Federal officials are stepping up efforts to fight the disease after the first U.S. polio case in nearly a decade was discovered in Rockland County, N.Y.
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HHS announced actions the department will take following the Executive Order signed by President Biden.
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Health officials noted that “for every one case of paralytic polio observed, there may be hundreds of other people infected."
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said he anticipates a schedule "similar to that of the annual influenza vaccine, with annual updated Covid-19 shots matched to the currently circulating strains."
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Two suspects are at large. 15 people are known to be hospitalized. Some victims may have been targeted, Royal Mounted Canadian Police say.
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Health officials said the Harris County resident who died Sunday was a severely immunocompromised adult who had various serious illnesses.
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The Mississippi governor said the situation was “very different” from a boil-water notice, as the water itself would run out.
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The E. coli outbreak, from an unknown food source, has sickened 29 people, the CDC said. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever and vomiting.
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The World Health Organization says it’s holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory
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Experts warn that an explosion around the plant, which is being shelled, could leak radiation across Europe.
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"There is no speculation here whatsoever," the study's lead author said. "These are things that have already happened."
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A massive, lightning-sparked fire feeding on two oil storage tanks in Matanzas raged out of control and injured 121, according to the Cuba's health ministry.
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In long-awaited report, the Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission also revives disputed claims about virus’ origins
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With another hot weekend bringing temperatures into the low 90s by Saturday, wildfire risk is especially high in the Puget Sound region.
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The U.S. Coast Guard released the names of the nine passengers and pilot Tuesday who are believed to be dead since after a charter plane crashed near Seattle.
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A scary scene at a traveling carnival in India was captured on video on Sept. 4. Drop tower carnival ride crashes to the ground, injuring 16 people.
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Bomb Threat At Boston Children's Follows Libs Of TikTok Threats - Boston, MA - The Tuesday night incident closed streets around the hospital after a threat made by phone.
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Five people were hurt in an explosion at a Detroit building that authorities said was an illegal marijuana grow house, and officials suspect the blast is
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In the days before the 2020 election, social media platforms began experimenting with the idea of “pre-bunking”: pre-emptively debunking misinformation or
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A new virus has infected dozens of people in China, with researchers suggesting shrews might be a “natural reservoir” for the virus. Research published in The New England Journal of Medicine last week said that the Langya henipavirus was found in 35 people in the Chinese provinces of Henan and Shandong. Scientists said that 26…
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Tens of thousands of people in Michigan were issued a precautionary boil water advisory Saturday after authorities discovered a water break in Metro Detroit’s
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August 27, 2022 6:30 AM
“Bacteria are generally not harmful and are common throughout our environment,” statement issued by The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA). This is frightening. Of course if the PSI goes down in a water line system, it is rational to think if water is getting out in a break in the line than there is exposure for potentially something to get in. But a vague assumption in a statement declaring “generally” and “not harmful” does not invoke reassurance. Water testing results and details could help the community feel safer. “Boiling water” makes me think of the show “Alone” and the contestants who did NOT boil there “fresh, babbling brook” water and ended up air evacuated to the nearest hospital.
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Reports from Nigeria beginning in 2017 suggested the virus appeared to be spreading through sexual contact and affecting mostly young men.
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Reuven Alonalayoff, who worked at Hudson Regional Hospital, was charged with possession of an assault firearm and two counts of possession of a high-capacity magazine, Secaucus police said.
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At least 21 people contracted Shigella bacteria and six others became sick with the norovirus after visiting the splash park at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard, near Wichita, Kansas. Dozens of others also reported gastrointestinal illnesses.
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