 | | | | The virus was present in wastewater in an NYC suburb a month before officials announced a confirmed case of the disease. Health officials urged residents to be sure they have been vaccinated. | | | | | | West Virginia's cities and counties reached a $400 million settlement on Monday with drug distributors McKesson Corp , AmerisourceBergen Corp and Cardinal Health Inc , resolving the local governments' allegations that the three companies fueled an opioid crisis in the state. | | | | | | Aug 1 (Reuters) - Around 70 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease as confirmed cases crossed 22,100 and the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency. (Full Story) | | | | | | The Hong Kong government's COVID-19 advisory panel recommended on Monday to lower the minimum age for vaccines to six months from three years, public broadcaster RTHK reported. | | | | | | Francisco's lesions started after returning home to Mexico City from California in late June: First, two spots on his buttocks. Then, a week later, lesions all over his body, his mouth so full of sores that he could barely talk or drink water. | | | | | | India confirmed its first monkeypox death on Monday, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the disease in the current outbreak. | | | | | | Macau will reopen public services and entertainment facilities, and allow dining-in at restaurants from Tuesday, authorities said, as the world's biggest gambling hub seeks a return to normalcy after finding no COVID-19 cases for nine straight days. | | | | | | As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of COVID-19. | | | | | | The governor of the State of New York Kathy Hochul late on Friday declared an emergency in the state over the continued spread of monkeypox. | | | | | | The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world's deadliest pathogens. | | | | | |
