2 d. ago Major outbreak fears as world's most infectious disease hits Shakira concert at Metlife stadium

Fans who attended this major concert may have been exposed to measles, public health officials in the US warned today.

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3 d. ago A ‘groundbreaking’ pandemic agreement for tackling disease outbreaks has been agreed. What does it mean?

Negotiations to ensure richer countries share vaccines and drugs with poorer countries during health emergencies had threatened to derail negotiations, writes Rachel Schraer

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4 d. ago World agrees pandemic accord for tackling outbreaks of disease

Hailed as ‘a victory for public health,’ the agreement aims to build on the lessons of Covid-19 and protect the globe from pathogenic threatsA pandemic agreement governing how the world should work together to tackle future disease outbreaks has been adopted by global leaders after three years of negotiation.Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said it was “a victory for public health, science and multilateral action”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago WHO members adopt a 'pandemic agreement' born out of the disjointed global COVID response

The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus

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9 d. ago World's most infectious disease hits major US city of 8 million prompting major outbreak fears

The outbreak of the world's most infectious disease that began in West Texas has officially spread to a major city.

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1 week ago Trump health cuts create ‘real danger’ around disease outbreaks, workers warn

Key programs from child-support services to HIV treatment also gutted, leaving global populations vulnerableMass terminations and billions of dollars’ worth of cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have gutted key programs – from child support services to HIV treatment abroad – and created a “real danger” that disease outbreaks will be missed, according to former workers.Workers at the HHS, now led by Robert F Kennedy Jr, and in public health warned in interviews that chaotic, flawed and sweeping reductions would have broad, negative effects across the US and beyond. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Doctors warn of second deadly viral outbreak as cases of Victorian

Whooping cough is making a comeback in the US. There have been 8,472 cases of the vaccine-preventable disease so far this year, more than double the number from the same period last year.

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