Schools Can Mandate Vaccines for Kids, Rights Court Rules
In a country home to one of Europe’s highest levels of vaccine hesitancy, six Czech families failed to show that school vaccine policies violate their rights.
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Virus Variants: How Mutations Could Shape US Vaccine Policy
Increasing scientific evidence about coronavirus variants bring into focus the science behind virus mutation, and why some researchers argue for changing U.S. vaccine policy.
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World Leaders Call for International Pandemic Treaty
As the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic reaches 3 million, world leaders issued a call for an international treaty to prevent and fight future pandemics.
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Strange Illness Has Been Killing Bald Eagles in the US for Years
A mysterious disease has been killing bald eagles across the southern United States for over 25 years, and scientists believe they’ve finally tracked down the culprit.
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Deforestation Linked to a Rise in Disease Outbreaks
Scientists say pandemics like the one we’ve been living through for the last year could become more frequent as forests disappear.
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Although “underwhelmed” with NYU Winthrop Hospital’s position that masks may not be effective in preventing transmission of the flu, a federal court in New York ruled in favor of the hospital in a discrimination suit brought by a woman who was fired for refusing to comply with a mandatory flu vaccine policy while she was pregnant.
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Norway Penguins Get Vaccinated, Isolation Nearly Over
The arrival of bird flu vaccine doses brings to an end the isolation of 29 gentoo penguins at Norway’s Bergen Aquarium that began in early December after cases of a highly infectious strain of H5N8 emerged.
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Ancient DNA Reveals How Tuberculosis Shaped the Human Immune System
A new study employing ancient human DNA reveals how tuberculosis has affected European populations over the past 2,000 years.
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New Drug Prevents Buildup of Brain Plaques Responsible for Alzheimer’s
Scientists have developed a new drug that modulates a key enzyme responsible for forming the amyloid plaques linked to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
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MS Patient Sues Austria Over Health Impact of Climate Change
A man in Austria with a temperature-dependent form of multiple sclerosis is taking his government to court in an effort to force it to do more against climate change, his lawyers said Tuesday.
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Just 4% of Covid Research Relevant to Africa: Study
Just 4% of scientific research published on Covid-19 is relevant to Africa despite the continent containing close to a fifth of humanity, according to an analysis published Tuesday.
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Scientists Predict When Beachgoers Will Get Sick From Tainted Pacific Ocean
Scientists studying a decades-long wastewater pollution problem plaguing the Pacific Ocean at the U.S.-Mexico border predict up to 4% of swimmers a year get sick from sewage-tainted ocean water.
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Amid Covid-19 Pandemic, Flu Has Disappeared in the US
February is usually the peak of flu season, with doctors’ offices and hospitals packed with suffering patients. But not this year.
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Covid-19 Bill Would Scale Up Ability to Spot Virus Mutations
A House bill headed for floor debate would provide $1.75 billion for genomic sequencing.
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Humans Spread Viruses to Wild Gorillas Through Selfies
Instagram selfies posted under #gorillatrekking reveal an alarming number of tourists shirking important disease prevention guidance for gorillas in the wild.
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France Recommends 1-Shot Vaccine for People Who Had Virus
France’s highest health authority recommended Friday that people who have had Covid-19 receive only one dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus.
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NY Expands Vaccine Access Based on Health Conditions
Adults of any age with conditions that can make Covid-19 symptoms severe or even deadly are eligible to get the vaccine in New York as of Feb. 15.
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WHO Team Visits Wuhan Virus Lab at Center Of Speculation
World Health Organization investigators on Wednesday visited a research center in the Chinese city of Wuhan that has been the subject of speculation about the origins of the coronavirus, with one member saying they’d intended to meet key staff and press them on critical issues.
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Drug Found to Reverse Cognitive Damage in Alzheimer’s Patients
Scientists believe they’ve found a way to reverse the damage to cognitive function caused by Alzheimer’s disease — a potential landmark treatment for a disease afflicting 35 million people worldwide.
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Guinea Worm Closer to Eradication as Cases Halve in a Year
Just over two dozen people in the world are infected with Guinea worm, according to a new report that says community programs are close to eradicating the disease in which a meter-long worm slowly emerges from a blister in a person’s skin.
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