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Access to experimental monkeypox treatment remains uneven, doctors say | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  A drug is available for monkeypox patients who have or who are at risk of severe disease, but doctors say they continue to face challenges getting access to it. The US Food and Drug Administration hasn’t approved tecovirimat – sold under the brand name Tpoxx – specifically for use against monkeypox, but […]

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Initial strategy of vaccinating only known monkeypox contacts was ‘doomed to failure’ in the US, experts say | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  There is growing concern that the United States may have lost its chance to contain the monkeypox virus, as the nation has been slow to vaccinate those most at risk on a broader scale. “I think we’re going to have to live with it until they vaccinate every high-risk person,” Dr. Robert

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Coronavirus can be contagious during a Paxlovid rebound, researchers warn, even if people don’t have symptoms

[ad_1] “People who experience rebound are at risk of transmitting to other people, even though they’re outside what people accept as the usual window for being able to transmit,” said Dr. Michael Charness of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Boston. Charness and his colleagues recently collaborated with a team of researchers at Columbia University

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California governor declares state of emergency over monkeypox outbreak

[ad_1] The declaration comes as more than 5,800 probable or confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported in the United States, including nearly 800 in California. While the World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, the Biden administration has not issued a nationwide public health emergency declaration.

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Cloning Fast Facts | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  Here’s some background information about cloning, a process of creating an identical copy of an original. Reproductive Cloning is the process of making a full living copy of an organism. Reproductive cloning of animals transplants nuclei from body cells into eggs that have had their nucleus removed. That egg is then stimulated

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53 beverage and nutrition products recalled over possible Cronobacter contamination

[ad_1] The recall includes certain lots of beverages, liquid coffee, pediatric nutritional supplements, protein shakes, nutritional shakes and thickened liquids. Products included in the recall include some branded as Oatly, Stumptown, Glucerna, Intelligentsia, Aloha, Kate Farms and Premier Protein. “Preliminary root cause analysis shows that the products did not meet commercial sterility specifications,” the recall

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Updated Covid-19 booster shots could be available in September | CNN

[ad_1] CNN  —  Moderna and Pfizer booster shots updated to target Omicron coronavirus subvariants could be available in early fall, pending signoff by federal health agencies, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Friday. The US Food and Drug Administration advised vaccine makers in June to update the boosters to add an Omicron

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