Disease outbreaks

The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations.COVID-19 is still killing hundreds…
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NICE, France -- Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials have “invited" or “recommended” people to go back to using face masks but stopped short…
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Health authorities in Africa say they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak there as an emergency and are calling on rich countries to share the world's…
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NEW YORK -- One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin, health officials said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and…
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OTTAWA -- Canada’s chief public health officer is warning of a possible COVID-19 resurgence in the fall and winter.Theresa Tam said Thursday the circulating omicron subvariants BA.4 and…
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U.S. regulators told COVID-19 vaccine makers Thursday that any booster shots tweaked for the fall will have to add protection against the newest omicron relatives.The Food and Drug…
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BEIJING -- Shanghai is moving to allow in-person dining and reopening its Disney Resort theme park as domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 in China’s largest city remain at zero…
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. health officials said Wednesday they have agreed to purchase another 105 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in anticipation of a fall booster campaign.The…
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For New York musician Erica Mancini, COVID-19 made repeat performances.March 2020. Last December. And again this May. “I’m bummed to know that I might forever just get infected,” said…
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