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Newer Mpox Strain Poses Bigger Risk to Young Women -- Study

Tue, 2024-10-22 09:45 — mike kraft

Mpox Outbreak: Girls May Be More Susceptible to Newer Strain, Study Shows Girls and young women may be more susceptible to an infectious subvariant of the virus that causes mpox that has spread from Democratic Republic of Congo to neighboring countries, a study showed. Antony Sguazzin Bloomberg

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Germany detects first mpox variant Ib case

Tue, 2024-10-22 09:40 — mike kraft

Germany identifies its first case of new mpox variant

BERLIN, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The first case of the new mpox variant has been detected in Germany, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for public health said on Tuesday, adding that it viewed the risk to the wider population as low.

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Bird flu infections found in four Washington state poultry workers

Tue, 2024-10-22 09:31 — mike kraft

CHICAGO — The CDC is deploying a team to Washington state to assess the health of farm workers who culled poultry suffering from bird flu after four workers are presumed to have been infected by the virus, U.S. and state health officials said on Monday.

The infections would make Washington the sixth state to identify human cases this year.

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Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda Wanes But Mpox Continues to Spread

Mon, 2024-10-21 10:56 — mike kraft

Rwanda’s Marburg Outbreak Wanes But Mpox Continues To Spread - Health Policy Watch While Rwanda appears to have its Marburg virus outbreak under control with no new cases reported in the past three days in Rwanda, mpox continues to spread – Health Policy Watch

While Rwanda appears to have its Marburg virus outbreak under control with no new cases reported in the past three days in Rwanda, mpox continues to spread – now affecting 18 countries with 3051 new cases in the past week.

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Disinformation issue: Canadian PM testifies that Russia helped fund anti-Vax promoters

Mon, 2024-10-21 10:12 — mike kraft

Justin Trudeau Testifies That Russia Funded Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson in Support of Their Anti-Vax Covid Claims | Video The Canadian prime minister made the allegations under oath at the nation’s Foreign Interference Commission The post Justin Trudeau Testifies That Russia Funded Tucker Carlson and Jordan Peterson in Support of Their Anti-Vax Covid Claims | Video appeared first on TheWrap. Yahoo News

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US States With 'High' Wastewater Viral Activity shown in new map --CDC

Mon, 2024-10-21 09:44 — mike kraft

COVID map update: US states with "high" wastewater viral activity revealed "High" levels still persist in eight states, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Newsweek

Coronavirus levels in wastewater remain "high" in certain states, despite low levels of the virus nationwide. Newsweek has revealed this variability in a map based on data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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