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Europe to consider “dose-sparing” to increase monkeypox vaccine, WHO seeks trials

By Natalie Grover and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Health officials in Europe are discussing wh...

10th August, 2022

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UK issues new ‘extreme heat’ warning for England and Wales

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s weather service on Tuesday issued an amber “Extreme...

9th August, 2022

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Climate change puts Lyme disease in focus for France’s Valneva after COVID blow

By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – With climate change spurring more cases of tick-borne Lyme dise...

8th August, 2022

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Why some heatwaves prove deadlier than others

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s record-breaking heatwave last month saw England and Wal...

2nd August, 2022

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India confirms Asia’s first monkeypox death

By Jose Devasia and Chris Thomas KOCHI, India (Reuters) – India confirmed its first monkeypox death...

2nd August, 2022

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‘Living with COVID’: Where the pandemic could go next

By Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – As the third winter of the corona...

1st August, 2022

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Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic

By Jennifer Rigby SPIEZ, Switzerland (Reuters) -The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal...

1st August, 2022

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WHO says more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox globally, most in Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 cou...

27th July, 2022

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Monkeypox emergency could last months, with window closing to stop spread, experts say

(Clarifies that number given for at-risk population refers to UK only) By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reu...

27th July, 2022

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Britain’s health service facing worst staffing crisis, say lawmakers

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s state-run National Health Service (NHS) is facing i...

25th July, 2022

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EU states should act now for COVID-19 waves in winter-official

NICOSIA (Reuters) – EU member states should start preparing now for a new wave of the COVID-19 pande...

25th July, 2022

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Bavarian Nordic monkeypox vaccine wins EU approval

OSLO (Reuters) – Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the European Commission...

25th July, 2022