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African health officials say countries with cholera outbreaks have no 'immediate access to vaccines The African Public Health Agency says countries. With deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent. Do not have "immediate access" to vaccines amid a global supply shortage. The African Center for Disease Control and Prevention acting director. Ahmed Ogwell told reporters on Thursday that the agency was working with World Health . Organization and the GAVI vaccine alliance on ways to get more doses. The African CDC is also working with two local manufacturers to explore. Whether their facilities can be converted to produce cholera vaccines, Ogwell said. He didn't say which. MALAWI'S WORST CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN 2 DECADES HAS NOW CLAIMED 750 LIVES In October, the WHO and its partners advised countries to use one cholera vaccine dose. Instead of two due to a shortage of supplies as outbreaks of waterborne disease increase worldwide . They said a single dose of the vaccine

  Actress, 30, beaten by a stranger, diagnosed with a brain tumor, and run over by a car at the hospital There's a reason she's been called the "happiest woman in the world." As if breaking her jaw after being punched in the face by a homeless man during an unprovoked attack. Wasn't bad enough, social media star Alli McLaren's broken jaw soon led to her being diagnosed . With a brain tumor - and then being run over by a car on the way to radiation therapy. "I'm that friend who lives 'can't break the drama lifestyle,'" McLaren, 30, a Los Angeles transplant from Australia . Said in her viral TikTok testimonial. In the clip, which has garnered over 1.6 million views, the content creator and aspiring actress, shared her dating woes . With The Post in August 2021, two months before her life changed, detailed a series of unfortunate and life-threatening events . she endured, beginning with her attack in October 2021. "He crossed the

  Whooping cough vaccine, infants: What you need to know HONOLULU (KHON2) — Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is contagious. This is particularly true for infants who are not old enough to be vaccinated . Before the introduction of diphtheria, tetanus toxoid. And the whole-cell pertussis [DTP] vaccine in 1948, hundreds of thousands of U.S. residents died from whooping cough . Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Once the vaccine became a standard inoculation for children, whooping cough cases plummeted. They did not disappear, but the impact of this disease became much less severe. But, over the last few years anti-vaccination sentiment spreading amongst many. Whooping cough is making a resurgence. , it is the children who pay for this. Now, the Centers for Disease Control has published a new study that provides greater. Information on the impact of the Tdap vaccination during pregnancy. The study shows that when mothers get this vacc