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[ad_1] Plague cases have been confirmed in fleas and animals in Colorado, as well as in the death of a 10-year-old girl, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment (CDPHE). Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis and is commonly found in rodent fleas. Most humans contract the plague by … Read more

[ad_1] SAINT ANTHONY – With COVID-19 numbers going in the wrong direction, San Antonio and Bexar County officials will hold a briefing at 2 p.m. on Friday. The press conference, which features San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, will be televised live in this article. Hospitals in Bexar County are … Read more

[ad_1] Authorities are said to be monitoring more than 200 people across the United States who may have been exposed to monkey pox after a person who contracted the virus in Nigeria returned to the United States in July. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with authorities in 27 states … Read more

[ad_1] A future oral coronavirus vaccine is about to begin clinical trials in Israel, and the developer believes it could help get vaccines to countries that are struggling to inoculate due to limited infrastructure. Oramed Pharmaceuticals has created a single-dose oral version of a future vaccine developed by India-based Premas Biotech, and announced in March … Read more

[ad_1] July 22 (UPI) – The 2020-21 influenza season was the lightest on record since at least 1997, the first year in which cases of the virus were tracked, according to data released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Well less than 1% of the more than 1.1 million samples collected from … Read more

[ad_1] As vaccines mitigate the threat of serious illness and death from Covid-19, millions of people remain at risk of developing a less severe but potentially debilitating array of long-term symptoms of the disease that scientists call long-term Covid. Most of the most vulnerable are found among unvaccinated youth who are unprotected against the Delta … Read more

[ad_1] India recorded its first bird flu death on Tuesday after an 11-year-old boy died in New Delhi from complications caused by an H5N1 bird flu virus, the India time reported Thursday. Health officials in New Delhi admitted the boy to the state-run Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on July 2 after showing symptoms, including … Read more

[ad_1] Fernanda Vega (Photo GoFundMe) PHOENIX – A man from Valley has said he will get his COVID-19 vaccine and wants others to use his family story as testimony after his wife, 47, died earlier this month after contracting the virus. Fernanda Vega de Tolleson died on July 13 in a hospital waiting room after … Read more

[ad_1] Ohio Department of Public Safety and Ohio EMS alert area doctors and emergency medical service providers after Ohio residents may have been exposed to Monkeypox virus on flights from from Nigeria, Atlanta and Dallas. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed a single case of monkey pox on July 15, 2021 in … Read more