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What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?
What is Disease X? Don’t panic! Disease X doesn’t exist yet – but it might one day. Disease X is…
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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.…
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What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway
Updated COVID-19 vaccines may be getting a little easier for adults to find but they’re still frustratingly scarce for young children. Health…
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5 Things We’ve Learned from COVID in Three Years
Three years ago, on March 11, 2020, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), announced that…
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FDA panel backs plan for annual COVID-19 booster, as new omicron subvariant continues to dominate in new cases
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted unanimously Thursday for Americans to get a once-a-year booster against COVID-19, with…
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China takes first steps to punish countries that imposed testing mandates for Chinese travelers
China on Tuesday suspended visas for South Koreans to enter the country for tourism or business in apparent retaliation for…
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Moderna, CureVac and Ocugen offer updates on COVID vaccines, while China cracks down on critics of government’s pandemic response
A flurry of announcements relating to COVID vaccines dominated headlines on the pandemic on Monday, with Moderna telling investors it…
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UPenn developing ‘multivalent’ flu vaccine that could fight 20 strains
A universal flu shot may be on the horizon. A University of Pennsylvania researcher believes he has created a one-and-done…
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WHO and the CDC declares measles as a global imminent threat, Covid to blame
A combined report from two major public health bodies has declared measles an “eminent threat” to the global community. Released…
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Hospitalizations on the rise in New York City as new COVID strains spread rapidly
Hospitalizations are rising again in New York City with the spread of new COVID-19 subvariants that are better at evading…
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