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Monkeypox manners: Navigating a virus disrupting how we live and love Suddenly, a kiss was not just a kiss, but a potential vector for a potentially fatal disease. And for those of us who'd lived through the 1980s and 1990s, the intersection of sex and HIV/AIDS remains embedded in our DNA. So, too, does the stigma and bias ...
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Health officials walk fine line as monkeypox swells within LGBT community State and city governments are walking a fine line as they move to confront the monkeypox outbreak, trying to spread awareness of the disease — which has thus far predominantly affected men who have sex with men — while avoiding stigmas.
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Climate change could aggravate over half of known human pathogens, scientists say Mora's team systematically screened literature that revealed 3,213 empirical cases linking 286 unique, human pathogenic diseases to 10 climate hazards, such as warming, floods or drought. Of these, 277 pathogens were found to be aggravated ...
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Activists plan San Francisco rally for more action on monkeypox SAN FRANCISCO -- Activists in San Francisco are calling on local health authorities for more testing, treatment and vaccines amid the monkeypox outbreak in a rally planned on Monday. monkeypox-vaccine.jpg. Meeting outside the regional office of the ...
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The Chaotic Monkeypox Vaccine Pipeline Is Leaving Everyone Short In a run-of-the-mill business park in Kvistgård, a Danish village about 25 miles north of Copenhagen encircled by forests, lies one of the most crucial solutions for controlling the global monkeypox outbreak. These are the manufacturing facilities of ...
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Biological sex differences may explain why men face higher cancer risk than women Key takeaways: Men demonstrated a decreased risk for thyroid cancer and gallbladder cancer compared with women. Men had higher incidence of bladder cancer, gastric cardia cancer, larynx cancer and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Sex bias remained for most ...
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Florida nears 1000 monkeypox cases, FDOH says; CDC ranks state 3rd in US for confirmed cases As of Aug. 8, the Florida Department of Health reported 938 confirmed or probable cases of monkeypox in 28 counties, according to its tracker on flhealthcharts.gov. A week ago, the state reported 442 cases in 22 counties — that's a jump of 496 probable or ...
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Monkeypox at a daycare was 'only a matter of time,' expert says. Next up: pools, sports, schools "It was only a mater of time" before monkeypox made it to congregate settings, a pediatric infectious disease specialist told Fortune, after Illinois state officials announced Friday that a daycare worker had been diagnosed with the smallpox-related ...
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Arizona man details his monkeypox diagnosis as cases rise in the country While most of those who became infected are recovering, there are situations where that's not the case, making access to the vaccine or the antiviral medication crucial to stopping the spread. "It's not technically a ...
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Study: Soda, breakfast cereal, frozen foods associated with long-term cognitive decline The not-yet-peer-reviewed study, which looked at 10,775 people in Brazil over 8 years, found an association between high consumption of ultra-processed foods and cognitive decline, especially memory and executive function. Natalia Goncalves, PhD, with the ...
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Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change On one hand, it is increasingly recognized that the emission of GHGs has consequences on a multitude of climatic hazards of the Earth's system (for example, warming, heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, extreme precipitation, floods, sea level rise and so on; ...
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Explainer: Monkeypox in the US: Where could it spread next? CHICAGO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency last week, an effort to bolster the U.S. response to contain the outbreak. The virus continues to be largely transmitted among gay and bisexual men, ...
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US should assume wider spread of monkeypox, says Dr. Scott Gottlieb: 3 updates Health experts say the U.S. should cast a wider net with monkeypox testing to contain the outbreak, which has now grown to more than 7,500 cases. Federal health officials have said the CDC has capacity to conduct about 80,000 tests per week.
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NHS dentist shortage: Signs you need urgent dental care and how to get it The majority of dental practices in the UK are not accepting NHS patients, an investigation by the BBC has found. The research found that 90 per cent of practices are not taking on new adult patients, while 80 per cent are not taking on child patients.
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Lukewarm interest in COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5 U.S. health officials hailed the recent authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for very young children as a pandemic milestone — making the protective shots available to Americans of any age. But despite the rapid spread of the virus, few parents have ...
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What were the health effects of long COVID during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave? A recent report posted to the medRxiv* preprint server examined the health influences of long coronavirus disease (COVID) during the 2021 to 2022 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron surge in Australia.
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Inhaled aprotinin found to reduce viral load in mild-to-moderate COVID-19 New variants of the causative pathogen, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continue to emerge, and the 'new normal' appears to be a scenario where human beings coexist with the virus.
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COVID-19 Vaccines Induce Better Long-Term Immunity than Infection For the first time, researchers performed a head-to head longitudinal study comparing the immune response elicited by mRNA and traditional COVID-19 vaccines to primary infections. Jennifer Zieba, ...
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How monkeypox myths mimic lies about covid and AIDS The Biden administration has declared monkeypox to be a new "public health emergency" — but the virus is already the subject of old misinformation tactics. Some of the myths accompanying this latest outbreak are tied to conspiracy theories dating back ...
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Phytoncides could potentially inhibit the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 variants The infection and mortality rate of the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) condition are associated with a weaker immune system (Mohammadi, Shayestehpour, & Mirzaei, 2021). The phytoncides emitted ...
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Monkeypox continues to spread across country The CDC states that the monkeypox virus is a "rare disease caused by infection" which causes symptoms such as chills, fever, exhaustion, and headaches. The virus also causes visible blisters across the body. A possibility of an outbreak is being discussed ...
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Early-life acquisition of antimicrobial resistance in newborn children from low- and middle-income countries Sepsis is a primary cause of mortality in newborns, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A new study looks at the links between the presence of bacteria resistant to antibiotics isolated from mothers and their newborn babies living ...
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Study sheds light on Covid-19's long-term effects One in eight people recovering from Covid-19 had lingering symptoms due to the illness at least three months later in a study that provides greater clarity on the ailments triggered by the pandemic disease. Scientists used data from the Netherlands' ...
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Nanoparticle vaccine protects against diverse coronaviruses in animal models As the virus that causes COVID-19 evolves and spreads, scientists and clinicians continue developing innovative ways to combat SARS-CoV-2 by designing vaccines and therapeutics. In a recent study published in Science, researchers present a vaccine that ...
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Aussie research shows low vaccine risk for teenagers SYDNEY, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Researchers from Australia's Monash University have completed a study of vaccine-associated myocarditis risk in adolescents, showing that risks are "mild" and outweighed by the long-term risks of COVID-19.
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West Nile Virus found Sterling Mosquitoes collected on Monday near the northwest edge of Sterling have tested positive for the West Nile Virus (WNV) according to Rian Nailor, director of environmental health for the Whiteside County Health Department.
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Full extent of NHS dentistry shortage revealed by far-reaching BBC research Nine in 10 NHS dental practices across the UK are not accepting new adult patients for treatment under the health service, a BBC investigation has found. Our research shows no dentists taking on adult NHS patients could be found in a third of the UK's ...
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Undervaccination Nation: Data Shows Struggling COVID Booster Effort in US In his Rose Garden remarks after returning from a COVID-19 absence in July, President Joe Biden echoed the importance of booster vaccinations – a key component of the national vaccination program also stressed by members of the White House COVID-19 ...
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Monkeypox cases rising as kids start returning to school On Aug. 4, the Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency, reporting more than 6,000 cases. Now just 48 hours later, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports a spike in ...
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As school year begins, concerns over monkeypox rise among parents. Local doctor says don't panic Back to school is here and so are concerns over monkeypox. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists Florida as number three in the nation for highest cases. Despite this data, Dr. Jeffrey Goldhagen with UF Health Jacksonville says parents ...
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Dozens got sick after visiting Kansas splash park, CDC study finds At least 21 people contracted Shigella bacteria and six others became sick with the norovirus after visiting the splash park at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, near Wichita, Kansas. Dozens of others also reported gastrointestinal illnesses.
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TikToker claims to be taken off Spirit flight due to eczema (NewsNation) — As concerns over monkeypox soar, one woman claims she was taken off a Spirit Airlines flight and questioned about her skin condition. In a TikTok video posted on Aug. 4, Jacqueline Nguyen, or username jacqueline.ngu, said the airline had ...
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