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International 'No Smoking Day' highlights the dangers of tobacco

On International No Smoking Day - and every day - there’s an opportunity to pause and ask: is it worth inhaling this again?

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Bahati Erasto Musanga, provincial Governor walks with other officials, as they leave the Rodolphe Merieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB), where samples from suspected Ebola cases are examined, as part of the response to the epidemic in Goma, North Kivu province of the Demo

Latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa prompts global health emergency

Medics work outside of the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was affected by a hantavirus outbreak, after it arrived at the Port of Rotterdam, where Dutch authorities are preparing quarantine arrangements, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 18, 2026.

Promising hantavirus vaccine research stalled by funding gap before outbreak

 A person dressed in ebola protective apparel is seen inside an ebola care facility at the Bwera general hospital near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bwera

American tests positive for Ebola in Congo outbreak, CDC says US risk remains low


Public Health head: Airport closed for reasons of ‘equality’

A report published online by the CDC last month found “evidence of asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 on an airplane.”

Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport

1 in 3 Americans won't vaccinate their children against the flu

What is even more worrying is that two-thirds of parents don’t thing that getting their kids vaccinated against the flu is more pressing this year.

Doctor giving a vaccine to a patient (illustrative)

Trump's promise to vaccinate all Americans by April unrealistic - experts

New research shows the fear that the vaccine approval process is being fast-tracked is causing Americans to worry the vaccine won't be safe, and as a result, they are less likely to get vaccinated.

U.S. President Trump leads coronavirus task force daily briefing at the White House in Washington

Is social distancing enough to prevent coronavirus spread on long flights?

"Long flights not only can lead to importation of COVID-19 cases but also can provide conditions for superspreader events," significant findings show as countries resume international travel.

Interior of a passenger airplane

Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccines: 'he was confused'

Redfield, head of the federal government's disease control agency, made his comments in testimony before a US Senate panel.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks during a news briefing at the White House, 2020.

CDC to states: prep for COVID-19 vaccine distribution by November

The New York Times had earlier reported that the CDC had contacted officials in all 50 states and five large cities with the documents.

Scientists develop a vaccine against the coronavirus disease in Saint Petersburg

US CDC says updated isolation guidance does not imply immunity to COVID-19

The agency said the latest data simply suggests that re-testing a person in the three months after initial infection is not necessary unless that person is showing symptoms of COVID-19.

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US CDC reports 5,285,546 coronavirus cases

The CDC reported an increase of 56,729 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,229 to 167,546.

People arrive for testing during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, U.S. April 10, 2020

US CDC says updated isolation guidance doesn't imply immunity to COVID-19

The agency said the latest data simply suggests that re-testing a person in the three months after initial infection is not necessary.

An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Coronavirus-linked rare syndrome found in nearly 600 US children - CDC

It has been reported in children and adolescent patients about two to four weeks after the onset of COVID-19.

An illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 Novel Coronavirus