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Health care professionals prepare monkeypox vaccines at the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic in Chicago, Illinois

Health Aug 02

Local health authorities race to contain the highly contagious monkeypox virus

By Stephanie Sy, Dorothy Hastings

Health Feb 20

A community worker measures the body temperature of a man as police officers inspect his documents at a checkpoint set up at an entrance to a street in Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei province, China on February 20, 2020. China Daily via Reuters
New Chinese virus cases decline, but tracking method revised again

Another 114 people reportedly died from the new illness, COVID-19, as health inspectors went door-to-door to attempt to find every infected person in the worst-hit city of Wuhan.

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Health Feb 05

Passengers wearing protective masks, following confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, arrive at the departure area at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, in Manila, Philippines, February 5, 2020. Photo by Eloisa Lopez/Reuters
Novel coronavirus unknowns complicate quarantines around the world

With important details about the illness and how it spreads still unknown, officials and medical personnel are struggling.

By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

World Jan 20

A woman wearing a mask walks past a quarantine notice about the outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, China at an arrival hall of Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2020. Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Human-to-human transmission of coronavirus confirmed in China

A respiratory expert said two people in Guangdong province in southern China caught the disease from family members.

By Yanan Wang, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Health Jun 19

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Why the race to stop the next flu outbreak starts at state fairs and the beach

Public health officials agree the constantly mutating influenza virus has the potential to cause a major outbreak and a deadly global crisis. For the second part of the NewsHour’s series on preparing for such a pandemic, we examine how research…

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Aug 18

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We’re not close to being prepared for the next pandemic, says this doctor

By Judy Woodruff, Jason Kane

Is the world ready for the next pandemic? Dr. Raj Panjabi of Last Mile Health joined Judy Woodruff at the Spotlight Health Conference in Aspen, Colorado, to discuss the challenges and importance of preventing, identifying and preparing for the next…

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Jan 28

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Why is Zika virus spreading so quickly?

By PBS NewsHour

Weeks ago, hardly anyone in the U.S. knew what the Zika virus was. Now the mosquito-borne illness is raising serious fears, especially for pregnant women. Judy Woodruff talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health about the…

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More Cases of Contaminated Spinach Reported Across Country

Over one-hundred people in at least twenty-one states have become sick by eating spinach contaminated with E. coli bacteria according to the Food and Drug Administration, which advised consumers not to eat any fresh spinach until further notice.

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