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Hantavirus, Covid, Norovirus, Legionnaires': Why Are Cruise Ships So Prone To Disease Outbreaks?
Cruises are sold as floating holidays, but they are also useful for understanding public health. Cruise ships are carefully designed places where many people live, eat, relax and move through the same shared spaces for days at a time.
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Covid-19 Cicada Variant: Can Current Vaccines Protect Against BA.3.2 Subvariant?
The BA.3.2 sub-variant was first detected in South Africa in late 2024. The variant has been detected in at least 23 countries worldwide.
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New Cicada Covid-19 Variant BA.3.2 Detected In The US: Key Facts, Symptoms, Risk Factors Explained
A new Covid-19 subvariant, BA.3.2, nicknamed Cicada, is being tracked in the US and other countries. Experts say it carries multiple mutations, may evade immunity, but currently shows no clear rise in severe illness.
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Why Nipah Virus Isn't The Next Covid-19: 3 Diseases Might Be Bigger Pandemic Risks
Despite fears, Nipah virus is unlikely to spark a global pandemic like Covid-19 due to low human-to-human transmission. Highly contagious diseases such as measles or vector-borne viruses like dengue pose higher pandemic or epidemic risks. Here's why.
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Covid Variants Over Time: Alpha To Omicron To Stratus, Tracked And Explained
Since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in late 2019 the virus has spawned dozens of lineages, a handful of global "variants of concern" that changed the course of the pandemic.
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Covid And Other Infections Leave Lasting Impact: Chronic Fatigue, Brain Fog
Millions of people who recover from infections like COVID-19, influenza and glandular fever are affected by long-lasting symptoms.
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Nimbus: All About New Covid Variant That Causes "Razor Blade Throat"
New Covid Nimbus: Designated as NB.1.8.1, the Nimbus strain is a descendant of Omicron. WHO has listed it among six variants under close observation.
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Opinion | Is India Really At Risk Of A Monkeypox Outbreak?
The WHO, on August 14, declared the current upsurge of Mpox or Monkeypox in Central Africa as a global emergency requiring urgent action. Though India has not reported any cases yet, the Central government is keeping a close eye on the situation.
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Number Of New Covid Cases Increased 52% Globally In One Month: WHO
The number of new COVID cases increased by 52 per cent during the past four-odd weeks, the WHO said, with over 850 000 new cases reported during the period.
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WHO Chief Says China's Underreporting Lowering Global Covid Deaths Data
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the organization's data on the number of deaths from COVID-19 worldwide is lowered due to the under-reporting of cases by China.
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China Convinced Of "Final Victory" Over Covid As World Awaits Virus Data
Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China's raging COVID-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government's mouthpiece newspaper on Wednesday rallied citizens for a "final victory" over the virus.
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Why China's Latest Covid Wave Has Sparked Global Panic
China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month.
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Administering 220 Crore Doses Of Covid Vaccine In India Highpoint Of 2022
2022 saw a new wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant of coronavirus which ultimately subsided, putting India along with the world on the route to normalcy before fresh concerns arose amid rise in cases globally at the fag end of the year.
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Centre, States To Work In "Collaborative Spirit" To Fight Covid: Health Minister
Taking note of the rising cases of Covid globally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said that the Centre and States need to work in "tandem" and in a "collaborative spirit" as was done during the previous surges.
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Covid Positivity Rate In India Declining Week By Week: Health Ministry
Amid the fresh global surge in the Covid cases by a new coronavirus variant, B.F7, the Centre government today assured the general public by saying that the Covid positivity rate in the country is declining week-on-week.
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Hantavirus, Covid, Norovirus, Legionnaires': Why Are Cruise Ships So Prone To Disease Outbreaks?
Cruises are sold as floating holidays, but they are also useful for understanding public health. Cruise ships are carefully designed places where many people live, eat, relax and move through the same shared spaces for days at a time.
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Covid-19 Cicada Variant: Can Current Vaccines Protect Against BA.3.2 Subvariant?
The BA.3.2 sub-variant was first detected in South Africa in late 2024. The variant has been detected in at least 23 countries worldwide.
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New Cicada Covid-19 Variant BA.3.2 Detected In The US: Key Facts, Symptoms, Risk Factors Explained
A new Covid-19 subvariant, BA.3.2, nicknamed Cicada, is being tracked in the US and other countries. Experts say it carries multiple mutations, may evade immunity, but currently shows no clear rise in severe illness.
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Why Nipah Virus Isn't The Next Covid-19: 3 Diseases Might Be Bigger Pandemic Risks
Despite fears, Nipah virus is unlikely to spark a global pandemic like Covid-19 due to low human-to-human transmission. Highly contagious diseases such as measles or vector-borne viruses like dengue pose higher pandemic or epidemic risks. Here's why.
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Covid Variants Over Time: Alpha To Omicron To Stratus, Tracked And Explained
Since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in late 2019 the virus has spawned dozens of lineages, a handful of global "variants of concern" that changed the course of the pandemic.
-
Covid And Other Infections Leave Lasting Impact: Chronic Fatigue, Brain Fog
Millions of people who recover from infections like COVID-19, influenza and glandular fever are affected by long-lasting symptoms.
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Nimbus: All About New Covid Variant That Causes "Razor Blade Throat"
New Covid Nimbus: Designated as NB.1.8.1, the Nimbus strain is a descendant of Omicron. WHO has listed it among six variants under close observation.
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Opinion | Is India Really At Risk Of A Monkeypox Outbreak?
The WHO, on August 14, declared the current upsurge of Mpox or Monkeypox in Central Africa as a global emergency requiring urgent action. Though India has not reported any cases yet, the Central government is keeping a close eye on the situation.
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Number Of New Covid Cases Increased 52% Globally In One Month: WHO
The number of new COVID cases increased by 52 per cent during the past four-odd weeks, the WHO said, with over 850 000 new cases reported during the period.
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WHO Chief Says China's Underreporting Lowering Global Covid Deaths Data
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the organization's data on the number of deaths from COVID-19 worldwide is lowered due to the under-reporting of cases by China.
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China Convinced Of "Final Victory" Over Covid As World Awaits Virus Data
Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China's raging COVID-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government's mouthpiece newspaper on Wednesday rallied citizens for a "final victory" over the virus.
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Why China's Latest Covid Wave Has Sparked Global Panic
China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month.
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Administering 220 Crore Doses Of Covid Vaccine In India Highpoint Of 2022
2022 saw a new wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant of coronavirus which ultimately subsided, putting India along with the world on the route to normalcy before fresh concerns arose amid rise in cases globally at the fag end of the year.
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Centre, States To Work In "Collaborative Spirit" To Fight Covid: Health Minister
Taking note of the rising cases of Covid globally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said that the Centre and States need to work in "tandem" and in a "collaborative spirit" as was done during the previous surges.
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Covid Positivity Rate In India Declining Week By Week: Health Ministry
Amid the fresh global surge in the Covid cases by a new coronavirus variant, B.F7, the Centre government today assured the general public by saying that the Covid positivity rate in the country is declining week-on-week.
