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Congo to receive first mpox vaccines to address outbreak; The latest health stories from around the world

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Congo will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak this week from the United States, the country’s health minister said last week, days after the World Health Organization declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global emergency. https://apnews.com/article/congo-mpox-vaccine-united-states-emergency-8490a15ed4937bfab9477529302f0469 Mpox cases have been confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen African countries, and a […]

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Traces of poliovirus found in Gaza; The latest health stories from around the world

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Children in the Gaza Strip are facing a grave new threat: paralysis by poliovirus. Traces of the virus, derived from vaccine using a live but weakened strain, have been found in six wastewater samples from two sites there, Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced on 16 July. www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-pricey-stegosaurus-alzheimer-s-drug-company-resignations-and-monitoring-co2? No cases of paralysis have been reported yet,

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France Hosts AVMA in hopes of driving African vaccine production; The latest health stories from around the world

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In June, France hosted the launch of African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA), an approximately US$1 billion project geared towards making vaccines more available in Africa – away from African soil. www.independent.co.ug/africa-races-to-increase-vaccine-manufacturing-capacity-concerns-rise-over-europes-control/ Only 2% of vaccines in Africa are made on the continent – most of them in South Africa, among few countries with ability to

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New HIV prevention trial indicates 100% protection; The latest health stories from around the world

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Researchers and activists in the trenches of the long fight against HIV got a rare piece of exciting news last week: Results from a large clinical trial in Africa showed that a twice-yearly injection of a new antiviral drug gave young women total protection from the virus. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/health/lenacapavir-hiv-prevention-africa.html? “I got cold shivers,” said Dr Linda-Gail

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US FDA announces autumn COVID-19 strategy; The latest health stories from around the world

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week endorsed a strategy for a COVID-19 vaccine to be used this autumn that favours a composition different from one recently recommended by an agency advisory committee. The continuing evolution of SARS-CoV-2 makes choosing the most effective vaccine challenging. www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-saving-endangered-leopard-restoring-europe-s-habitats-and-assessing? This month, the panel of outside scientists

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Africa aspires toward more medical independence; The latest health stories from around the world

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https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/how-africa-moving-towards-future-proofing-its-response-health-emergencies Africa has for years been heavily dependent on importing medicines, diagnostics and vaccines to respond to the health needs of the 1.2 billion people on the continent. When international trade was blocked during the COVID-19 pandemic, this extreme reliance on imports made Africa vulnerable. Now, a new free trade treaty that will ease

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Experimental malaria prevention proves effective; The latest health stories from around the world

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A single dose of an experimental antibody drug protects children from malaria for up to 6 months, according to a clinical study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. www.science.org/content/article/injectable-antibody-drug-protects-children-malaria-mali-trial? The therapy, an injectable monoclonal antibody called L9LS that has already shown success in adults, reduced infections and clinical disease in 6- to

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Bird flu detected among US cattle; The latest health stories from around the world

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The flu virus that has wreaked havoc on birds around the world appears to have surfaced among cows in the US. Texas authorities said this week they found the H5N1 strain, and the US Department of Agriculture said testing showed “consistency” with the clade of virus that has killed millions of wild birds and forced

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Developing nations seek reassurance on the WHO Pandemic Agreement; The latest health stories from around the world

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“Me first”—that’s how Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization (WHO), described the wealthy world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic when he kicked off negotiations for a global “pandemic treaty” in December 2021. Even before vaccines had proved safe and effective, rich countries had purchased enough doses to cover their entire population several

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Alabama declares frozen embryos to legally classify as people; The latest health stories from around the world

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The Supreme Court of Alabama’s ruling last week declaring frozen embryos at fertility clinics to be people has upended patient care there. The state’s two leading private in vitro fertilization providers as well as the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) paused all IVF procedures earlier this week while officials sort through the legal risks

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