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Published Date: 08 Mar 2023

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The White House is seeking more than $1.4 billion in new funds from Congress to address the widening Ebola virus outbreak, including $800 million for humanitarian crisis...

As of 2022-2023 data in Denmark, influenza vaccination coverage in patients with T1D remained below the World Health Organization target of 75%, reaching only 16.9% in children and 41.8% in adults.

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