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FRIDAY, Aug 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – A total of 84 people across four states have now been made ill by E. coli, in an outbreak possibly tied to contaminated lettuce used in sandwiches sold at Wendy’s restaurants. “Since the last update on August 19, 2022, 47 more illnessesContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, Aug. 25, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The number of monkeypox cases around the world dropped by 21% in the last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday. This significant decline may signal that the outbreak in Europe is finally waning, the WHO report suggested. WHO reported nearly 6,000Continue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Fecal transplant treatments could infect patients with monkeypox, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned. Since May, an outbreak of monkeypox has been spreading in multiple countries, including the United States. Nearly 16,000 people in the United States have already been infectedContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Health authorities are investigating a parvovirus-like illness that has killed more than 30 dogs in northern Michigan, most within three days. The dogs died in Otsego County after showing symptoms such as vomiting and bloody stool, signs of canine parvovirus, but tests wereContinue Reading

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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Pfizer’s modified COVID-19 vaccine for use in children under 5 was 73% effective in shielding them from infection during the Omicron surge this spring, company data released Tuesday shows. The specially formulated doses for America’s youngest children were approved for distribution in June,Continue Reading

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MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Back in 2006, doctors began recommending the first vaccine for the common sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), with the shots carrying the potential to lower the risk of certain cancers. Now, a new study shows the vaccine has been wildly effective, nearly eliminatingContinue Reading

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MONDAY, Aug 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) – – Amid an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people in four states, the Wendy’s fast food chain has removed romaine lettuce from its sandwiches in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “A specific food has not yet been confirmed as theContinue Reading

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MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — After testing positive for COVID-19 last week, First Lady Jill Biden left isolation on Sunday following two negative test results. She had been isolating on Kiawah Island, S.C., where she had tested positive while vacationing there with her husband, President Joe Biden, andContinue Reading

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FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Medieval monks were much more wormy than average folks, a new archaeological analysis has revealed. Those living in medieval Cambridge were nearly twice as likely to be infected by intestinal parasites as city dwellers, researchers found. Even though Augustinian friars had access toContinue Reading

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THURSDAY, Aug. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio. The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths, and investigators have not yet found a food source responsibleContinue Reading