Tag: Epidemics
Monkeypox spread to more than 20 countries, but outbreaks containable, WHO says
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the situat [...]
FDA commissioner Robert Califf expects shortage to end within two months
Shelves normally meant for baby formula sit nearly empty at a store in downtown Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022.Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty ImagesFood [...]
House grills FDA commissioner, Abbott executive on baby formula shortage
[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]The head of the Food and Drug Adm [...]
CDC says monkeypox doesn’t spread easily by air: ‘This is not Covid’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to calm public anxiety over how the monkeypox virus is transmitted, emphasizing that it doesn't s [...]
FTC launches investigation into infant formula shortage
A woman shops for baby formula at Target in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022, as a nationwide shortage of baby formula continues due to supply cha [...]
CDC officials sound alarm for gay and bisexual men as monkeypox spreads in community
A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification o [...]
Monkeypox outbreak is primarily spreading through sex, WHO officials say
An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about 200 confirmed and suspected cas [...]
‘A dereliction of duty:’ U.S. lawmakers grill FDA commissioner over baby formula shortage
Robert Califf testifies during the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination to be commissioner of the Food and [...]
World Health Organization confirms 80 cases of monkeypox with outbreaks in 11 countries
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left [...]
Dr. Scott Gottlieb says rising monkeypox cases suggest it’s spread ‘pretty wide’
The rising number of monkeypox cases in the U.S. and Europe suggest the virus has already spread widely across communities, but it won't likely cause [...]
CDC panel recommends Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended a Pfizer Covid booster shot for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months afte [...]
Monkeypox virus case confirmed in Massachusetts
Health officer uses a thermal head to detect a monkeypox virus on arriving passengers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang near Jakart [...]
CDC probing 180 cases of kids with acute hepatitis of unknown cause
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.Tami Chappell | ReutersThe Centers for Disease Control and Preve [...]
Senate panel investigates Abbott tax practices after contamination shut down baby formula plant
The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday opened an investigation into Abbott Labs, the company at the center of a baby formula shortage in the U.S.Co [...]
U.S. health officials hold Covid briefing as cases and hospitalizations soar again
[The stream is slated to start at 10:45 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]Senior U.S. health officials a [...]