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[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size The World Health Organization approved on Thursday the first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use to expand access to medical testing urgently. The agency granted approval for emergency use of Abbott Laboratories unit’s PCR test, Alinity m MPXV assay. The test enables detection of mpox virus … Read more
[ad_1] An Ontario child has died of rabies after being exposed to a bat, a health official says. According to Dr. Malcolm Lock, acting medical officer of health for the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, the child woke up with a bat in their room but the parents did not seek a rabies vaccination. “Rabies is still … Read more
[ad_1] Authorities in Mexico are investigating the daylight shooting of a man outside a luxury beach resort in Cancun in what prosecutors are calling a “targeted attack.” The man, a Mexican national, was killed after two people approached him in Cancun’s Hotel Zone and shot him to death, the attorney general’s office for the state … Read more
[ad_1] One of two doctors charged in connection with Friends actor Matthew Perry‘s overdose death pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine on Wednesday. Mark Chavez, 54, entered his guilty plea during an appearance in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. The San Diego-based physician told the judge he’d illegally distributed ketamine, a commonly used surgical … Read more
[ad_1] German emergency personnel in full protective gear shut down two railroad tracks at Hamburg’s central station on Wednesday after two passengers were suspected of having contracted the deadly Marburg virus. A 26-year-old medical student and his girlfriend developed flu-like symptoms while on a train from Frankfurt, according to local reports. The train was evacuated … Read more
[ad_1] The federal government’s decision to not provide Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine this respiratory virus season raises health equity concerns, experts and advocates say, as some Canadians look to the U.S. to get the shot. The Public Health Agency of Canada said it won’t provide the protein-based vaccine called Nuvaxovid because the manufacturer required a minimum … Read more
[ad_1] Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is headed to France on Thursday to attend the Francophonie summit, where the shadow of a wider conflict in the Middle East will likely loom large over the meeting of French-speaking countries. The summit, which happens every two years, will be held Thursday and Friday in Villers-Cotterêts and Paris. France … Read more
[ad_1] An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated civilian first responders. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the militant group has a strong presence since late September, but has rarely struck in the heart of the capital. There was no warning before the strike late Wednesday, which … Read more
[ad_1] An extremist attack targeting Canada’s Jewish community is a “realistic possibility,” according to intelligence documents obtained by Global News that warn of “escalating antisemitic activity.” Released almost a year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that triggered an Israeli military response in Gaza and Lebanon, the reports show that national security analysts fear anti-Jewish … Read more
[ad_1] While conflict continues to widen in the Middle East, Manitoba communities with close ties to the region say they are holding their breath. “This is very concerning to us for obvious reasons. First of all, there is the potential of a war happening,” said Arian Arianpour, the president of the Iranian Community of Manitoba. … Read more
