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Shingles can strike anywhere on your body and it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters that wraps around either the left or the right side of the human torso. At times the pain is excruciating. 
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Opinion: ‘I want to press the area with a hot iron box’: Shingles patient

By Dr K. Leelamoni October 31, 2023: During an annual family temple festival, celebrated at my ancestral home in the southern Indian state.

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The USFDA has approved Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine to treat deadly meningococcal disease in young adults between 10 years and 25 years.
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Pfizer’s vaccine for meningococcal disease gets FDA approval

HQ Team October 21, 2023: The USFDA has approved Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine to treat deadly meningococcal disease in young adults between 10 years.

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An advisory panel of the national public agency of the US, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has provisionally recommended Pfizer’s vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus in pregnant women to protect infants during the infection season.
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CDC panel backs Pfizer’s respiratory virus vaccine to protect infants 

HQ Team September 23, 2023: An advisory panel of the national public agency of the US, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has.

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The US national public agency has recommended a COVID-19 vaccination policy where updated shots are given starting from six-month-old infants — in variance with the policies of European counterparts.
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CDC, ECDC differ on vaccination program for fall-winter season

HQ Team September 13, 2023: The US national public agency has recommended a COVID-19 vaccination policy where updated shots are given starting from.

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The jury is still out on which virus causes chronic fatigue syndrome, its diagnosis, the treatment options, and even its very terminology. Molecular biologists at the Cornell University revisited the syndrome, which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and found it may be triggered by viral infections.
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Jury still out on chronic fatigue syndrome’s causes, treatment

HQ Team September 3, 2023: The jury is still out on which virus causes chronic fatigue syndrome, its diagnosis, the treatment options, and.

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The US national health agency and the WHO are tracking a new COVID-19 virus, BA.2.86, detected in the US, Denmark, and Israel.
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WHO, US national health agency tracking new COVID-19 variant

HQ Team August 18, 2023: The US national health agency and the WHO are tracking a new COVID-19 virus, BA.2.86, detected in the.

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Three people have died and 1,020 newly confirmed cases of mpox were reported globally to the WHO during the last 21 days, according to a statement.
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Mpox virus continues to spread, driven by China’s community transmission 

HQ Team August 15, 2023: Three people have died and 1,020 newly confirmed cases of mpox were reported globally to the WHO during.

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An unusual rise in cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder, has been reported from Peru, which has declared a state of national health emergency, the WHO stated.
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases rising in Peru, cause unknown

HQ Team July 26, 2023: An unusual rise in cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare neurological disorder, has been reported from Peru,.

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About 45% of the US tap water contains one or more types of   “forever chemicals,” found in the linings of fast-food boxes and non-stick cookware to fire-fighting foams, raising health concerns, according to a US Geological Survey study.
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In US, 48% of tap water contains ‘forever chemicals’: Geological Survey

HQ Team July 7, 2023: About 45% of the US tap water contains one or more types of   “forever chemicals,” found in.

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For the first time in 20 years, locally-acquired cases of malaria have been detected in two US states, Florida and Texas, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
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US issues advisory as locally acquired malaria resurfaces after 20 years 

HQ Team June 27, 2023: For the first time in 20 years, locally-acquired cases of malaria have been detected in two US states,.

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