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Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
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Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes 2017
Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 63: Medications for Opioid Use Disorder 8/2021
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For more information, Women's Equality Day: The 19th Amendment and the right to vote
On Aug. 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees American women's right to vote, was certified by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby. Ratification and certification of this amendment meant that United States citizen could not be denied the right to vote on the basis of gender. This amendment was a long time in the making; it was first introduced in 1878 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton but it took 41 years until Congress submitted the amendment to the states for ratification.
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It is hard to believe that it has been 23 years since I published the first webpages that turned into this Web site. Many thanks to the millions of visitors who contributed millions of hits during the past 23 years, and for all the nice comments along the way. I will continue to strive to make this Web site a worthwhile place to spend your time and find credible public health and health information. Thank you so much!
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For more information, see Contact Lens Week
For more information about coming eclipses, see Did you miss yesterday's total solar eclipse? Here's your next chance
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See the tiny black dot crossing the United States in this this animation of the August 21 solar eclipse? Only here that you can see a total eclipse of the sun. But everyplace within the much larger gray circle will see a partial eclipse
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A record number of Americans watched the 2017 solar eclipse -- and sought science afterward 8/2018
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For more information, see Mosquito Bites: Everyone is at Risk! @CDC_NCEZID
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For more information, see WHO's World Humanitarian Day
FAO's World Humanitarian Day
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For immunization information, see Immunization Schedules CDC
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Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2022, Earth Overshoot Day lands on July 28.
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For more information, see Minority Mental Health Awareness Month - July
For more info: World Mask Week
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CDC's National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program is hosting the sixth annual Tracking Awareness Week from July 12-16, 2021. CDC, state and local health departments, partners, researchers, and people interested in environmental health are coming together to highlight important nationwide environmental health issues as well as recognize the work of the Tracking Program.
The theme of this year's Tracking Awareness Week is Powered by Tracking. This theme will highlight unique data and tools on the Tracking Network that lead to public health action. Tracking is more than data! This theme will also highlight the network of people and partners that power the Tracking Network, and their contributions to creating healthier communities.
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As of June 26, 2022, there were over 4,000 cases globally.
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July 4, 2021 DC Fireworks
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A day to celebrate our togetherness.
If there is anything we've learned over the past year it is that we are unquestionably connected. There are millions of people across the globe who are taking action to prioritize the health and well-being of the entire global Human Family. #GlobalInterdependenceDay is a day to acknowledge and celebrate our togetherness. Together, we can elevate and amplify the actions of those trying to create a better tomorrow.
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Solar eclipse 2019: A total eclipse of the Sun will occur on July 2, 2019 (Image: GETTY)
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Solar eclipse 2019: The eclipse happens when the Moon blots out the Sun in the sky (Image: GETTY)
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As of July 1, 2022, we are still in pandemic mode, since March 11, 2020, when WHO declared the pandemic. COVID-19 has shown no signs of abating, as it comes in surges. Epidemiologists are trying to determine if there is any seasonality to the surges, although it looks like it is too soon to tell. We are in an Omicron sub-variant surge right now with several BA.2 sub-variants and BA.4 and BA.5 are rising, which may cause a surge in the fall.
July 1, 2022 - How do key COVID-19 metrics compare to previous waves?
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The way I see it, unless new cases consistently drop over time, we are not in control. While fewer people are dying or being hospitalized, this does not mean the virus is dying out. An explanation for fewer deaths and hospitalizations is there are more people vaccinated now than a year ago. However, there is still not enough people who are fully protected to prevent the virus from finding a home in unprotected or unvaccinated people. And, as long as the virus can infect someone, it will replicate and mutate, which is exactly what it is doing quite proficiently.
Although most of the preventive practices have fallen apart because various entities have decided to drop the mandates either through declaring they are no longer necessary, or by default by not enforcing such measures as masking, social distancing, requiring proof of testing negative or proof of vaccinations. According to a June 10, 2022 US News and World Report article, 2/3s of Americans should be wearing masks because of high community spread. (https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-06-10/cdc-67-of-americans-should-be-wearing-masks-indoors-or-considering-it)
Those who continue to suffer are the millions who are immunocomromised with pre-existing conditions for which there is no cure, thus, leaving these people vulnerable to infection, hospitalization and death. Researchers have found that infected immunocomprised people are ideal for COVID-19 mutations.
Data sources for COVID-19 metrics have fallen apart from entities not consistently reporting on new cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The CDC recommendation to check community spread to determine just how safe it is to go without preventive measures is laughable when the data are incomplete, underreported, or not reported all. No one is sure how many tests are being done as the use of home-testing is not tracked in any consistent manner. The most current map provided shows that only 2.17% of the U.S. has low transmission, yet not everyone is masked or social distancing. People are out socializing in crowded indoor venues.
June 25, 2022
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The emphasis on the use of wastewater surveillance methods is promising, but the data collected are not appropriately analyzed to yield actionable findings. The CDC's Web site (https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#wastewater-surveillance) provides a map plotting wastewater data sources, a recently added wastewater metric chart and a list of the results from these sources. None really useful for the average citizen to use to determine how bad COVID-19 is spreading in a particular community.
However, CDC selected Biobot Analytics to "Expand National Wastewater Monitoring" in May 2022, and the data presentations on The Biobot Network of Wastewater Treatment Plants have been very useful (https://biobot.io/press-release/u-s-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-selects-biobot-analytics-to-expand-national-wastewater-monitoring/), judging by the number of likes my tweets of these data have been, which show how regional analyses can really help communities see if they have high community spread, and if they are worse off than other communities.
June 25, 2022
Source: https://biobot.io/data/
U.S. vaccination rates have been dismal, and how these data are reported can be deceptive. For example, citing statistics for "at least one shot" may yield the highest percentage possible, but is meaningless in terms of assessing the impact of vaccination against COVID-19, as one shot IS NOT PROTECTIVE against COVID-19.
Furthermore, with the rise of numerous subvariants, boosters have become necessary. Although at this point it is not clear how many boosters will be needed, the frequency of boosters, and for whom. Thus, another misnomer that confuses the proper presentation of vaccination rates is referring to the original two-shot series (for PFizer and Moderna) or one shot (Johnson & Johnson) as "Fully vaccinated." Though it may be true, at the time, that the hope would be getting these initial shots would do the trick, it has turned out not to be case. Now, some have referred to the original vaccinations as the primary series, although no entity has bothered to clarify this to the public and the CDC still presents data for the two-series or one-shot J&J as "Fully vaccinated."
As of June 26, 2022, CDC still reports "At least one dose" (78.1%), "Fully Vaccinated" (66.9%), "First Booster Dose" (67.1%), "Second Booster Dose" for Population ≥ 50 Years of Age (26.1%), and for Population ≥ 65 Years of Age (32.7%). In the end, the percentage of the US population that can be considered fully protected is between 26.1% and 32.7%, or the number of people who actually got all the shots they were supposed to get, once the vaccine doses became available. Given how low the percentage is for the fully protected, vaccinations have been shown to reduce hospitalizations and mortality. One can only wonder how much better things could be if more people get fully vaccinated, and thus become fully protected.
June 24, 2022
Part of the problem for these low rates had to do when the Supreme Court ruled in January 2022 that large companies with many employees cannot mandate the vaccinations of their workers. It basically overstepped as the federal government already has an oversight agency to deal with the health and safety of workers, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). As a result of this decision, ALL people working for large companies were at risk for getting infected in the workplace. Terrible decision that it should not have made. (https://law.stanford.edu/2022/01/20/a-look-at-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-vaccination-mandates/)
The nomenclature imposed by the World Health Organization to identify COVID-19 variants and subvariants have not been useful and confusing. WHO dropping two Greek letters for unexplained reasons (some have alluded to political correctness) made little scientific sense.
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The use of Greek letters to name variants has not been specific enough to deal with the numerous subvariants that have emerged with the Omicron variant. Currently, the world has been dealing with a number of subvariants. According to GISAID's genomic sequencing, the number of Omicron subvariants continue to grow, but are all referred to as Omicron even though all have distinguishing characteristics and differ in how transmissible they are and how different groups of people respond differently to the sub-variants.
June 21, 2022
Source: GISAID
We still don't know who Patient Zero is. China has not been cooperative with WHO investigations. The predominately theory is still animal spillover at a wet market, but still no definitive animal has been identified. Unless something definitive comes up, the only "sure" explanation right now is the report that the pandemic started on November 17, 2019 and a 55 year old (no gender given) Hubei resident may be the index case.
The death toll from COVID-19 for the U.S. reached one million in early May 2022, approximately May 5, 2022, or so. The U.S., has the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in the world.
May 5, 2022
Preliminary 2021 statistics show that COVID-19 was either 1st, 2nd or 4th cause of death, depending on age group.
Source: https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/10/the-five-pandemics-driving-1-million-u-s-covid-deaths/
In January 2022, more people age 15 and older died of COVID-19 than cancer.
Source: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/covid-19-leading-cause-of-death-ranking/
In August 2021, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in the U.S.
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Last year, 600,000 deaths were reached on June 16, 2021. As of July 1, 2021, Biden's hope for 70% of the population to have at least one shot (even though Pfizer and Moderna require 2 shots for full protected) is being dashed as vaccination has come to almost a standstill in many counties with low vaccination rates.
If you think of March 11, 2020 as the start of the pandemic in the U.S., (when WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic), it's been 16 months with no end in sight. Vaccinations have been slowing down in recent months in the U.S., and many countries are slow in general vaccinating their citizens. Tokyo is still holding the Olympics even though surveys of Japanese citizens say they don't want it. It all comes down to money. If Japan pulls out now, it will cost the country millions.
As of July 1, 2021, 47.7% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated. If you look at only U.S. adults, it's 57%, so still not the proverbial 70% (but may need to be higher, depending on how bad the variants are in transmitting the virus) for herd immunity.
Efforts to get people vaccinated include offering free food and drinks, free trips and a chance to win big playing the lottery. There are reports that people would get the shot if they got paid $100. How avaricious people have become! Like, doing it because it's the right thing to do is no longer in the equation! This goes along with the reports of skepticism over why are people being bribed to get vaccinated? What a crazy world!
Masking continue to be an issue with some, especially after Rochelle Walensky added to the confusion why saying those vaccinated can rip off their masks. Some posit that it has become a social class thing where the rich don't need to wear masks and the working class do. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/style/are-masks-a-new-signifier-of-social-class.html
I reminded people about the October 2020 White House superspreader event where many were infected for not wearing a mask. (https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-hope-hicks-test-positive-covid-19-doubters-become-possible-ncna1241934; https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/white-house-contact-tracing/index.html; https://media11.s-nbcnews.com/i/MSNBC/Components/Video/202010/nn_pal_white_house_contact_tracing_201002_1920x1080.jpg) and, that vaccinations are protecting the vaccinated from getting infected (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-28/vaccinated-attendees-west-hoxton-birthday-party-avoid-covid-19/100249612)
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July 7, 2021
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July 7, 2021
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June 16, 2021 - US - 600,000 deaths from COVID-19
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Charcuterie’s link to colon cancer confirmed by French authorities; 
Trends and Disparities in Cardiometabolic Health Among U.S. Adults, 1999-2018; As violent crime declines, so do heart disease deaths; How Smoking Affects Heart Health; How does red meat raise heart disease risk?;
What Is TMAO? And Why Should You Avoid It?; 
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💕; Five COVID Numbers That Don’t Make Sense Anymore
It’s long past time to forget them all.; COVID-19 was third leading cause of death in the United States in both 2020 and 2021; Leading Causes of Death in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic, March 2020 to October 2021; Vaccinations Cut U.S. COVID Deaths by 58%: Study; Estimated Number of COVID-19 Infections, Hospitalizations, and Deaths Prevented Among Vaccinated Persons in the US, December 2020 to September 2021;
Here's How Many U.S. Deaths COVID Vaccines Prevented CDC estimates 1.6 million hospitalizations and over 200,000 deaths averted through fall 2021;WHO Tracks New Omicron Subvariant in India; First Cases of Newest Omicron Subvariant Reported in U.S.; Meet ‘Centaurus,’ the new ‘stealth Omicron.’ It was just found in the U.S. and may escape immunity more than any other COVID strain; Americans Reflect on Nation’s COVID-19 Response; What to Know About the New BA.2.75 Omicron Subvariant - Now spreading in at least 10 countries, but it's too soon to tell how virulent or deadly it is; ‘Headed in a bad direction’: Omicron variant may bring second-largest US Covid wave
The BA.5 sub-variant has immuno-evasive properties that cause reinfection even after vaccination and previous illness; Each COVID-19 Reinfection Increases Health Risks; As the BA.5 variant spreads, the risk of coronavirus reinfection grows; Citing risk from Omicron variant BA.5, White House urges Americans to get Covid-19 boosters; Effectiveness of 2, 3, and 4 COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Doses Among Immunocompetent Adults During Periods when SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2/BA.2.12.1 Sublineages Predominated - VISION Network, 10 States, December 2021–June 2022; Rates of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Vaccination Status; The COVID-19 Reinfection Loop and What It Means for Americans’ Health. The continued emergence of new coronavirus variants means that protection from COVID-19 is fleeting and that herd immunity is likely unattainable; What To Know About COVID-19 Variants; SARS-CoV-2 Viral Mutations: Impact on COVID-19 Tests; Will Omicron Subvariant BA.2.75 Be the Next COVID Threat?; Vaccinated Have Lower Heart, Stroke Risk From COVID - Korean nationwide data support yet another benefit of being fully vaccinated; Smoking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, disease severity, and mortality among patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections: Studies Throw Cold Water on COVID 'Lab Leak' Theory - Researchers say new analyses point to Wuhan market as early epicenter; The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was the early epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic; The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2; Newly published evidence points to Wuhan seafood market as pandemic origin point; Clinical and genomic signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Delta breakthrough infections in New York;
💕 Americans Reflect on Nation’s COVID-19 Response
Fewer than half say the country has given the right amount of priority to the needs of K-12 students, public health, quality of life; Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers;
💕 Smartphone apps in the COVID-19 pandemic; Digital epidemiology and tracking apps for COVID-19;
💕; Long COVID symptoms linked to inflammation; COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens; Estimates of long Covid are startlingly high. Here’s how to understand them; Experts Urge Caution in Rushing to Define Long COVID
— Specific definitions may overemphasize certain symptoms, harming those who don't fit the bill; Minimum Air Changes Per Hour (ACH) recommended for reducing COVID across 50 states; Factors Associated with Severe Outcomes Among Immunocompromised Adults Hospitalized for COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 10 States, March 2020–February 2022; Over 10% of COVID Hospitalizations Involve Immunocompromised People — Once hospitalized, no mortality difference between vaxxed and unvaxxed immunocompromised patients;; COVID Brain Problems May Stem From Attack on Endothelial Cells; Effectiveness of vaccination mandates in improving uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the USA; COVID-19 Vaccination Schedule At-a-Glance; Surveillance Testing: Gathering the Data on COVID-19; Bacterial and fungal isolation from face masks under the COVID-19 pandemic; Blood Viscosity Enters the Equation in COVID Mortality
— Its association with death may be unrelated to inflammation; Why You'll Need to Get COVID-19 Boosters Again and Again; Update Alert 8: Masks for Prevention of Respiratory Virus Infections, Including SARS-CoV-2, in Health Care and Community Settings; Sexual Dysfunction, Hair Loss Among Long COVID Symptoms
— Wider range of post-COVID symptoms emerge than previously thought; When you have covid, here’s how you know you are no longer contagious; Quarantine and Isolation; When you have covid, here’s how you know you are no longer contagious; Most COVID-Related Smell, Taste Dysfunction Resolved at 2 Years
— Cross-sectional survey showed 88% of patients recovered their senses at 2-year follow-up; Duration of Symptoms and Association With Positive Home Rapid Antigen Test Results After Infection With SARS-CoV-2; CDC: More Clots, Kidney Failure in Kids After COVID, Post-COVID symptoms run the gamut for kids and teens; Post-COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents - United States, March 1, 2020-January 31, 2022; Persistence of somatic symptoms after COVID-19 in the Netherlands: an observational cohort study; Profiling post-COVID syndrome across different variants of SARS-CoV-2 (Preprint); Long COVID Comes in Three Forms: Study; COVID Clean-Air 1-pager; Can COVID-19 Cause Hair Loss?
— Shedding may be induced by COVID-related stress, but hair will grow back, experts say;
Can Race-Based Diabetes Screening Thresholds Reduce Disparities?; 6 Things to Know about COVID-19 Vaccination for Children; 10,000 steps per day optimal in diabetes or prediabetes; New section: Insulin Resistance Syndrome; Insulin Resistance; Trends and Characteristics in Gestational Diabetes: United States, 2016–2020; The Acute Effects of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting Time in Adults with Standing and Light-Intensity Walking on Biomarkers of Cardiometabolic Health in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis; Short Walks After Meals Can Cut Diabetes, Heart Risks: Study; New section: Physical Activity Factors;
Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by climate change; New section: Henipavirus (also named Langya henipavirus, LayV) Henipavirus;
China's Shandong and Henan detect new zoonotic virus, 35 people reportedly infected; Surge in infectious diseases was inevitable, Dr. Michael Osterholm says;
National List of Reportable Animal Diseases; How dengue and Zika infections could make people more attractive to mosquitoes; The next epidemic may be here. The U.S. isn’t ready for it; A Closer Look at the Monkeypox Outbreak's Less Than Typical Symptoms - Current case definitions should be reviewed, English researchers say; Lesions, headaches, debilitating pain: Gay men with monkeypox share their stories. Men who have sex with men comprise the vast majority of monkeypox cases in this unprecedented outbreak. Eighteen of them talked to NBC News about their experiences; Monitoring People Who Have Been Exposed; #Monkeypox @CDCgov guidance: Monitoring People Who Have Been Exposed
Monitoring Exposed Healthcare Professionals; Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in Healthcare Settings; Monkeypox and Smallpox Vaccine Guidance; Infection Prevention and Control of Monkeypox in Healthcare Settings; Isolation and Infection Control: Home; Treatment Information for Healthcare Professionals; Interim Clinical Guidance for the Treatment of Monkeypox; Signs and Symptoms; Ghana reports first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease; Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Response to the Monkeypox Outbreak — Laboratory Response Network, United States, May 17–June 30, 2022; How Far Will Monkeypox Spread in the U.S.? — Testing and surveillance for both monkeypox and syphilis play a big role in the outcome; Monkeypox Outbreak - Nine States, May 2022; The monkeypox outbreak was avoidable and warning signs were ignored, expert says; New section: Parechovirus; Recent Reports of Human Parechovirus (PeV) in the United States—2022; CDC's monkeypox case count passes 1,000: Here's what you need to know. Monkeypox testing has been limited in the U.S.; Monkeypox Is Continuing to Surge Across the U.S. There are now over 1,400 confirmed cases in the U.S, along with over 10,000 cases globally; Monkeypox (DPH); Monkeypox 101) (DPH); Monitoring People Who Have Been Exposed; Smallpox/Monkeypox Vaccine (JYNNEOS™): What You Need to Know; Isolation and Infection Control: Home; Monkeypox Fact Sheet; What is parechovirus? Signs, symptoms and risk factors of the virus infecting babies across the country
The new cases in multiple states are from a parechovirus subtype that's associated with more severe disease in newborns and infants, the CDC said; Years of neglect leaves sexual health clinics ill-prepared for monkeypox; Monkeypox: Information for Providers; Monkeypox (Orthopoxvirus); Monkeypox virus could become entrenched as new STD in the US; Monkeypox Virus Infection in Humans across 16 Countries — April–June 2022; WHO Declares a Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox
The emerging viral illness joins polio and covid-19 in being deemed a public health emergency of international concern; Multi-Country Monkeypox Outbreak - Global Trends; New clinical symptoms identified in largest international case study series of confirmed monkeypox cases; Monkeypox spreading in 'cluster events,' but vaccines can help stop it, local health officials say; Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means; Epidemiologists warn the U.S. reaches a critical moment to contain monkeypox; What to know about polio, a disease once again vying for attention; How Monkeypox Can Present Like Common STIs - Some cases involve just a single genital lesion, large multinational series shows; Joint ECDC-WHO Regional Office for Europe Moneypox Surveillance Bulletin; WHO recommends men who have sex with men reduce sex partners to limit #monkeypox risk; WHO recommends gay and bisexual men limit sexual partners to reduce the spread of monkeypox; Monkeypox: Symptoms, pictures, treatments & vaccines; Public health advice for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men on the recent outbreak of monkeypox; Does Monkeypox Leave Scars?; Update for Clinicians on Testing and Treatment for Monkeypox; Update for Clinicians on Monkeypox in People with HIV, Children and Adolescents, and People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding; In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID; The campaign to rename monkeypox gets complicated; Ophthalmic manifestation of monkeypox infection; Red Cross beginning to screen blood donors for monkeypox; U.S. declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency; U.S. Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency - Move signals new urgency as cases rise;
Interim Guidance for Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox in Persons with HIV Infection — United States, August 2022; Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases — United States, May 17–July 22, 2022; Public health advice for gatherings during the current monkeypox outbreak; Monkeypox: The myths, misconceptions — and facts — about how you catch it; 5 things to know about monkeypox and skin: Analysis; Adult at day care tests positive for monkeypox, children potentially exposed; New York Health Department says hundreds of people may be infected with polio virus; The monkeypox outbreak: risks to children and pregnant women; 'Silent' spread of polio in New York drives CDC to consider additional vaccinations for some people; The polio outbreak of 1955: Lessons from an epidemic; What scientists know — and don’t know — about how monkeypox spreads; Monkeypox virus isolation from a semen sample collected in the early phase of infection in a patient with prolonged seminal viral shedding; Frequent detection of monkeypox virus DNA in saliva, semen, and other clinical samples from 12 patients, Barcelona, Spain, May to June 2022; Monkeypox Symptoms Tied to Specific Type of Sex Patients Had — High viral loads at point of transmission may be the link; Wastewater monitoring identifies polioviruses in New York City; The FDA recommends 3 home tests if you're exposed to COVID to boost accuracy; Paralysis-Causing Polio Has Been Detected in NYC Wastewater. The results suggest that the debilitating and deadly virus, once made almost extinct, is now circulating among the city's population. Monkeypox may be here to stay. The disease has gained a foothold among men who have sex with men, and experts warn that time is running out to stop the virus from spreading in the U.S. population more broadly.;
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