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• Russia Reports Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases Since Late March Russia reported 20,303 new daily coronavirus cases on Sunday, authorities said, the highest such figure since March 28.
  Reuters Health Information, August 07, 2022
• Ukraine Health Crisis Worsens as Medics Work Amid Shelling: WHO Ukraine is facing a worsening health emergency as the conflict with Russia rages on, the World Health Organization said.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• African Monkeypox Cases Not Concentrated Among Gay Men, Experts Say
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• How Worried Should We Be About the Monkeypox Health Emergency? The US declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, a move that may allow the government new avenues for increasing production and use of existing vaccines.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• Hong Kong Reports 5020 New COVID Cases on Thursday Hong Kong reported more than 5000 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday and three new deaths, as daily infections continue to rise.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• FDA Declines to Approve Expanded Use of Antipsychotic Drug The FDA declined to approve expanded use of Acadia Pharmaceuticals' antipsychotic drug for treating psychosis related to Alzheimer's disease, the company said Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 05, 2022
• New COVID Case Numbers in New Zealand Trending Lower New Zealand's health ministry sees strong signs that the country's latest COVID-19 wave has peaked, as new cases continue to trend lower.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• Russia Sees Largest COVID Cases Daily Increase Since April Russia registered 17,126 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily increase since April 2, the country's anti-pandemic taskforce said in a statement.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• S.Africa Reports First Death Causally Linked to J&J COVID Vaccine South Africa reported a causal link between the death of an individual and Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, the first time such a direct link has been made in the country.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• AZ Says Lynparza Gets EU Nod to Treat Early-Stage Breast Cancer AstraZeneca said its drug Lynparza, developed with Merck & Co, was approved by the European Union as an adjuvant treatment for patients with a form of early-stage breast cancer.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• US Regulators Defend Requiring More Data on Monkeypox Drug As US monkeypox cases rise, health agencies in a journal article published on Wednesday defended their decision to require human trial data to show that the experimental drug TPOXX is safe and effective.
  Reuters Health Information, August 03, 2022
• CDC Expected to Ease COVID-19 Guidelines for Schools This Week The CDC is expected to ease its guidelines to control the spread of COVID-19, including in schools as soon as this week, CNN reported, citing sources familiar with the plan.
  Reuters Health Information, August 03, 2022
• Tennessee Sues Walgreens Pharmacy Chain Over Opioid Distribution The state of Tennessee sued Walgreens, accusing the pharmacy giant of fueling the state's opioid epidemic by willfully flooding the market with an oversupply of prescription narcotics.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• Organ Decay Halted, Cell Function Restored in Pigs After Death Researchers have found that decay of tissues after death can be halted and cell functions restored based on early experiments in pigs.
  Reuters Health Information, August 03, 2022
• Japan's KM Biologics Sees Overseas Demand for Monkeypox Vaccine Japanese pharmaceuticals company KM Biologics has already seen overseas interest in its monkeypox vaccine, which was recently approved by domestic regulators.
  Reuters Health Information, August 03, 2022
• EU Says Novavax COVID Shot Must Carry Heart Warning The European Medicines Agency is recommending Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine carry a warning of the possibility of two types of heart inflammation.
  Reuters Health Information, August 03, 2022
• Lilly to Make COVID Antibody Drug Available This Month Eli Lilly said it plans to make its COVID antibody drug commercially available to US states as well as hospitals and other healthcare providers this month.
  Reuters Health Information, August 03, 2022
• Biden Signs Abortion Order, Says GOP Clueless About Women's Power President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court and Republicans are clueless about the power of American women as he signed a second executive order aimed at protecting abortion rights.
  Reuters Health Information, August 03, 2022
• Australia's Winter COVID Wave May Have Peaked Early Australia's COVID outbreak fueled by the new Omicron sub-variants BA.4/5 may have peaked early, the Health Minister said, as hospitals reported a steady fall in admissions over the past week.
  Reuters Health Information, August 04, 2022
• Omicron Better at Invading Young Noses; Smell Loss May Predict Memory Issues The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review.
  Reuters Health Information, August 02, 2022