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CDC Says You Should Wear a Mask While Travelling — for Monkeypox
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up its guidance concerning monkeypox. While the risk of monkeypox is still thought to be low for the general public, the agency is now warning people to take more precautions while travelling. These precautions include avoiding contact with visibly sick people as well as wearing a…
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Great, Now We Have to Worry About Monkeypox?
Smallpox is the only disease we’ve ever managed to fully eradicate in humans; it hasn’t existed anywhere in the world since 1980. But its close relative, monkeypox, is still around. Monkeypox isn’t anywhere near as dangerous as smallpox, but a few recent outbreaks have public health officials worried.
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FBI, CDC Investigating Vials Labelled ‘Smallpox’ Found in Lab Freezer
A scenario ripe for a zombie-horror movie has just happened. The U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention revealed Tuesday that vials labelled “smallpox” — an extremely deadly virus that was eradicated in the 1970s — were found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania. Despite the scary find, officials say there is no evidence…