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Pregnant Women Who Get COVID Vaccine Pass Antibodies to Newborns
Expectant moms who receive mRNA Covid-19 vaccines pass antibodies to their newborns, researchers find.
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Dog Contracts Monkeypox From Owners, Prompting Change to CDC Guidance
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2022
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Adding yet another wrinkle to the monkeypox outbreak, a new case study suggests that peop...
How Worried Should You Be About New Reports on Polio?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2022
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Poliovirus detected in New York City wastewater last week put public health officials on high alert, as it indicates the potentially paralyzing virus is circulating widely in the area.
But infectious disease experts say there's no need for families of fully vaccinated ch...
Monkeypox May Get New Name to Curb Stigma
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 15, 2022
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MONDAY, Aug. 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Monkeypox could soon get a new name.
Th...
TPOXX Is the Only Monkeypox Treatment -- If You Can Get It
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- August 10, 2022
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- What if a rare viral illness with the potential to cause excruciating pain was in fact treatable, but the only drug for that use was nearly impossible to get, despite being in plentiful supply?
That is preci...
Climate Change Making 218 Infectious Diseases Even Worse
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- August 9, 2022
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Flooding, heat waves and drought have made 58% of infectious diseases worse, a new analysis claims.
For the review of previous studies, published Aug. 8 in the journal Nature Climate Change,...
Australia's Current Flu Season Is Tough: Will America's Be the Same?
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- August 4, 2022
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As the worst flu season in five years winds down in Australia, U.S. health officials are bracing for similar severity this coming fall.
Why? The flu season in Southern Hemisphere countries like Australia can...
Cases of Potentially Deadly Parechovirus in Infants Are Surging
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- August 3, 2022
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Parechovirus, a virus that can cause severe illness in infants, is on the rise in parts of the United States.
Twenty-nine infants were admitted to the Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University Medical Cent...
New U.S. Monkeypox Coordinator Named as California, Illinois Declare Public Health Emergencies
- By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- August 2, 2022
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The White House announced Tuesday that Robert Fenton Jr., a regional administrator with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), has been named the country's new monkeypox coordinator.
The n...
Having Kids Around Might Shield You From Severe COVID: Study
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- August 1, 2022
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MONDAY, Aug. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Folks with young kids at home may be less likely than others to develop severe COVID-19, a new study suggests.
Children bring home colds from day care and school and give them to their parents, and it's thought ...
'Unbearable': 3 Patients Tell of Monkeypox Ordeal
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- August 1, 2022
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What do a small business owner in the American Midwest, a corporate manager in Sao Paolo and a real estate lawyer in London all have in common?
All three are gay men. And though they're scattered across three continents, each has joined the ranks of more than 21,000 pati...
Flies, Roaches Probably Don't Spread COVID
- By Sydney Murphy HealthDay Reporter
- August 1, 2022
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You may not have even considered the possibility, but new research finds that flies and roaches are not likely to spread COVID-19.
Although public health professionals and officials now have a better understanding of how COVID-19 spreads, there are lingering concerns abo...
San Francisco, N.Y. State Declare Monkeypox Public Health Emergencies
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 29, 2022
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Both San Francisco and New York state declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, as they struggle to gain access to more resources to help contain the spread of the virus.
Abou...
Current Monkeypox Outbreak Is Showing Different Symptoms
- By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 29, 2022
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The monkeypox illness now spreading around the globe is showing some symptoms that are very different from those seen in previous outbreaks, a new study shows.
These unique symptoms include r...
US to Send Out 800,000 Doses of Monkeypox Vaccine
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 28, 2022
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THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Amid public concerns about a slow government response to monkeypox, U.S. health regulators on Wednesday signed off on the distribution of another 800,000 doses of vaccine to stem the outbreak.
Ancient DNA Points to Oral Herpes' Beginnings
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 28, 2022
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While the herpes virus that causes lip sores is common today, it has been difficult for scientists to find traces of it among ancient remains.
Now, researchers report they h...
'On Edge': Anxious Americans Line Up for Scarce Monkeypox Vaccines
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- July 27, 2022
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With 19,000 cases now reported in 75 countries, the World Health Organization
Biden Administration May Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 26, 2022
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As monkeypox continues to spread, with nearly 3,500 cases now reported in the United States, the Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the outbreak a public health emer...
COVID Reinfections Are Now Common. Will Getting a Booster Even Help?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 25, 2022
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Everyone in the United States knows someone -- often multiple someones -- who have been reinfected with COVID-19.
Despite vaccines, boosters and natural immunity, the highly infectious Omicron<...
WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 25, 2022
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Monkeypox, which has now spread to 75 countries and sickened at least 16,000 people, has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The decl...
As Monkeypox Cases Spike, U.S. Orders More Vaccine, Boosts Testing
- Dennis Thompson and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- July 15, 2022
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With monkeypox cases continuing to climb in the United States, federal health officials said Friday they have ordered another 2.5 million doses of monkeypox vaccine and boosted national testing capacity to respond to the outbreak.
The news comes not a moment too soon, as...
CDC Warns of Dangerous Virus Infecting Babies in Multiple States
- By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 15, 2022
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A virus dangerous to infants is spreading across the United States, and parents and pediatricians should be on the lookout for symptoms, federal health officials say.
Parechovirus has caused at least one infant death and has cropped up in multiple states since May, accor...
Coronaviruses Can Survive on Frozen Meat for a Month
- By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter
- July 13, 2022
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Had COVID? You might want to clean your freezer out.
A new study suggests that cousins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can survive on frozen meat and fish for up to 30 days.
The research -- pr...
New Omicron Subvariant Is Spreading in India, U.S.
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- July 11, 2022
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As the coronavirus continues to evolve, a new highly contagious Omicron variant is appearing in India and other nations, including the United States, experts say.
This new mutation - dubbed BA.2.75 - is concerning scientists because it appears to spread fast, bypas...
WHO Says Global Monkeypox Cases Have Jumped 77% in One Week
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- July 8, 2022
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More than 6,000 monkeypox cases in 59 countries have surfaced since the outbreak began in May, the World Health Organization confirmed Thursday.
Some Viruses Make People More Attractive to Mosquitoes
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- July 1, 2022
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When a mosquito bites and infects you with a virus like dengue or Zika, it also makes you smell good to other mosquitos, new research suggests.
That makes it more likely another one will bite, pick up the virus and carry it to the next victim.
"The virus can manipu...
FDA Tells Vaccine Makers to Update Boosters to Target Omicron Subvariants
- Steven Reinberg and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- June 30, 2022
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has asked vaccine makers to update their COVID-19 booster shots to target the Omicron subvariants known as BA.4 and BA.5.
Harnessing a Virus to Fight a Killer Brain Tumor in Kids
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- June 30, 2022
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A therapy that uses a virus to kill tumor cells can be safely given to children with a rare, incurable form of brain cancer, an early study has found.
The study -- published June 30 in the N...
Could Llamas Hold the Key to Fighting COVID-19?
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 29, 2022
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Llamas are more than beautiful creatures -- they could also help protect humans from COVID-19 and a large array of similar viruses.
Contained in their blood samples are tiny, robust immune particles that could protect against every COVID-19 variant, including
Paxlovid Cuts Odds for Hospitalization After Omicron Infection by 45%
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 27, 2022
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Paxlovid appears to living up to its reputation as the Tamiflu treatment for COVID-19, maintaining its effectiveness even against emerging variants, a new study shows.
The antiviral COVID pill reduced the risk of hospitalization by 45% when administered to people infecte...
WHO Says Monkeypox not a Global Health Threat for Now
- By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- June 27, 2022
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The spread of monkeypox should be closely monitored, the World Health Organization said...
NYC Opens First Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic in U.S.
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- June 24, 2022
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On Thursday, New York City became the first U.S. city to start offering the monkeypox vaccine to those at high risk for the disease.
The announcement follows sim...
Key Facts You Need to Know About Monkeypox
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- June 23, 2022
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Media reports about an outbreak of monkeypox may sound scary, but there's no need for most people to take special steps to avoid getting the viral illness, an infectious disease expert says.
Normal precautions recommended to prevent other diseases are sufficient, accordi...
Long COVID Could Be Half as Likely With Omicron vs. Delta
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- June 20, 2022
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The Omicron variant is less likely to give you long COVID than a previous strain of the virus, British researchers say.
Bout With Omicron Provides Little Immunity Against Reinfection
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- June 16, 2022
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If you battled a COVID-19 infection early in the pandemic, it probably won't protect you much from reinfection with Omicron and its subvariants, a new study warns.
WHO Experts to Decide if Monkeypox Is a Global Emergency
- By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
- June 15, 2022
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An emergency committee of independent experts will meet next week to determine whether the growing monkeypox outbreak that's spread to dozens of countries should be declared an...
COVID Symptoms Rarely Rebound After Paxlovid Treatment: Study
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- June 14, 2022
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Despite worries that COVID-19 symptoms can return after patients take the drug Paxlovid, such cases of rebound symptoms are actually rare, a new study shows.
Monkeypox Cases Rising Slowly in the U.S., CDC Says
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 10, 2022
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Monkeypox cases continue to climb in the United States, although gradually, federal health officials said Friday.
Public health officials have identified 45 cases of monkeypox across...
Monkeypox May Sometimes Spread Through the Air
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- June 8, 2022
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After adding, and then deleting, a recommendation that U.S. travelers wear masks to protect themselves from monkeypox, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still says that those traveling to countries where the disease is spreading and "other people who may be i...
U.S. Monkeypox Cases Now at 21, Two Strains Identified
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 3, 2022
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The number of known U.S. monkeypox cases has increased to 21 in 11 states, federal health officials announced Friday.
The cases are also concentrated largely among gay or bisexual men, with t...
How Many Days Do COVID Antibodies Stick Around?
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- June 3, 2022
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Adults who get COVID-19 could have antibodies circulating in their blood for nearly 500 days after infection, new research suggests.
"We now have a good estimate of how long antibodies last aft...
Vaccines Don't Shield Against Long COVID, But May Ease Symptoms
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 25, 2022
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Vaccinated people who experience a breakthrough case of COVID-19 are at risk for developing long-haul symptoms, though they are better protected against some of the worst ones, new data show.
Compared to the unvaccinated, people who had COVID shots had a 15% lower risk o...
Effectiveness of Antiviral Drugs Against Monkeypox Uncertain: Study
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 25, 2022
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Up until recently monkeypox infection outside of Africa was rare, but a look back at seven cases occurring in Britain over the past few years gives hints at what drugs work to fight the disease -- and which don't.
The need to better understand treatments for monkeypox be...
Gay Community Most Vulnerable to Monkeypox Threat, Vaccines Available Soon: CDC
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 23, 2022
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At a Monday media briefing, U.S. public health officials said they are tracking a handful of travel-related monkeypox cases that have been reported across the country.
Anyone can catch monkeypox, but at this time it appears to be "circulating globally in some parts of t...
What Is Monkeypox, and How Worried Should Americans Be?
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
- May 23, 2022
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A worrisome international outbreak of monkeypox, a less harmful cousin of the smallpox virus, has now reached the United States and Canada. As of Saturday, 92 confirmed cases of the illness, and 28 more suspected cases, have been reported across 12 countries, according to the ...
Repeat Infections With COVID-19 May Become the Norm
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 23, 2022
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COVID-19 might be easing into a new status as a widely circulating and somewhat harsher version of the common cold, experts say - a virus that folks could contract repeatedly, even if they were recently infected.
"[SARS-CoV-2] is destined to join four of its family membe...
U.S. Cases of Acute Hepatitis in Kids Keep Rising: CDC
- Ernie Mundell and Cara Murez HealthDay Reporters
- May 19, 2022
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The number of American children affected by acute hepatitis of unknown cause continues to grow, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on ...
Massachusetts Man Has Monkeypox, Following Clusters in Europe
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 19, 2022
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The first U.S. case this year of a rare and potentially fatal virus known as monkeypox has been diagnosed in a man in Massachusetts who recently traveled to Canada, the U.S. Centers for Disease Con...
More Cases of Monkeypox Emerge in Portugal as Outbreak Widens
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- May 18, 2022
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After four new cases of typically rare monkeypox infection were spotted in Britain earlier this week, the illness has now been confirmed in five young men in Portugal and 15 other suspected cases a...
Rare Cases of Monkeypox Diagnosed in Britain
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- May 17, 2022
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Four men in England have been infected with a "rare and unusual" monkeypox virus.
Investigators from the United Kingdom's Health Security Agency are investigating the cases and whether there ...
Smell, Taste Loss Less Likely With Newer COVID Variants: Study
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- May 11, 2022
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Since the early days of the pandemic, loss of smell and taste have been tied to COVID-19 infection. But a new study shows those telltale traits are much less likely with the Omicr...