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Quick takes: EMA lifts chikungunya vaccine restriction, Nipah in India, expanded review for RSV vaccine
Testing at India’s National Institute of Virology has confirmed a third recent Nipah virus case from India’s Kerla state, ...
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Common-sense COVID nursing-home visitor policies not tied to higher risk of resident cases
Partial resident immunity from COVID infection early in the pandemic and infection-prevention measures that may have been in ...
Scientists crack the code on new vaccine for deadly plague bacteria
New bacterial mRNA vaccine technology shows promise in fighting plague, and could help address the global threat of ...
Plague makes a chilling return as patient drops dead within 24 hours
Just 24 hours after being admitted to hospital with symptoms of the pneumonic plague - a patient in Arizona tragically passed ...
A person in the US has died from the plague. Here’s what you should know
Animals such as rats can carry the bacterium that causes plague (Alamy/PA) ...
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Pneumonic Plague in Arizona: What to Know and How to Stay Safe
Pneumonic plague, a highly contagious and often fatal lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis, recently caused a death in ...
The crisis brewing in Sydney - and it has alarming public health consequences
One of Australia's biggest cities is facing a major crisis.
Plague claims northern Arizona resident
Pneumonic plague is caused by bacteria carried by species like rats and prairie dogs. Pneumonic and bubonic plague ...
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An Arizona Resident Died From the Plague. Here’s What to Know About the Rare Disease
The patient had the pneumonic plague, the rarest and deadliest form of the disease. Human cases remain very uncommon in the ...
Beyond health: The political effects of infectious disease outbreaks
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, bringing ...
Patient dies from the ‘Black Death’ plague less than 24 hours after symptoms first emerged
A PERSON has died from plague just 24 hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officials have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing ...