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US finds monkeypox vaccine highly effective in early data

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The monkeypox vaccine is highly effective, protecting people as early as two weeks after the…

Tobacco linked to 40 percent of US cancers

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Tobacco use remains the most preventable cause of cancer, and 40 percent of diagnosed US…

DOH coordinates with US on profile of US resident confirmed positive of Zika virus after PH visit

MANILA, March 8 – The Department of Health is closely coordinating with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

First case of Zika virus detected in Philippines since 2012

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- An American woman was infected with the Zika virus while visiting the Philippines, health department officials said…

Airports boost efforts to stop spread of Zika: UN agency

CANADA (AFP) -- Airports are stepping up efforts to reduce populations of mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus in order…

Second Texas healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola

(Reuters) - A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with…

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