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Polio has resurfaced in the US. What’s the risk?

Vaccines helped neutralize the global threat of polio, a dreaded scourge that can cause paralysis and death, but that life-saving drug may have led unintentionally to the virus’ reappearance this year in the U.S. and other countries.

Tribune News Service · Aug 18, 2022

Do some baby boomers have a defense against monkeypox?

Folks of a certain vintage have the tell-tale crater on their upper arms: The discolored, shallow scars from the smallpox vaccine.

The Orange County Register · Aug 18, 2022

AP News Digest 3:15 am

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The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Pets suspected of having monkeypox should be isolated, CDC says

Pets exposed to people with monkeypox should be isolated to ensure they don’t spread the virus to other people or animals, U.S. health officials said after a dog was reported to be infected with the virus in Paris.

Tribune News Service · Aug 17, 2022

Does decades-old smallpox vaccination protect against monkeypox?

Health officials are scrambling to stretch scarce doses of vaccine to slow the mounting monkeypox outbreak, but do older people already vaccinated as kids for the related but deadlier smallpox virus already have protection?

Tribune News Service · Aug 16, 2022

CDC warns pets should be quarantined from owners with Monkeypox after first dog case

Updated guidance follows reports of Italian greyhound with virus

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19

The first lady will remain at a private residence in South Carolina and isolate from others for at least five days per CDC guidance.

WEKU · Aug 16, 2022

States increasingly fear Biden admin is fumbling monkeypox response

Every delay intensifies concern that the government is fumbling the early response to another emerging health threat.

Axios · Aug 16, 2022

How to keep yourself — and your pets — safe from monkeypox

Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WEKU · Aug 16, 2022

How to keep your pets safe from monkeypox — and what to do if they get it

Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

WEKU · Aug 16, 2022