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It accounted for 27% of genetic sequences submitted to a global virus database called GISAID in the week that ended Dec. 3, up from 10% in the week that ended Nov. 19.
In the week of December 5, there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported, up from 69 the previous week. In the same period in recent years, there generally were 65 or less outbreaks per week. (It ...
The CDC released some new flu data to the public on Friday, ... As of the week ending on Jan. 18, the percentage of tests that came back positive for the flu was 25%, up from 19% the week before ...
An epidemic of a new variant of clade I mpox (formerly known as monkeypox), called clade 1b, [2] began in Central Africa at least as early as September 2023. [3] [4] As of September 2024, more than 29,000 cases have been reported, with over 800 fatalities (~3% fatality rate), [1] nearly all in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [5]
As of September 28, 2024, a new subvariant of Omicron labeled XEC has emerged. The new variant is found in Europe, and in 25 states in the United States of America, including three cases in California. [14] Three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine provide protection against severe disease and hospitalisation caused by Omicron and its subvariants.
H5-2.3.4.4b can be prevented by vaccination in chickens. In China, The H5-Re14 (2.3.4.4b) strain used in updated vaccines since 2022 is a reasonably good match for the new virus. [11] In 2024, Penn Medicine announced it had created a human avian flu vaccine on the same platform as its COVID-19 vaccine.
Long Island ducks used as breeding stock at Crescent Duck Farm, move around a barn, in Aquebogue, New York, last October. The continued spread of bird flu has driven a culling of about 100,000 ...
The World Today, styled also as The World Today with Maryam Moshiri is a news programme that premiered on both UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 21 February 2024. The programme is mainly hosted by Maryam Moshiri. The show, dedicated to international news is said to "bring the best of the BBC's global journalism to audiences ...