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# endemic

Last year
2022
# monkeypox
UAE becomes first Gulf country to announce monkeypox case, further cases in Europe and UK
Transmission of monkeypox occurs through close, sustained skin-to-skin contact with someone who has an active rash.
All time
# endemic racism
Police in Ferguson made a racist comment about Barack Obama
Extracts into a Justice Department report into the Missouri police force have been leaked.
# pandemic
New book documents the rise in pandemic diseases and wonders what's next
The book ‘Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic’ tracks previous pandemics and attempts to determine what the next one will be.
# POLIO
Afghanistan and Pakistan a ‘potential reservoir’ for spreading polio
Security issues mean that up to 40 per cent children in some parts are not vaccinated.