MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Francisco’s wounds began after he returned home to Mexico City from California in late June: First, two points on his buttocks. Then, a week later, lesions were all over his body, and his mouth was so full of sores that he could barely speak or drink water. “The pain was unspeakably …
State health officials said Monday that polio virus was present in wastewater in a New York City suburb a month before health officials announced a confirmed case of the disease last month, and urged residents to check their presence. They were vaccinated. The discovery of the disease from sewage samples collected in June meant the …
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LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic approaches in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning governments and exhausted residents alike to prepare for more waves of COVID-19. In the United States alone, there could be as many as 1 million infections a day this winter, Chris Murray, president of the Institute …
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Opinion and comment Editorials and other opinion content provide perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom reporters. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has expanded eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine to prevent the virus from spreading further. North Carolina Department of Health and …
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LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic approaches in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning governments and exhausted residents alike to prepare for more waves of COVID-19. In the United States alone, there could be as many as 1 million infections a day this winter, Chris Murray, president of the Institute …
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The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, but the United States is getting better at managing it. People are still getting infected, but the ease of availability of vaccines as well as new treatments has prevented the dangerous disease from crossing over into American hospitals. Most of the country has passed the COVID-19 pandemic. You may …
Employees work on a vehicle components production line during a government-organized media tour to a plant of German engineering group Voith, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Song Register now to get free unlimited access to Reuters.com Register China’s official manufacturing PMI for July missed expectations …
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – People at high risk of serious illness who have not yet received a second booster dose of COVID-19 should not wait for the next generation of Omicron-targeted vaccines expected in the fall, five vaccine experts told Reuters. In many countries, including the United States, the effect of Omicron BA.5 variant of the …
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 13 adults — 7.5% — has symptoms of COVID-19 that last at least three months after infection. Previous reports found that one in five COVID-19 survivors between the ages of 18 and 64, and one in four survivors aged 65 or older, had an …
A medical worker gives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech “Cominarty” coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine to a patient at the vaccination center in Ancenis-Saint-Gereon, France, November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo/File Photo Register now to get free unlimited access to Reuters.com Register July 28 (Reuters) – Here is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They …
