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Viruses related to deadly human diseases found in Chinese bats

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends conducting tests under maximum biological containment conditions with specimens transported using a triple packaging system.
International

Why the deadly Marburg virus is an increasing threat in Africa

The meeting will be attended by members of an alliance of health experts who oversaw the global response to Covid-19 and include global health agencies such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
International

WHO, partners meet to avoid Covid failures on fair medical access for mpox

FILE PHOTO: Christian Musema, a laboratory nurse, takes a sample from a child declared a suspected case of Mpox at the treatment centre in Munigi, following Mpox cases in Nyiragongo territory near Goma, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo July 19, 2024. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi/File Photo
Consumer & Healthcare

What is Mpox, how does it spread and is there a vaccine? All you need to know

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 9, 2022 shows vials of the JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine are prepared at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California. Shares of the pharmaceutical laboratories of Bavarian Nordic in Denmark, which manufactures a specific vaccine against the mpox, jumped up on August 15, 2024 following the decision of the World Organization of Health WHO to consider the resurgence of monkeypox cases together with an urgent need for health care in the world. A surging mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent's health agency on August 13, is being driven by a new, more transmissible strain of the virus. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS) for the deadly disease. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
Consumer & Healthcare

Mpox vaccine maker Bavarian wants approval for adolescents

People travelling from countries where virus outbreaks have occurred, who have been in contact with mpox cases or display symptoms should “take the initiative to declare to customs when entering the country”, says China’s customs administration.
International

China to screen arrivals for mpox symptoms

This is the first time we have detected this virus in humans in the UK, though it is very similar to viruses that have been detected in pigs,” says UKHSA incident director Meera Chand.
International

Britain detects first human case of flu strain similar to pig virus

People receive treatment for dengue fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dengue fever, while often asymptomatic, is also known as “break bone fever” for the severity of the joint pain and spasms that some patients experience.
Companies & Markets

First pill for dengue shows promise in human challenge trial

There is urgent need for new approaches to tackle antibiotic resistance and biofilms, particularly as no new classes of antibiotics have been discovered since the 1980s.
Opinion & Features

How AI is joining the fight against superbugs

The Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is the strain targeted by vaccines in upcoming Covid booster shots.
International

US CDC tracks new lineage of virus that causes Covid

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