Fri 12 August 2022: Baby powder containing talc will no longer be sold anywhere in the world, according to healthcare products giant Johnson & Johnson, more than two years after it ceased doing so in the United States and Canada. Beginning in 2023, the corporation will no longer sell the product on the international market. […]
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Thu 11 August 2022: After an outbreak of H5N8 bird flu on a farm in northern Germany, authorities said on Thursday that approximately 110,000 chickens would be slaughtered, Reuters reported. According to the Vechta district council, the disease was verified on an egg-producing farm in Langwege, in the Vechta district of the northern state of […]
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Scientists believe the virus likely emerged in shrews. Thu 11 August 2022: Scientists in Asia have identified a new virus that can cause severe fever and was likely transmitted to humans from animals in eastern China. The Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 people in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China, who were […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: On Tuesday, the World Health Organization expressed remorse for the death of monkeys in Brazil amid fears of monkeypox infection. In less than a week, 10 monkeys in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, in the state of Sao Paulo, have been poisoned, according to a report published on Sunday by the […]
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Sat 06 August 2022: One of the primary signs that has served as a coronavirus (COVID-19) indicator since the beginning is the loss of smell. In late 2019, when the deadly virus was first discovered, no one was aware of its symptoms. The early signs of Covid at the time were probably loss of taste […]
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Fri 05 August 2022: According to UN estimates, approximately 4,000 individuals around the world contract HIV every day, and the organization asked countries to increase funding for disease prevention and treatment access. The organisation tweeted, “Progress in the reduction of new HIV infections is slowing & every day 4,000 people become infected around the world. […]
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Fri 05 August 2022: US President Joe Biden declared monkeypox a public health emergency to raise funds and assist in data collection. Experts warned that the outbreak needed to be contained quickly as there were over 6,600 cases countrywide, with almost a quarter of them coming from New York state. In a phone call, Xavier […]
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Thu 04 August 2022: The intensive care units (ICU) all around France are under pressure, according to Marc Noizet, head of Samu-Urgences France, a provider of emergency services. Speaking to the French news channel Franceinfo, Noizet said that an investigation of the ICU in July shows that in some regions, there were “very significant increases […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: Japanese pharmaceuticals company KM Biologics Co has already seen overseas interest in its monkeypox vaccine which was recently approved by domestic regulators. KM Biologics, a unit of candy maker Meiji Holdings Co , has had “several inquiries from overseas” a company official told Reuters on Wednesday, declining to comment on any export plan for the […]
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Wed 03 August 2022: Controlling and eliminating malaria remains critical for the health of southern Africa and cross-border partnership is key to achieving this goal. This was highlighted at the 7th Malaria Research Conference hosted by the South African Medical Research Council Malaria Research Group (MRG) and the Department of Health. This year’s gathering, currently […]
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