Topline There is a “real risk” that monkeypox will gain a foothold in Europe, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday, as it urged governments to take action to curb transmission and engage ...
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EU Will Buy 110,000 Monkeypox Vaccines As Global Outbreak Grows
Topline The European Union on Tuesday will ink a deal for 110,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine, the bloc’s health commissioner Stella Kyriakides announced, as officials around the world move to secure s...
Silver price forecast following a ferocious COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing
Silver price has edged lower in Monday’s session as a reaction to a stronger US dollar and higher Treasury yields. In the ensuing sessions, the focus will be on the Fed interest rate decision schedule...
WHO says there is a window of opportunity to limit outbreak
The World Health Organization has said that there is a “window” of opportunity to contain a recent monkeypox outbreak which has seen cases spread across Europe, the U.S. and Australia. Nur...
Strawberries Recalled As Hepatitis A Virus Outbreak Has Left 16 Hospitalized
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging you to check your strawberries as a hepatitis … [+] A outbreak has already left at least 17 people infected and 12 hospitalized in the U.S. ...
Monkeypox Outbreak ‘Not Normal’ But ‘Containable’ As Confirmed Cases Grow, WHO Says
Topline The outbreak of monkeypox is unusual but “containable,” the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, confirming 131 cases in 19 countries where the virus does not usually spread as the Unite...
Monkeypox outbreak ‘containable,’ says WHO, as confirmed cases hit 131
Monkeypox cases are being investigated in Europe, the U.S., Canada and Australia following a recent spike in infections. Jepayona Delita | Future Publishing | Getty Images The World Health Organizatio...
Urgent FDA Recall For Peanut Butter Over Salmonella Concerns
Jif peanut butter has been linked to 14 cases of salmonella over several states so far. Consumers … [+] are being warned not to consume affected products from the Kentucky plant. getty The Food ...
Here’s What You Need To Know About The Rare Virus Found In The U.S., U.K. And Europe
Topline Cases of monkeypox, a rare infection typically found in specific parts of Africa, have been confirmed in Europe, the U.K. and the U.S., while more than a dozen more are suspected and experts a...
North Korea Claims Covid Outbreak Is Taking A ‘Favorable Turn’ As WHO Frets About Lack Of Data
Topline North Korea on Wednesday claimed its Covid-19 outbreak was taking a “favorable turn” while still reporting more than 200,000 new suspected cases as the World Health Organization expressed conc...
Shanghai’s Strict 6-Week Lockdown Nears End As Covid Outbreak Eases
Topline Covid-19 cases in Shanghai continued to decline, prompting authorities on Monday to announce plans for a phased reopening of the city after it endured six weeks of stringent lockdowns that lef...
Kim Jong Un Slams ‘Irresponsible’ Government And Health Officials As North Korea’s Covid-19 Outbreak Surges
Topline North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blamed his own government’s officials for failing to tackle the country’s surging Covid-19 outbreak and ordered his military to step in as the number of suspect...
Covid-19 Outbreak Rips Through North Korea As Reports 15 More Deaths And Nearly 300,000 New Cases
Topline North Korea reported 15 new Covid-19 deaths along with hundreds of thousands of new patients with “fevers” as the country says it has mobilized millions of health and other workers to fight it...
North Korea Reports First Covid Death Amid ‘Explosive’ Disease Outbreak
Topline North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 death on Friday and said hundreds of thousands of people are sick with a rapidly spreading “fever,” according to state media, a day after the reclusive...
North Korea Reports Its First Covid-19 Outbreak, Kim Jong-Un Orders National Lockdown
Topline North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a nationwide lockdown on Thursday after his country publicly reported its first Covid-19 outbreak in a surprising acknowledgment after denying any cases...
Hepatitis outbreak in kids may be linked to adenovirus, WHO says
An outbreak of severe hepatitis in healthy children that has caused liver failure in some kids might be linked to adenovirus infection, and not hepatitis as originally suspected, though further invest...
Mysterious Child Hepatitis Outbreak Could Be Linked To Common Cold Virus
Topline At least 169 children in 12 countries have developed severe hepatitis in an unexplained outbreak that researchers believe may be linked to a virus that usually causes mild cold symptoms. A boy...
Shanghai Reports First Covid Deaths From Current Outbreak As Case Counts Continue To Remain High
Topline Shanghai on Monday reported the first deaths linked to the city’s ongoing Covid-19 outbreak—China’s worst since the start of the pandemic—as the continued rise in cases in eastern China and th...
Kinder Easter Chocolate Recall After Salmonella Outbreak Leaves 150 Ill, Mostly Young Children
Ferrero is recalling several different kinds of its Kinder Surprise and other egg products due to a … [+] Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that’s already affected at least 150 people, mostly youn...
A Single Mutation Could Make Zika Virus More Infectious And Able To Break Through Immunity, Researchers Warn
Topline A small mutation can potentially make the Zika virus more infectious and better able to avoid pre-existing immunity, according to peer reviewed research published Tuesday in Cell Reports, unde...
Alibaba Stock Hit by China Covid Outbreak. 4 Reasons to Hope for a Bounce.
Text size Alibaba stock faces headwinds from Covid-19 outbreaks in China. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images A renewed outbreak of Covid-19 in China has hurt the outlook for the e-commerce giant Alibaba ...
Shunned Oil Piling Up Off China as Virus Outbreak Worsens
(Bloomberg) — Tankers carrying 22 million barrels of Russian, Iranian and Venezuelan oil are piling up off China, according to Kpler, as the country battles a virus outbreak that’s sapping deman...
Oil Extends Retreat as China Battles Worsening Virus Outbreak
(Bloomberg) — Oil fell as traders tracked a worsening Covid-19 outbreak in China and prospects for additional crude releases from government stockpiles. Most Read from Bloomberg West Texas Inter...
China Covid-19 Outbreak Disrupting Supply Chains, Manufacturing, Investment, Staffing — AmCham Survey
Near deserted streets in the Puxi area of Shanghai, China, on Saturday, April 2, 2022. Shanghai’s 25 … [+] million residents are almost all under some form of lockdown as the financial hub scram...
Costco’s Rotisserie Chicken Supply Threatened By Bird Flu
Chickens, many of them destined for the spit, have vastly outnumbered humans in Nebraska’s Butler County since Costco spent half a billion dollars on poultry production in the state a few years ago. N...
China sticks to zero Covid, managing outbreak one local city at a time
A worker wearing personal protective equipment disinfects a truck entering JD.com’s logistics park in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING ...
China Faces Its Largest Covid Outbreak In Two Years As Daily Cases Double To 3,500
Topline China is facing its worst outbreak of Covid-19 cases since the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan, with the country on Tuesday reporting more than 3,500 new local cases as experts attribute t...
China’s Covid outbreak to disrupt tech supply chains, says Marvell CEO
The latest round of coronavirus restrictions in major Chinese cities will likely add to supply chain challenges in the technology sector, the CEO of a semiconductor company told CNBC’s Jim Crame...
Vaccine maker stocks rise as China battles worst Covid outbreak since 2020
Health workers dressed in protective clothing give nucleic acid tests to men at a mass testing site to prevent COVID-19 on March 14, 2022 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images Shares of the m...
Why Endemic Covid Could Lead To Another Deadly Outbreak
Topline As more and more countries ease Covid restrictions and prepare to “live with the virus,” experts warn Covid-19 will remain a permanent fixture in our lives and could still cause widespread and...
Populist nations fared much worse during Covid outbreak, research says
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, delivers a speech at the Fidesz party headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, on April 8, 2018. Akos Stiller | Bloomberg via Getty Images Risk of death from Co...