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Global Healthcare   Tweet       Share Man in Sao Paulo hospital with Brazil's first monkeypox case -officials Health officials in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo confirmed the country's first case of monkeypox on Thursday. What to know about COVID vaccines for small children Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are due to meet in June to decide on whether to recommend authorizing Moderna Inc's vaccine for children below 6 years old, and Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE's COVID-19 vaccine for children below 5 years old. Spain to begin monkeypox vaccination of close contacts Spain will begin vaccinating close contacts of confirmed monkeypox cases after more than 242 people tested positive for the virus since May 19, the health ministry said on Thursday. Diabetes may increase long COVID risk; COVID while pregnant linked to baby brain development issues The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. What the WHO says on how to find COVID-19's origins, prepare for next pandemic A panel of experts drafted by the World Health Organization to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare a framework to investigate future outbreaks has published its first report. Pandemic's origins obscured by lack of Chinese data - WHO panel The World Health Organization said on Thursday its latest investigation into the origins of COVID-19 was inconclusive, largely because data from China is missing, another blow to its years-long effort to determine how the pandemic began. Age to buy cigarettes in England should rise every year, review says The legal age of sale for cigarettes in England should be raised by one year every year until eventually no one can buy tobacco products, a government-commissioned review said on Thursday. BioNTech to soon start mRNA vaccine factory construction in Rwanda COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech said construction of an mRNA vaccine factory to enable African nations to jump-start their own manufacturing network would start on June 23 in Rwanda. German vaccine authority recommends Imvanex for adults at risk of monkeypox Germany's vaccine advisory committee recommends that people over 18 who have been exposed to or are at increased risk of monkeypox infection receive Bavarian Nordic's Imvanex vaccine, it said on Thursday. Shanghai to conduct mass COVID testing in 7 of its 16 districts at weekend The Chinese commercial hub of Shanghai will carry out mass testing for COVID-19 in seven districts over the weekend, a local health official said on Thursday. Related Videos Monkeypox "will not be like COVID" - Spanish microbiologist Monkeypox can be contained if we act now: WHO N.Korea reports more deaths amid COVID lockdown Sponsors are not involved in the creation of these or any other Reuters news articles. Get Reuters News App To manage which newsletters you're subscribed to, click here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To contact us with feedback, reply to this email.                      © 2022 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036 Privacy Policy    |   Terms and Conditions