Canada, France, Germany, Spain, and the U.S. have promised to donate mpox vaccines from their own stores to African nations which are currently battling an outbreak of the disease. The World Health Organization declared the current mpox outbreak a global public health emergency in August. The European Union has pledged 215,000 vaccine doses to affected…
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News Why Relief Agencies Are Rushing Polio Vaccines to Gaza
A wider outbreak in the conflict zone would be difficult to contain and could spread far, experts fear. Related Posts Netanyahu Pushes Back on Idea of Palestinian Authority Running Gaza Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said that his country must retain security control over the Gaza Strip “for as Read more State Dept. Workers…
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News No Vaccines, Tests or Treatments: Congo Lacks Tools to Confront Mpox
The country at the center of a global health emergency is struggling even to diagnose cases and provide basic care. Related Posts Several Alzheimer’s vaccines enter clinical trials amid breakthrough treatments’ success Breakthrough Alzheimer’s treatments that remove toxic proteins from the brain have revived interest in vaccines to treat the memory-robbing disease, Read more Rebel…
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News As Polio Vaccines Arrive in Gaza, Distributing Them Is the Next Challenge
UNICEF is pushing for a pause in the fighting to allow health workers to get two doses to every child, after Gaza recorded its first polio case in 25 years. Related Posts Netanyahu Pushes Back on Idea of Palestinian Authority Running Gaza Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said that his country must retain security…
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News Judge rules RFK Jr. can sue Biden administration over alleged censorship of charity that questions vaccines
A federal judge ruled Tuesday Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. can sue the Biden administration over alleged social media censorship of his Children’s Health Defense charity, which questions the safety of vaccines. “The Court finds that Kennedy is likely to succeed on his claim that suppression of content posted was caused by actions of Government Defendants,…
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News Why Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need
Drugmakers have supplies ready to ship that are necessary to stop a potential pandemic. But W.H.O. regulations have slowed access. Related Posts Opinion | Progressives Aren’t Liberal Remember when “liberal” was a dirty word? In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, who often prefaced it with a damning “tax Read more Several Alzheimer’s vaccines enter clinical trials…
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News Vaccines Significantly Reduce the Risk of Long Covid, Study Finds
In the first two years of the pandemic, the rate of long Covid was starkly lower among people who were vaccinated, researchers reported. Related Posts New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study The handful of patients had severe heart disease that had caused chest pain and heart attacks. After trying available cholesterol-lowering…
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Kenya news Eight million doses of childhood vaccines arrive
Principal Secretary for Medical Services Harry Kimtai Over eight million doses of childhood vaccines have arrived at Kitengela Central Vaccine store in Kajiado county. Medical Services Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai who received the consignment at the Kenya Central Vaccine Store in Kitengela says the government used Ksh 1.25 billion to acquire the vaccines which will…
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Kenya news Government to distribute childhood vaccines in regional depots from Friday
file picture Childhood vaccines have arrived at the Central Vaccine Stores in Kitengela, the government has said. According to a statement, Principal Secretary at the State Department for Medical Services Harry Kimtai is expected to receive the over 8 million doses of childhood vaccines at the Kitengela Central Vaccine Store in…
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Kenya news Ministry of health receives crucial vaccines supply to address shortage – Kenya News Agency
The Ministry of Health has taken urgent steps to address the vaccine shortage in the country and has received a consignment of vaccines for Measles Rubella, Polio, Tetanus-Diptheria and BCG. Medical Services Principal Secretary (PS) Harry Kimtai said that the Ministry of Health has allocated Sh.1.25 billion to urgently procure routine childhood vaccines, including BCG, Oral…
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