GENERAL MEDICAL NEWS
JABS UP Parents rush to get chickenpox jabs as cases of monkeypox surge – how to tell them apart
PARENTS have rushed to get their kids vaccinated against chickenpox due to fears surrounding an uptick in monkeypox infections. In the last six weeks the number of people who have had a jab for chickenpox has gone up by 146 per cent. Data from Well Pharmacy shows that...
Hepatitis A Symptoms as FDA Probes Outbreak Possibly Linked to Strawberries
An outbreak of hepatitis A infections in several U.S. states and Canada potentially linked to fresh organic strawberries from the FreshKampo and HEB brands is under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
WHO upgrades global monkeypox threat to ‘moderate
Washington: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday announced that it has decided to upgrade the threat from monkeypox to the world to 'moderate' from 'low', as the tropical virus spreads to dozens of countries, The Daily Mail reported. The WHO said that the...
Monkeypox outbreak could be just ‘the peak of the iceberg’, WHO warns
Monkeypox outbreak could be just ‘the peak of the iceberg’, WHO warns The World Health Organization has warned that 200 monkeypox cases found in recent weeks outside countries where the virus usually circulates could be just the beginning. “We don’t know if we are...