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US drops some Covid vaccine recommendations
Published on 27/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped recommending routine Covid-19 vaccinations for pregnant women and healthy children, health regulators said on Tuesday.
Second US child dies of measles, almost 650 ill: officials
AFP, Published on 07/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - A measles outbreak has killed a second child in the southwestern United States, authorities said Sunday, with almost 650 people now infected as the highly contagious disease spreads.
Large state procurement projects face audits
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/03/2025
» Three state anti-corruption agencies have agreed to work together to audit large-scale government procurement projects for any signs of policy-oriented corruption.
Thai-US projects get cash back
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/03/2025
» Cooperation between Thailand and the United States in health projects has resumed after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the lifting of the suspension order previously issued on projects' activities and approved reimbursement for expenses incurred during the suspension.
Parents rush to vaccinate children after measles outbreak hits Texas
AFP, Published on 28/02/2025
» LUBBOCK — Five-year-old Shado is one of dozens of children being rushed to a health center in the state of Texas of the United States to get the measles vaccine, after the recent death in the area of a child who was not immunized against the highly contagious virus.
Medical researchers caught in crossfire of Trump gender war
Published on 08/02/2025
» Scientists are struggling to respond to a Trump administration order to review papers already submitted for publication for content now banned by the federal government, according to interviews with six researchers.
DR Congo conflict ‘risks broader regional war’
AFP, Published on 01/02/2025
» GOMA, DR Congo - The conflict in eastern DR Congo risks escalating into a broader regional war, Burundi’s president said on Saturday, as Africa’s top health agency warned the fighting could spark new outbreaks of serious diseases.
France's Macron announces fourth government of the year
AFP, Published on 24/12/2024
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron named a new government Monday evening, putting together a team under Francois Bayrou, his fourth prime minister of the year, to drag the second-largest EU economy out of political crisis.
First severe bird flu case in US sparks alarm
AFP, Published on 19/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - An elderly patient in Louisiana is in a "critical condition" with severe avian influenza, US authorities announced Wednesday, the first serious human case in the country as fears grow of a possible bird flu pandemic.
Thailand on alert for ‘Disease X’
Published on 06/12/2024
» The Ministry of Public Health has alerted all its offices to be vigilant about an infectious disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has sickened hundreds of people and has killed at least 79 since late October.