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Large tuberculosis cluster emerges in Singapore

Singapore has imposed mandatory screening for tuberculosis in an apartment block after about 170 people tested positive for the infectious disease.

Bangkok Post

What is foot and mouth disease and can humans get it?

Foot and mouth is a potentially fatal and highly infectious disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals

The Independent UK

This is the polio vaccine uptake in Greater Manchester as 'national incident' declared

Polio is an infectious disease caused by a virus that can spread from person to person and cause paralysis

Manchester Evening News

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Fauci says he's 'example' for COVID-19 vaccinations

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, says his COVID-19 recovery is an “example” for the nation on the protection offered by vaccines and boosters

The Independent UK

South Korea reports first confirmed monkeypox case, steps up monitoring

South Korea on Wednesday confirmed its first case of monkeypox virus and pledged to strengthen monitoring and response systems as it raised the alert level to "caution" for the infectious disease.

Reuters

After COVID, This New Infectious Disease Outbreak Threatens North Korea; Kim Jong-Un Chips In With Family Reserve Medicines

North Korea, which for a large time remained insulated from the global COVID-19 outbreak, began reporting cases this year.

Benzinga

Japan to establish infectious disease agency

The government plans to establish a Cabinet infectious disease crisis management agency to strengthen the nation's response, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Wednesday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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N. Korea reports another disease outbreak amid COVID-19 wave

North Korea has reported the outbreak of another infectious disease in addition to its ongoing wave of COVID-19

The Independent UK

NKorea Faces Infectious Disease Outbreak Amid COVID Battle

North Korea reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in a farming region on Thursday, putting further strain on the isolated country as it battles chronic food shortages and an unprecedented wave of COVID-19 infections. Leader Kim Jong Un sent medicines to the western port city of Haeju on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dolly Parton donates another $1M to medical center’s infectious disease research program

Parton’s new gift will support a variety of ongoing research at the at Vanderbilt University Medical Venter, including understanding how viruses and bacteria cause disease.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dolly Parton gives $1M to infectious disease research, again

Dolly Parton is donating $1 million to pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville

The Independent UK

Kishida unveils plan to set up pandemic crisis control unit

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced plans to establish an infectious disease crisis management agency to better prepare for future pandemics

The Independent UK

Japanese version of CDC eyed to combat infectious diseases

The government is to include the establishment of a Japanese version of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in its plan to drastically strengthen its infectious disease countermeasures, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Monkeypox virus: what are the symptoms and should Australia be worried?

Infectious disease was first recorded in 1970 but a surge in cases has led to global health emergency

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COVID funding pries open a door to improving air quality in schools

Many U.S. schools were in dire need of upgrades — burdened by leaking pipes, mold and antiquated heating systems — long before the COVID-19 pandemic drew attention to the importance of indoor ventilation in reducing the spread of infectious disease.

The Times of India

Maharashtra: Many new Covid cases are reinfections, but symptoms mostly mild, say experts

PUNE: People reinfected by the virus constitute a substantial chunk of recent Covid cases, experts in infectious diseases and members of the state Covid task force told TOI on Monday.

The Conversation

How should an Australian 'centre for disease control' prepare us for the next pandemic?

Over the past two years, Australians have become familiar with the threat of infectious disease outbreaks. COVID won’t be the last pandemic to affect our lives.

Chronicle Live

'Urgent need' for monkeypox antiviral studies according to research from team including Newcastle infectious disease experts

Newcastle medics contributed to a study into how monkeypox cases have previously progressed in the UK.

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The Conversation

What is chronic wasting disease? A wildlife scientist explains the fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America

Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across North America. Most recently detected in North Carolina in March 2022, CWD has been confirmed in 30 U.S. states and four Canadian provinces, as well as Norway, Finland, Sweden and South Korea. Dr.…

Daily Mirror

'I've dodged Covid for years but caught monkeypox at superspreading Spanish sauna'

George, who is not using his real name, said he first noticed a black, scabby lesion in May and it he ended up spending three weeks at the Royal Free Hospital in the infectious disease ward

Reuters

UK designates monkeypox as a notifiable disease

The UK Health Security Agency said monkeypox would be designated as a notifiable infectious disease from Wednesday, meaning doctors in England will have to notify local authorities when they suspect a patient has the virus.

The Conversation

Monkeypox: ‘This is an entirely new spread of the disease’

One thousand confirmed cases of monkeypox, a disease originating in Africa, have been recorded since early May across at least 30 non-endemic countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, France, the United States, Australia, United Arab Emirates and Israel. But what is this virus? Who is affected? And should…

The Conversation

Monkeypox FAQ: How is it transmitted? Where did it come from? What are the symptoms? Does smallpox vaccine prevent it?

With cases reported in a number of countries, human monkeypox infection is generating global interest and concern as an emerging infectious disease threat even in the midst of a slowly relenting COVID-19 pandemic.

The Guardian - AU

Monkeypox: what are the symptoms and should Australia be worried?

Infectious disease was first recorded in 1970 but a surge in cases has led to the largest outbreak in Europe to date

Irish Mirror

Hard pill to swallow? New gels could help medicine go down easier

Animal studies carried out by the team showed that the gel is an effective vehicle for delivering several treatments for infectious disease such as malaria, parasites, and bacterial infections, in pill form

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