Lituka Wenda Dety, 41, who is suffering from monkeypox, prays with her family at the grave of her baby who died when she was six months old of the same disease, in the village of Yalanga, in Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 3, 2022. At the height of her illness, Dety's throat was so sore she struggled to swallow her own saliva. Round scars still dot her body, and her bones ache. When she was ill in hospital, her six-month-old son caught monkeypox and died. He is buried in a patch of sandy earth beside her mud brick home. "We want there to be a vaccination campaign," she said. "Going by what we have suffered, if many people catch this disease it will be catastrophic." REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi SEARCH "BASHIZI MONKEYPOX" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lituka Wenda Dety, 41, who is suffering from monkeypox, rides on the back of a bicycle to the Yalanga health centre for a consultation, in Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2, 2022. At the height of her illness in August, Dety's throat was so sore she struggled to swallow her own saliva. Round scars still dot her body, and her bones ache. When she was ill in hospital, her six-month-old son caught monkeypox and died. He is buried in a patch of sandy earth beside her mud brick home. "We want there to be a vaccination campaign," she said. "Going by what we have suffered, if many people catch this disease it will be catastrophic." REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi SEARCH "BASHIZI MONKEYPOX" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Alingo Likaka Manasse, head nurse at the Yalanga Health Centre, examines lesions on the hands of Lituka Wenda Dety, 41, who is suffering from monkeypox, in Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 2, 2022. At the height of her illness, Dety's throat was so sore she struggled to swallow her own saliva. Round scars still dot her body, and her bones ache. When she was ill in hospital, her six-month-old son caught monkeypox and died. He is buried in a patch of sandy earth beside her mud brick home. "We want there to be a vaccination campaign," she said. "Going by what we have suffered, if many people catch this disease it will be catastrophic." REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi SEARCH "BASHIZI MONKEYPOX" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Lituka Wenda Dety, 41, who is suffering from monkeypox, has lesions on her face examined by Alingo Likaka Manasse, (R), head nurse at the Yalanga Health Centre, and Theopiste Maloko, 42, (L) a local health official, in Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 2, 2022. At the height of her illness in August, Dety's throat was so sore she struggled to swallow her own saliva. Round scars still dot her body, and her bones ache. When she was ill in hospital, her six-month-old son caught monkeypox and died. He is buried in a patch of sandy earth beside her mud brick home. "We want there to be a vaccination campaign," she said. "Going by what we have suffered, if many people catch this disease it will be catastrophic." REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi SEARCH "BASHIZI MONKEYPOX" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

A view of the White House as it rains in Washington December 6, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama, who had medical tests on Saturday after complaining of a sore throat, is suffering from acid reflux, the president's physician said. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

A view of the White House as it rains in Washington December 6, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama, who had medical tests on Saturday after complaining of a sore throat, is suffering from acid reflux, the president's physician said. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

A shopkeeper wearing a mask to protect herself against the Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) weighs 'banlangen', a kind of dried plant
root which is often used to treat problems like flu and sore throat,
along with other herbal medicine at a Chinese medicine store in Hong
Kong April 6, 2003. Doctors are presently treating patient with
anti-viral drugs which have side effects like foetal deformation. But
many of the seven million people in Hong Kong, the worst-hit are after
mainland China, are resorting to traditional Chinese medicine, which is
based more on centuries of experience than scientific foundation.
REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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The influenza virus, pictured here October 6, 2001, infects up to 50 million Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The viral infection is contagious and causes exhaustion, chills and sore throat, and unlike the common cold, a fever. Other symptoms include cough and sore muscles. 

The three tenors, Jose Carreras (L) Luciano Pavarotti (C) and Placido Domingo (R) pose together at a media briefing July 15 in Dearborn. The three tenors will perform their only scheduled North American concert in 1999 [at Detroit's Tiger stadium July 17. Pavarotti left minutes into the briefing because of a sore throat]. 

The three tenors, Jose Carreras (L) Luciano Pavarotti (C) and Placido Domingo (R) pose together at a media briefing July 15 in Dearborn. The three tenors will perform their only scheduled North American concert in 1999 at Detroit's Tiger stadium July 17. Pavarotti left minutes into the briefing because of a sore throat.

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Italian Prime Massimo D'Alema uses a sore-throat remedy during a confidence vote in Italy's Chamber of Deputies October 23. D'Alema won a confidence vote on his centre-left government's programme in the lower house. In the vote, 333 deputies backed D'Alema with 281 against and three abstensions.
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Italian Prime Massimo D'Alema uses a sore-throat remedy during a confidence vote in Italy's Chamber of Deputies October 23. D'Alema won a confidence vote on his centre-left government's programme in the lower house. In the vote, 333 deputies backed D'Alema with 281 against and three abstensions.

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Pope John Paul II covers his face with his hand during his weekly audience November 12. The raspy-voiced Pope did not read his address due to a sore throat. The Pope skipped a mass on November 11 because he was not feeling well. 

Pope John Paul II leans in his chair as a priest reads the Pope's address during his weekly audience November 12. The raspy-voiced Pope, who skipped a mass November 11 because he was not feeling well, did not read his address due to a sore throat. The Pope's doctors have ordered him to rest more and reduce tiring, lengthy public appearances wherever possible.

POPE AUDIENCE 

Pope John Paul II covers his face with his hand during his weekly audience November 12. The raspy-voiced Pope did not read his address due to a sore throat. The Pope skipped a mass on November 11 because he was not feeling well.

POPE AUDIENCE 

Pope John Paul II waves from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square February 5. Pope John Paul II, suffering from influenza and a sore throat, unexpectedly cancelled audience on Wednesday and was ordered to rest in bed.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton reaches out to shake hands during an airport rally in Wilkes-Barre. Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton reaches out to shake hands during an airport rally in Wilkes-Barre, November 1, 1992. Cutting his remarks short due to a sore throat, Clinton continued his campaign pace with two days before the election. Reuters/Win McNamee