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‘Worsening spread’ of deadly fungal infection raising alarm in U.S.

Cases of a drug-resistant infection caused by the fungus Candida auris are on the rise in the United States, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The fungal infection has proved deadly, especially for those with compromised immune systems, and has demonstrated an ability to spread easily in health-care settings.

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Health Canada issues measles notice for attendees of U.S. religious gathering

measles, Health Canada has warned.In a series of tweets Saturday, the national health agency said people who attended the gathering at Asbury University between Feb. 17-18 and were not updated with their measles vaccination should isolate themselves.

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Canada issues travel notice as monkeypox continues to spread around the world

Canada’s public health agency has issued a travel notice as the monkeypox virus continues to spread around the world.

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U.S. has now administered more than 107M COVID-19 vaccine doses, CDC says

COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 135,847,835 doses as of Sunday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.The tally is for Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines as of 6 a.m.

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Guidelines for vaccinated Canadians will only evolve ‘when safe,’ Tam says

vaccinated against COVID-19, but we’re not yet at that point, Canada’s top doctor said Tuesday.Dr. Theresa Tam said measures will adapt “when it is safe to do so … based on evolving scientific evidence and expert advice.”It will be about “balancing risk and benefits,” she said.

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U.S. CDC’s zombie apocalypse tips rise again for pandemic times

zombie outbreak — especially during a pandemic.A decade-old guide to preparing for a zombie apocalypse has resurfaced on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website, amid fresh paranoia caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Social media and Google traffic surged around the topic on Wednesday and Thursday, after a handful of news outlets recirculated the CDC tips alongside a zombie-related “prophecy” supposedly attributed to Nostradamus, the 16th-century French astrology.

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Teachers may be bigger drivers of COVID-19 in schools than students: U.S. CDC study

COVID-19 transmission in schools than students.The paper released Monday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies nine COVID-19 transmission clusters in elementary schools in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta in December and January, That included one cluster where 16 teachers, students and relatives of students at home were infected.

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7-day average of new COVID-19 cases in U.S. drops below 100K for 1st time since November

coronavirus cases in the United States dipped below 100,000 in recent days for the first time in months, but experts cautioned Sunday that infections remain high and precautions to slow the pandemic must remain in place.The seven-day rolling average of new infections was well above 200,000 for much of December and went to roughly 250,000 in January, according to data kept by Johns Hopkins University, as the pandemic came roaring back after it had been tamed in some places over the summer.That average dropped below 100,000 on Friday for the first time since Nov. 4.

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Fully vaccinated people can skip 14-day quarantine after exposure, U.S. CDC says

COVID-19 vaccines can skip the standard 14-day quarantine after exposure to someone with the infection as long as they remain asymptomatic, U.S. public health officials advised.The U.S.

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2 masks are better than 1 to protect against coronavirus, CDC confirms

coronavirus spread, but health officials stopped short of recommending that everyone double up.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday reported the results of a lab experiment that spaced two artificial heads 6 feet from each other and checked to see how many coronavirus-sized particles spewed by one were inhaled by the other.The researchers found that wearing one mask — surgical or cloth — blocked around 40 per cent of the particles coming toward the head that was breathing in. When a cloth mask was worn on top of a surgical mask, about 80 per cent were blocked.

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Delayed coronavirus vaccine in Africa risks ‘moral catastrophe,’ CDC chief says

COVID-19 vaccinations are delayed in Africa while wealthier regions inoculate their entire populations, the head of the continent’s disease control body said on Thursday.The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hopes significant vaccination campaigns on the continent will begin in April, its head, John Nkengasong, told reporters.“That’s a long way to go given that this virus transmits very quickly,” he said, adding that in Africa, “the second wave is here with a vengeance.” Nations face COVID-19 vaccine challenges amid wars, instability Cases of the new coronavirus increased by nearly 19% since last week and deaths increased by 26%, according to Africa CDC data.

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Over 1 million Americans receive coronavirus vaccine as millions more doses sit on ice

COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government’s target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt.As of Wednesday morning, 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine had been given, about one-third of the first shipment sent last week.

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As vaccine rollout plans are finalized, U.S. prepares for worsening coronavirus surge

coronavirus as early as mid-December, as nationwide deaths hit the highest number for a single day in six months.Some 20 million people could be inoculated against COVID-19 by the end of 2020 and most Americans will have access to highly effective vaccines by mid-2021, the chief adviser of President Donald Trump’s Operation Warp Speed program said. U.S.

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Alberta-wide mask mandate would create backlash, Premier Kenney says

Facebook Live Wednesday evening where he took questions from Albertans about the new COVID-19 safety measures announced by the province on Tuesday.Changes to visitation in certain AHS facilities announced as Alberta reaches 500 COVID-19 deathsWhen asked in a written question “why rural Albertans don’t need a mask mandate,” Kenney said about 90 per cent of Albertans are already under some sort of a mask mandate, brought in by municipalities.He also said the majority of confirmed COVID-19 cases are in the Edmonton and Calgary areas.

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CDC now says face masks can protect wearer from coronavirus

face masks changed again this week when the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its guidance to say face coverings can help protect the wearer as well as those around them.The new guidance, which landed on the CDC website on Tuesday, cited recent studies suggesting multi-layer cloth masks can “reduce inhalation of … droplets by the wearer.” Previous guidance said masks were useful primarily in blocking the wearer’s droplets from reaching others. Coronavirus face coverings under the nose equivalent to ‘not wearing a mask’: experts The CDC’s update now matches recommendations from both Health Canada and the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Wearing a mask also helps protect you from coronavirus, CDC says

coronavirus, but can also protect the wearer themselves, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says.The CDC announced its new findings in a scientific brief, published Tuesday, which referenced data collected from eight different studies on mask-wearing, including one that surveyed 200 countries including the U.S.

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Coronavirus vaccine may not be initially recommended for kids, U.S. CDC says

CDC) said on Wednesday that COVID-19 vaccines may not be initially recommended for children, when they become available.Children, who rarely have severe COVID-19 symptoms, have not yet been tested for any experimental coronavirus vaccine.The CDC said so far early clinical trials have only included non-pregnant adults, noting the recommended groups could change in the future as clinical trials expand to recruit more people.Pfizer Inc has said it will enrol children, who are capable of passing on the virus to high-risk groups, as young as 12 in its large, late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trial, while AstraZeneca has said a sub-group of patients in a large trial will test children between five to 12.There is no vaccine for COVID-19 yet, but a

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CDC backtracks, says coronavirus could be spread through airborne transmission

CDC) in an updated guidance on Monday said COVID-19 can spread through airborne transmission, a month after it took down a similar warning.It said some people could get infected by exposure to the novel coronavirus in small droplets and particles, or aerosols, that can linger in the air for minutes to hours.Aerosols lingering in the air could be a major source of COVID-19 transmission, a group of U.S. scientists warned in an unrelated open letter published in medical journal Science on Monday.

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Avoid trick-or-treating due to coronavirus this Halloween, CDC says

Halloween night will be the invisible threat of COVID-19, and adults and children should change their plans to minimize that danger, according to new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The top U.S.

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CDC shifts guidelines on how coronavirus can spread through the air

COVID-19 could spread through airborne particles that can remain suspended in the air and travel beyond six feet.The agency previously said the virus mainly spreads from person to person through respiratory droplets when a sick person coughs, sneezes or talks.

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Trump contradicts health officials, claims coronavirus vaccine could be ready next month

Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus could be ready as early as next month and in mass distribution soon after, undermining the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and calling him “confused” in projecting a longer time frame.Trump also disagreed with Dr. Robert Redfield about the effectiveness of protective masks — which the president recommends but almost never wears — and said he’d telephoned Redfield to tell him so.Earlier in the day, the CDC sent all 50 states a “playbook” for distribution of a vaccine to all Americans free of cost when one is proven safe and effective — which is not yet the case.

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U.S. should prepare for coronavirus vaccine distribution by Nov. 1, CDC says

coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1.The timeline raised concern among public health experts about an “October surprise” — a vaccine approval driven by political considerations ahead of a presidential election, rather than science.In a letter to governors dated Aug.

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Coronavirus: CDC relaxes travel advice for about 20 countries

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday revised its travel advisory information. Previously, the agency told U.S.

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China’s CDC director gets injected with experimental vaccine: ‘I hope it will work’

Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says he has been injected with an experimental coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to persuade the public to follow suit when one is approved.“I’m going to reveal something undercover: I am injected with one of the vaccines,” Gao Fu said in a webinar Sunday hosted by Alibaba Health, an arm of the Chinese e-commerce giant, and Cell Press, an American publisher of scientific journals.

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U.S. defends move to take coronavirus data from CDC, says country’s data system is better

Coronavirus data to be collected by Trump administration instead of CDC: officials News reports suggested the Trump administration move was aimed at bypassing the CDC, speculation the CDC director rejected last week.CDC head Robert Redfield said then that the new reporting process was streamlined and modernized, allowing the United States to quickly expand the types of data hospitals are collecting.The data was taken down from the CDC site late last week prompting concerns about transparency with the public.

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U.S. extends cruise ship ban to end of September as coronavirus cases spike

cruise ships through the end of September as coronavirus infections rise in most U.S. states, including Florida.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that it was extending a no-sail order that had been scheduled to expire July 24.

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Canadian officials urged to collect race-based health data during COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian public health officials have been gathering information on those who have become infected — their age, gender and where they live.But there are growing calls to collect another kind of data — people’s race.In the United States, health data has shown that Black Americans have been hit especially hard by COVID-19.

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Coronavirus data to be collected by Trump administration instead of CDC: officials

coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — a move the Trump administration says will speed up reporting but one that concerns some public health leaders.The CDC director said Wednesday that he’s fine with the change — even though some experts fear it will further sideline the agency.The CDC has agreed to step out of the government’s traditional data collection process “in order to streamline reporting,” Dr.

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Kelowna COVID-19 outbreaks linked to hotel parties: B.C. health minister

COVID-19 outbreak in Kelowna.Eight COVID-19 cases have been linked to gatherings at Discovery Bay Resort from July 1 to 5 and Boyce Gyro Beach Lodge on July 1.The cases involved people who live in three regions of the province, including the Interior, Fraser and Vancouver Coastal Health regions, Health Minister Adrian Dix said.Contact tracing has linked one positive test in the Lower Mainland back to the Kelowna hotel.

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Fauci warns U.S. states with coronavirus surges should ‘slow down a little’ in reopening

https://t.co/7Wl3xwTIlX pic.twitter.com/DhI5klpqoG— CNN (@CNN) June 13, 2020So far, more than 114,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, according to a Reuters tally. About half a dozen U.S.

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Some U.S. states press on with reopening, others ease up amid coronavirus surges

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Regardless of what we see in the next week, we made the right decision to go ahead and lift some of these restrictions so we don’t cause more damage to people’s lives and their livelihood,” Hutchinson said.Arizona has become one of the most troubling hot spots in the U.S. as new cases have surged to more than 1,000 a day, up from fewer than 400 before stay-at-home orders expired in mid-May.Republican Gov.

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‘Cannibal’ rats: CDC warns against hungry, aggressive city vermin

It’s not just humans being gravely affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic — rats are suffering, too.

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1 dead, several Maple Leaf Foods employees infected with COVID-19 at Montreal plant

One employee is dead and multiple employees are infected with COVID-19 following an outbreak at a Maple Leaf Foods plant in Montreal.

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U.S. officials release CDC guidance on coronavirus reopening — but not for churches

U.S. health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns.

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Shelved U.S. CDC guidance on coronavirus reopening includes plans for future outbreaks

Advice from the nation’s top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic included detailed instructive guidance and some more restrictive measures than the plan released by the White House last month.

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Coronavirus: Lethbridge man trapped at sea returns home

Evan Herbert, 28, is back in Lethbridge this week after being trapped at sea on the Emerald Princess cruise ship for more than 50 days due to COVID-19 restrictions.

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Anthony Fauci among 3 key U.S. officials in self-quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

Three senior officials guiding the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic were in self-quarantine on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who had tested positive for the disease, their agencies and spokesmen said.

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Top White House officials ordered U.S. CDC coronavirus reopening guide buried, docs show

The decision to shelve detailed advice from the nation’s top disease control experts for reopening communities during the coronavirus pandemic came from the highest levels of the White House, according to internal government emails obtained by The Associated Press.

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Trump administration has shelved U.S. health officials’ reopening guide: sources

A set of detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit, day care centers and restaurants during the still-raging pandemic has been shelved by the Trump administration.

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U.S. FDA warns against using malaria drug on COVID-19 patients outside hospitals

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday cautioned against the use of malaria drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, in COVID-19 patients outside of hospitals and clinical trials, citing risks of serious heart rhythm problems.

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Coronavirus: U.S. encouraging residents to wear non-medical face masks in public

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration is encouraging many Americans to wear face masks in public, though he stresses that the recommendation is optional and is conceding that he will not be complying with it.

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People may spread coronavirus 1-3 days before showing symptoms: CDC study

More evidence is emerging that coronavirus infections are being spread by people who have no clear symptoms, complicating efforts to gain control of the pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Pro cleaning companies busy during COVID-19 pandemic, Hamilton home cleaners struggle

Public health officials in Canada continue to speak about the importance of cleaning and disinfecting surfaces in order to fight the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic.

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Neil Diamond posts ‘Sweet Caroline’ coronavirus remake: ‘Hands — washing hands’:

“Sweet Caroline” has a new chorus geared for the era of social distancing.

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Coronavirus: Celebrities face backlash after getting tested while others face delays

Celebrities, politicians and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed that they had been tested for the coronavirus, even when they didn’t have a fever or other tell-tale symptoms.

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Michael Stipe sings ‘It’s the End of the World as We Know It’ in coronavirus PSA

In the midst of the panic and chaos surrounding the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, R.E.M.‘s 1987 smash-hit radio single It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) is feeling particularly relevant to music fans across the world, and despite the global pandemic, Michael Stipe says he does, in fact, “feel fine.”

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0