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UK Will Offer Monkeypox Vaccines to Some Gay and Bisexual Men
UK health officials are planning to more widely offer smallpox vaccines — which are effective against the related monkeypox virus — to some gay and bisexual men. The expanded outreach is part of a renewed strategy to contain the emerging viral disease, which recently has spread far beyond the few areas of the world where…
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Starbucks Worker Tests Positive for Hepatitis A, Prompts Mass Vaccination of Customers
Health officials in New Jersey are scrambling to prevent an outbreak of hepatitis A after a Starbucks employee reportedly tested positive for the virus last week. The location where the employee worked was temporarily shut down, and hundreds of people have received a vaccine against the virus, including the employee’s co-workers. Potentially thousands of people…
