The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared an international health emergency over a large and rapidly expanding outbreak of mpox that is spilling out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Further Reading. It is the second time in about two years that mpox's spread has spurred the WHO to...

Mpox outbreak is an international health emergency, WHO declares

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STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Global health officials on Thursday confirmed an infection with a new strain of the mpox virus in Sweden and linked it to a growing outbreak in Africa, the first sign of its spread outside the continent a day after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global public health emergency.

WHO confirms first case of new mpox strain outside Africa as outbreak spreads

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Kristen Brady

This week, Dutch lawyer Meike Terhorst discusses EU’s plan for an EVC (European Vaccination Card), a global push toward implications for medical and health freedom and digital ID.

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(Reuters) -Emergent BioSolutions said on Monday it would donate 50,000 doses of its smallpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other impacted countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to address the current mpox outbreak.

Emergent to donate 50,000 vaccine doses to address mpox outbreak in Africa

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Explore Beaufort SC

The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

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Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods.

Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills near two dozen, sickens hundreds

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The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Moscow (AFP) – Russia's prosecutor general on Monday said it had banned a foundation started by US film star George Clooney and his human rights lawyer wife Amal. "The activities of The Clooney Foundation for Justice are declared undesirable on the territory of our country," it said in a statement.

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

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Kenyan police launched a “major security operation” on Tuesday after the escape of a suspected serial killer, believed to have murdered dozens of women. He had been arrested on July 15 after the discovery of mutilated bodies in a rubbish dump in the capital, Nairobi, and had confessed to killing 42 women.

Suspected serial killer of dozens of women in Kenya escapes from police station

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

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London (AFP) – Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour wraps up its European leg in London on Tuesday, after the American megastar wowed hundreds of thousands of fans across a dozen countries. "I wish I could have toured Europe more. This is a dream crowd," the 34-year-old singer told fans at...

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Bengaluru (India) (AFP) – Saving lives was the childhood dream for 28-year-old Indian doctor Radhika, but after the brutal rape and murder of a colleague her own safety has increasingly become a top concern. Earlier this month, at the government-run hospital where Radhika works in the eastern city of...

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(Precision Vaccinations News) — According to local news reporting, an official with the health ministry said that Pakistanis traveling through Iran are being screened for dengue fever. “Health stations have been established in Mirjaveh and Rimdan borders, in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, to screen Pakistanis to prevent the entry of travel-associated...

Dengue Screening Launches in Eastern Europe

Three thousand holidaymakers were evacuated from a campsite in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, on Sunday night, due to a fire that caused eleven minor injuries before being brought under control, according to the fire department and the prefecture. Story by France 2 and Vedika Bahl.

Fires in the South of France: campsite evacuated, 11 slightly injured

During a July 24 discussion, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi laid out hopes for future US engagement with his country. Tshisekedi emphasized the critical role of US leadership in addressing the DRC’s security challenges. He requested US assistance to achieve lasting stability and ended by advocating for stronger US-DRC and US-Africa partnerships for mutual development.

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A nationwide strike by healthcare workers launched after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old female doctor in Kolkata has escalated, with protests taking place across India in favor of stronger laws to protect medical personnel and better protection for women. Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans...

Thousands in India join nationwide protests over doctor's rape and murder

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Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, public health agency says

Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency...

Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, public health agency says

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