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Zuckerberg says the White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic 08/27/2024 03:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says senior Biden administration officials pressured Facebook to “censor” some COVID-19 content during the pandemic and vowed that the social media giant would push back if it faced such demands again. In a letter to Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican c Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues 08/27/2024 03:12pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Africa is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases with nearly 4,000 reported in the past week, the continent's public health body said Tuesday as it repeated a plea for long-awaited vaccines whose arrival this week in the most affected country, Congo, has been delayed. Eighty-o Health department reports death of New Hampshire resident who tested positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus 08/27/2024 12:00pm • CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) — Health department reports death of New Hampshire resident who tested positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus. Tatyana McFadden and Jessica Long among Paralympians to watch in Paris 08/27/2024 09:34am • PARIS (AP) — More than 4,000 athletes from around the world will compete in 22 sports during the Aug. 28-Sept. 8 Paralympics in Paris. Here are some of them: America's veterans Tatyana McFadden and Jessica Long are legends on the Paralympic stage. McFadden, a wheelchair racer, and Long, a swimmer, EEE, West Nile, malaria: Know the difference between these mosquito-borne diseases 08/27/2024 06:32am • The world's deadliest animal can be squashed flat with a quick slap: It's the mosquito. The buzzing insects are more than annoying — they spread disease. When they bite and drink blood from a person or animal they can pick up viruses or germs too. If they can go on to bite someone or something els Case of West Nile virus reported in Maryland: What you need to know about mosquito-borne viruses 08/26/2024 06:36pm • A confirmed case of Eastern equine encephalitis, or "Triple E," prompted some Massachusetts towns to restrict activities outside and close parks after dusk. In Maryland, public health officials monitor mosquito populations, and haven't had a confirmed case in decades. "It's something we're wat Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel launches more strikes on Lebanon, state media and witnesses say 08/26/2024 05:02pm • After a short-lived calm following a heavy exchange of strikes between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, fighting resumed Monday. State media and witnesses reported that Israeli strikes targeted the Lebanese border village of Tair Harfa and an area of the coastal city of Sidon on Mon WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped 08/26/2024 08:28am • GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency on Monday launched a six-month plan to help stanch outbreaks of mpox transmission, including ramping up staffing in affected countries and boosting surveillance, prevention and response strategies. The World Health Organization said it expects the plan from Sep Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost 08/25/2024 10:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — On the heels of a summer wave of COVID-19 cases, Americans will be able to get free virus test kits mailed to their homes, starting in late September. U.S. households will be able to order up to four COVID-19 nasal swab tests when the federal program reopens, according to the Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting 08/25/2024 08:43pm • Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel's military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. It was not immediately clear how, or how quickly, the more than 25,000 vials of vaccine would be distributed Dr. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson says 08/24/2024 04:35pm • Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, spent time in the hospital after being infected with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson confirmed Saturday. Fauci is expected to make a full recovery, the spokesperson said on condition of anonymity due to s A rare but deadly mosquito virus infection has Massachusetts towns urging vigilance 08/24/2024 01:52pm • A rare but deadly disease spread by mosquitoes has one town in Massachusetts closing its parks and fields each evening. Four other towns are urging people to avoid going outdoors at night. They’re concerned about eastern equine encephalitis. State health officials announced last week a man in his Fauci recovering after hospitalization for West Nile virus 08/24/2024 08:00am • (CNN) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is recovering at home after being hospitalized with West Nile virus, a spokesperson said. Fauci, a longtime public health official who became a household name as part of the White House Coro Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel's evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says 08/23/2024 04:24pm • Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza have displaced 90% of its 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the Palestinian territory says. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says she and President Joe Biden are working to end the w A bird flu outbreak is spreading among cows in the US. Scientists are hunting for answers 08/23/2024 08:24am • AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside. But the people who work there are not farmers, and other buildings look more like what you’d find at a modern univ