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Polio Continues Spreading in Various Countries

In Travel Vaccine News by Travel Vaccine

The 28th meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations on the international spread of poliovirus reviewed updated data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV) on May 4, 2021.
On May 21, 2021, this World Health Organization (WHO) Committee announced it unanimously agrees that the risk of international spread of poliovirus remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) and recommended the extension of Temporary Recommendations for an additional three months.  

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Low Testosterone Indicates Higher COVID-19 Risk for Men

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A single-center cohort study of patients with COVID-19 led by researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine found lower testosterone concentrations during hospitalization were associated with increased disease severity and inflammation in men.
Published in the JAMA Network Open on May 25, 2021, this study could not prove that low testosterone is a cause of severe COVID-19. But low levels could simply serve as a marker of some other causal factors.