeypox) in more than 100 countries is no longer an ...
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Health emergency lifted due to Mpox
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World Health Organization wants to advance the fight against malaria: Berlin/Geneva - Efforts to combat malaria should be expanded and intensified ...
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World Health Organization wants to advance the fight against malaria
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Congo Republic declares mpox epidemic: In 2022, the WHO declared an outbreak that spread to Europe and North America a global health emergency.
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Congo Republic declares mpox epidemic
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Measles, mumps, rubella: this is how effective the MMR vaccination is: Babies and small children are already vaccinated against measles, mumps and rubella ...
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Measles, mumps, rubella: this is how effective the MMR vaccination is
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Drug use among children in Europe: A WHO report shows how young people are turning to alcohol, e-cigarettes, cigarettes and cannabis.
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Drug use among children in Europe
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Aid organization Cadus in Gaza: "In northern Gaza, people understand what it means when people starve"
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Aid organization Cadus in Gaza:
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FLI: Bird flu infections in US dairy cows cause alarm: Berlin - After reporting bird flu infections in dairy cows in the USA, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute ...
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FLI: Bird flu infections in US dairy cows cause alarm
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Halle-Wittenberg and WHO want to work closely together on cancer research: Halle-Wittenberg - The Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University ...
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Halle-Wittenberg and WHO want to work closely together on cancer research
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High-level meeting on monkeypox opens in DR Congo: This meeting, which will be held from Thursday to Saturday, gathered 12 health ministers of the African region ...
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High-level meeting on monkeypox opens in DR Congo
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Pandemic Treaty: Are WHO, World Bank and G20 exaggerating the pandemic risk?: Actors in international pandemic policy only cite studies on the pandemic risk in a ...
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Pandemic Treaty: Are WHO, World Bank and G20 exaggerating the pandemic ...
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New "gene accordion" to explain global epidemic: It is still a mystery why the previously rare monkeypox virus suddenly spread worldwide ...
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Pandemic treaty: Does the WHO not know what a pandemic is?: Pandemic agreements and new international health regulations are to be adopted at the end of May ...
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Pandemic treaty: Does the WHO not know what a pandemic is?
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Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 country partnership
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Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 ...
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WHO: Bird flu viruses detected in high concentrations in raw milk: A high number of bird flu viruses have now also been detected in food. Just recently ...
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WHO: Bird flu viruses detected in high concentrations in raw milk
Quick Glance: H5N1 Strain of Bird Flu in Milk from Infected Cows, WHO Reports
  • The H5N1 bird flu virus strain has been detected in very high concentrations in raw milk from infected animals, the WHO said, though the survival time of the virus in milk is unknown.

  • Since 2020, the number of outbreaks in birds has exponentially increased, along with infections in mammals.

  • Deaths of millions of poultry, along with infections in wild birds and land and marine mammals, have been reported.

  • Transmission from bird to cow, cow to cow, and cow to bird have been recorded, suggesting possible new transmission routes for the virus.
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Corona reappraisal: The RKI files are worth the Federal Cross of Merit: The creators of the magazine Multipolar should be officially honored for their services ...
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Corona reappraisal: The RKI files are worth the Federal Cross of Merit
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What is the Nestlé sugar scandal all about?: A Swiss study shows that the food company Nestlé sells products for children with a disproportionately high sugar ...
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What is the Nestlé sugar scandal all about?
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Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 country partnership
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Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 ...
Quick Glance: Biden admin partners with 50 nations to prevent future pandemics
  • President Joe Biden's administration will assist 50 countries in identifying and responding to infectious diseases to prevent future pandemics like Covid-19.

  • The U.S. will collaborate with countries to enhance testing, surveillance, communication, and preparedness for outbreaks.

  • The announcement addresses the challenge of achieving a global agreement on responses to future pandemics.

  • The U.S. government will involve multiple agencies to aid countries in refining their infectious disease response.
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Pandemic agreement: WHO is not a dictatorship: In connection with the World Health Organization's (WHO) discussions about a pandemic agreement ...
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Pandemic agreement: WHO is not a dictatorship
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WHO: Antibiotics Overused in COVID-19 Patients During Pandemic: The overuse of antibiotics could have exacerbated the spread of antimicrobial resistance ...
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WHO: Antibiotics Overused in COVID-19 Patients During Pandemic
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Transmission from cow to human: Bird flu detected in milk: WHO recommends pasteurized milk
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Transmission from cow to human: Bird flu detected in milk: WHO recommends ...
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UN health agency head calls for safe passage of humanitarian aid in Gaza: United Nations agencies and aid groups say the ongoing hostilities, Israeli military ...
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UN health agency head calls for safe passage of humanitarian aid in Gaza
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Youth alcohol, e-cigarette use ‘alarming’: WHO: The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm on the use of alcohol and electronic cigarettes in ...
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Youth alcohol, e-cigarette use ‘alarming’: WHO
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Congo Republic declares mpox epidemic: Republic of the Congo has declared an epidemic of mpox after 19 cases were confirmed across five departments ...
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Congo Republic declares mpox epidemic
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Experts call for global genomic surveillance system to prevent the next pandemic: Real-time genomic surveillance, which uses sequencing to analyse the genetic ...
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Experts call for global genomic surveillance system to prevent the next ...
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Putting his life on pause, Peter Lerner works to explain Israel-Hamas War to the world
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Putting his life on pause, Peter Lerner works to explain Israel-Hamas War ...
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More and more cancer cases in people under 50 the possible cause: Cancer cases in people under 50 have been rising sharply for decades. A new study has found a ...
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More and more cancer cases in people under 50 the possible cause
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France warns of surge in imported dengue cases ahead of Olympics: Mosquitoes spread the virus by biting an infected person and spreading it to another person ...
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France warns of surge in imported dengue cases ahead of Olympics
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LSD vs. Fibromyalgia: One Woman's Psychedelic Search For Chronic Pain Relief: While more than 2 million Italians are thought to have fibromyalgia ...
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LSD vs. Fibromyalgia: One Woman's Psychedelic Search For Chronic Pain ...
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UN approves updated cholera vaccine that could help fight surge in cases: The World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine ...
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UN approves updated cholera vaccine that could help fight surge in cases
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Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth 'alarming': WHO: COPENHAGEN: The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is ...
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Use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth 'alarming': WHO
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Why that negative HIV test results could actually be positive: There is a chance that three out of every 100 Kenyans who underwent testing were erroneously ...
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Why that negative HIV test results could actually be positive
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EU health agency warns of increase in jab-preventable disease : The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control stressed the rise in measles and pertussis ...
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EU health agency warns of increase in jab-preventable disease
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Broken links and bad advice: Conversations with SARAH, WHO’s virtual health aide: One NGO is calling for SARAH to be taken down arguing it could jeopardize ...
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Broken links and bad advice: Conversations with SARAH, WHO’s virtual ...
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England child alcohol use tops global chart, finds WHO report: The World Health Organization also finds higher rates of drinking and vaping among teenage girls.
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England child alcohol use tops global chart, finds WHO report
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Nearly 2 in 5 Americans breathe unhealthy air. Why it’s getting worse.: Climate change — linked to wildfires, drought and dust — is not only worsening air ...
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Nearly 2 in 5 Americans breathe unhealthy air. Why it’s getting worse.
Quick Glance: 130 million Americans face unhealthy air quality challenges
  • Wildfire smoke from Canada caused dangerously unhealthy air quality in the U.S. in 2023.

  • Over one-third of Americans, about 130 million people, breathe in unhealthy air annually.

  • Air quality has improved in the East but worsened in the Western U.S., highlighting disparities.

  • Unequal air quality exposure, challenges, and progress in air cleaning efforts are discussed.
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How politicians ignored scientists in the Corona crisis: Many eyes are focused on certain RKI documents. The problem lies much deeper. This is shown by the way ...
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How politicians ignored scientists in the Corona crisis
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Flu epidemic over: How the cold season has gone: After 15 weeks, the flu epidemic has come to an end and the RSV wave is also over. Nevertheless ...
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Flu epidemic over: How the cold season has gone
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Cholera Vaccine: An Easier-to-Make Version Approved by WHO Amid Shortage: An oral vaccine for cholera that is more simple to make than existing versions has been ...
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Cholera Vaccine: An Easier-to-Make Version Approved by WHO Amid Shortage
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Thinking of getting a tattoo? These are the health risks: Tattoos hold diverse cultural significance worldwide, symbolising status, rites of passage or ...
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Thinking of getting a tattoo? These are the health risks
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For the first time, U.S. may force polluters to clean up these ‘forever chemicals’
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For the first time, U.S. may force polluters to clean up these ‘forever ...
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What is really in the RKI protocols - and which interpretation lacks foundation: Since the minutes of the RKI crisis team became publicly available ...
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What is really in the RKI protocols - and which interpretation lacks ...
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How Toddler Milk Ads Prompted a Formula Marketing Investigation: Health experts say formula marketing often makes misleading claims and prompts some mothers to ...
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How Toddler Milk Ads Prompted a Formula Marketing Investigation
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Thinking of getting a tattoo? These are the health risks: Tattoos hold diverse cultural significance worldwide, symbolising status, rites of passage or ...
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Thinking of getting a tattoo? These are the health risks
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Bird flu outbreaks: WHO weighs in on public health risk: The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health ...
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Bird flu outbreaks: WHO weighs in on public health risk
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The pandemic cost 7 million lives, but talks to prevent a repeat stall: An unknown future pathogen could have far more devastating consequences than SARS-CoV-2.
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The pandemic cost 7 million lives, but talks to prevent a repeat stall
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WHO warns of falsified cough syrup ingredients seized in Pakistan: The World Health Organization issued an alert on Monday warning drugmakers of five ...
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WHO warns of falsified cough syrup ingredients seized in Pakistan
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Kenya’s ‘killer’ cave, believed to be source of Ebola, could bring about the next pandemic
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Kenya’s ‘killer’ cave, believed to be source of Ebola, could bring about ...
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How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?: Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.
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How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?
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"Satanic" WHO: Anti-vaccination campaigner Bhakdi goes on a rant at FPÖ event: Party leader Kickl also opposed internationally concerted pandemic prevention with ...
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'Time running out' in war-torn Sudan as access to aid restricted, WHO warns: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the crisis in Sudan could ...
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'Time running out' in war-torn Sudan as access to aid restricted ...
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This variant causes almost all new corona cases: It has been a long time since a corona variant dominated like this: the proportion of the corona mutation JN ...
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This variant causes almost all new corona cases