There is no such condition as long Covid, say health officials

Long Covid is no different from the after-effects of viruses like flu and people should stop using the term, health experts have ... “However, we found that the rates of ongoing symptoms and ... Read More

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Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil, with 3.5 million cases of the tropical disease reported so far, health officials said Thursday. U.K. health ... Read More

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Rebel fighters have handed Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse. By Hannah Beech and Adam ... Read More

Health officials reflect on nearly four year anniversary of COVID-19

(WCAX) - Dr. Leah Costello with Timber Lane Pediatrics in South Burlington says she’ll never forget March 7, 2020 – the day COVID ... 16 deaths that March, the Vermont Department of Health ... Read More

Deadly flesh-eating infection spreading at record levels in Japan, puzzling health officials

A rare, deadly flesh-eating bacterial infection is mysteriously spreading at a record ... Some health officials blame Japan’s lifting of pandemic restrictions after cases of COVID-19 tapered ... Read More

The 12 Worst States for 2023-2024 COVID-19 Wave Death Rates

Death rates began to increase ... appears to be on track to record about 336,000 more deaths this year than in 2019, because of COVID, the effects of COVID on the health care system and increases ... Read More

Overdose deaths hit another record but show signs of leveling off

which has seen overdose rates rise inexorably for the past two decades and especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. A large majority of those deaths were driven by the potent synthetic opioid ... Read More

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COVID in AFRICA

Inevitably for such a huge landmass, there are major variations, with South Africa in particular experiencing high rates of infection and death ... World Health Organisation praised Africa's COVID ... Read More

Top health officials acknowledge need to 'refocus efforts' on TB elimination

In a joint statement on World ... health officials want to get tuberculosis elimination efforts "back on track" in Canada post-pandemic, as newly published data show already high rates among ... Read More

Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to record levels

Health officials racing to identify cause of rise ... hand sanitising and avoiding the “three Cs” were credited with keeping Covid-19 deaths comparatively low. About 73,000 Covid-19 deaths ... Read More

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