pandemic
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A ‘Perfect Storm’ Could Make Measles a Nightmare in 2022, WHO and UNICEF Warn
The once nearly vanquished disease measles is making a worrying comeback. This week, the World Health Organisation and UNICEF reported that global cases of the viral illness have so far jumped almost 80% in 2022 compared to last year. Without immediate action, the conditions are “ripe” this year for a large-scale resurgence of the vaccine-preventable…
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U.S. Doctors, Labs Report Cases of ‘Flurona’ as Viruses Team Up
The seasonal flu is back, and it’s occasionally teaming up with everyone’s least favourite coronavirus. On Wednesday, testing site officials in Los Angeles reported the city’s first apparent case of the newly coined “flurona”: a co-infection of influenza and the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The unlucky infected person, a teenage boy, is reportedly only experiencing mild illness.
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Mapping COVID Litter and the Impact Your Discarded Masks Have on the Earth
Countless amounts of discarded blue and white masks have started appearing around the world, this COVID litter is all our fault.
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140,000 U.S. Children Have Lost a Parent or Caregiver to Covid-19, CDC Finds
New research provides a grim toll of the number children who have lost a parent to covid-19. The study estimates that at least 120,000 kids have lost their primary caregiver to the pandemic, while another 20,000 have lost a secondary caregiver, as of the end of June 2021. These deaths were disproportionately more likely to…