People at high risk of severe disease who have yet to get a second COVID-19 booster should not wait for next-generation, Omicron-targeted vaccines expected in the fall, five vaccine experts … Read More
The carcasses of thousands of migrant seabirds have washed up on the shores of eastern Canada this week and preliminary findings showed that the birds died of avian flu. Since … Read More
The Biden administration might declare monkeypox a public health emergency in the coming days, according to reports. Sources familiar with the matter told Politico the declaration could happen as soon … Read More
Dr. Corinne Stern is a different kind of doctor. Instead of helping sick patients get better, Stern’s job is to get to the bottom of what killed a person — … Read More
The oldest patient yet has been cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukemia, researchers reported on Wednesday. While the transplant was planned to treat the now-66-year-old’s … Read More
U.S. health regulators on Wednesday confirmed that 800,000 doses of the much-needed monkeypox vaccine will soon be available for distribution. The announcement comes nearly two weeks after the Food and … Read More
New York City’s health department is calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to immediately rename the monkeypox virus. In a letter to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gehebreyesus, Department … Read More
The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the United States for the week ended July 23, the U.S. Centers for … Read More
A Florida boy is said to have been hospitalized for contracting brain-eating amoeba otherwise known as, Naegleria fowleri – a potentially deadly parasite that attacks brain tissue – after he … Read More
As the monkeypox virus becomes a health concern that Americans seem to hear about more and more, what are some of the best practices for avoiding the virus — and … Read More
