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May 24 (Reuters) - Germany has ordered 40,000 doses of a Bavarian Nordic (BAVA.CO) vaccine to be ready to vaccinate contacts of those infected with monkeypox if an outbreak in Germany becomes more severe, but officials are banking on other precautionary measures for now. Speaking at a press conference, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday that measures such as an isolation period of at least 21 days recommended for infected people would suffice for now to contain the outbreak. "If infections spread further we will want to be prepared for possible ring vaccinations that are not yet recommended at this point but might become necessary," said Lauterbach, referring to the strategy of vaccinating contacts of an infected person. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reute...

People in both groups who had a history of one of the 26 health conditions in the previous year were excluded from the study — an attempt by the researchers to consider medical issues that patients developed only after they had Covid. The study, which involved patients seen at health facilities that use a record system managed by Cerner Corp., a large medical data company, said the Covid patients included people admitted to hospitals, seen in emergency departments or diagnosed in an outpatient setting. The researchers did not indicate how many patients were in each group, one of several limitations of the study’s findings. Between 30 days and 365 days after their coronavirus diagnosis, 38 percent of the patients experienced one or more new health problems, compared to 16 percent of the no...

23. "I was put under for surgery to get my wisdom teeth taken out. At some point during the procedure, I woke up feeling all numb and extremely tired; I could barely move a finger. I was a bit weirded out when I saw three people with blood-covered hands poking around inside my mouth with strange tools." "I didn't feel any pain, though, since my mouth was probably shot up full of Novocain. I kind of wanted to not be in that situation, so I mustered all of my strength and twitched my finger a bit. Either the doctor or one of the nurses noticed, and a nurse went over to the IV drip and fiddled with it a bit. I closed my eyes again and fell back asleep.  Next thing I know, I wake up to find my mouth full of gauze, I'm still really tired,...

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Sacramento County public health officials are investigating a “likely” case of monkeypox virus related to travel in Europe, officials announced Tuesday morning. If confirmed, this would be California's first monkeypox case. A health provider alerted the county about the suspected case on May 21 and on Monday local health officials got the results of a preliminary PCR test that was a match for orthopoxvirus, the family of viruses that includes monkeypox, Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye said.| VIDEO BELOW | Health experts caution against panic, encourage awareness about monkeypox outbreakThe patient still needs confirmation testing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a California Department of Public Health lab in Richmond, but officials s...