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Monkeypox: Officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about falling monkeypox cases

Mon, 2022-08-29 21:08 — mike kraft

Officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ about falling monkeypox cases The worldwide monkeypox outbreak may have peaked, amid evidence that gay men are curbing risky sexual behaviors and more people are getting vaccinated Dan Diamond Washington Post

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Country- by- country report on vaccines delivered to poorer nations by international agency

Fri, 2022-08-26 21:59 — mike kraft

Factbox: Vaccines delivered under COVAX sharing scheme for poorer countries The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has delivered 1.63 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to 146 countries, GAVI data shows. Reuters Reuters

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WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere, but deaths increased in Africa

Thu, 2022-08-25 05:29 — mike kraft

WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. In its latest weekly assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. AP NEWS

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Analysis: Experts question reliance on monkeypox vaccine with little data, short supply

Wed, 2022-08-24 06:30 — mike kraft

Analysis: Experts question reliance on monkeypox vaccine with little data, short supply A reliance on vaccines in short supply and questions over their best use are hampering efforts to curb the global spread of monkeypox which has hit dozens of countries for the first time, health officials say. Jennifer Rigby,Natalie Grover Reuters

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Ebola:New case reported in Congo, WHO approves two new treatments

Mon, 2022-08-22 22:16 — mike kraft

New Ebola case confirmed in eastern Congo, linked to previous outbreak A new case of Ebola virus has been confirmed in the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) said on Monday. Reuters Reuters

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World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia--WHO

Fri, 2022-08-19 05:18 — mike kraft

WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia LONDON (AP) — New coronavirus cases reported globally dropped nearly a quarter in the last week while deaths fell 6% but were still higher in parts of Asia, according to a report Thursday on the pandemic by the World Health Organization. AP NEWS

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At a press briefing Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said reported coronavirus deaths over the past month have surged 35%, and noted there had been 15,000 deaths in the past week.

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COVID-19 remains a global health emergency--WHO

Tue, 2022-07-12 22:20 — mike kraft

WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly 2-1/2 years after it was first declared. Reuters Reuters

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US monkeypox cases top 600 in 34 states

Sat, 2022-07-09 05:40 — mike kraft

US monkeypox cases top 600 in 34 states WHO data show that, among monkeypox patients with known HIV status, 41% are HIV-positive. CIDRAP

The monkeypox virus outbreak is growing in the United States and elsewhere, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now reporting 605 cases in 34 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

New York has the most cases, with 122, followed by California with 116 and Florida with 64.

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U.N. agencies warn of "looming catastrophe" in world food situation

Thu, 2022-07-07 05:55 — mike kraft

World hunger rising as U.N. agencies warn of "looming catastrophe" World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration on an "unprecedented scale" this year, according to U.N. agencies. Maytaal Angel Reuters

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WHO: More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported, emergency meeting set

Thu, 2022-07-07 00:55 — mike kraft

WHO: More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported, emergency meeting set More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, the World Health Organization said. Reuters Reuters

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