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World
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International
7/27/2022 8:39:27 PM
The World Health Organization on Wednesday welcomed new studies concluding that Covid-19 first emerged at an animal market in China's Wuhan, but insisted it was too early to rule out other theories.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
7/27/2022 5:11:58 PM
A Cairo criminal court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and another to one year for abuse of power and receiving bribe to reverse a decision to close an unlicensed private hospital in what has been locally dubbed “the health ministry bribery case.”
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Life & Style
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Health
7/27/2022 2:48:59 PM
New York City asked the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday to rename the monkeypox virus to avoid stigmatizing patients who might then hold off on seeking care.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
7/27/2022 10:37:00 AM
Egypt is on alert for monkeypox, though no cases have yet been detected.
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Egypt
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Health
7/26/2022 10:26:59 PM
Presidential Health Adviser Awad Tag El-Din announced that the COVID-19 drug Molnupiravir will be publicly available in pharmacies in Egypt starting Wednesday for the price of EGP 420.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/25/2022 9:56:42 AM
The European Commission has approved a smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency, the Danish drugmaker that developed the jab said on Monday.
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Egypt
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Health
7/24/2022 8:16:31 PM
The Ministry of Health and Population announced on Sunday that 1.576 million women have been screened for diseases that can be transmitted from mother to fetus – known as vertically transmitted infections – as part of the Mother and Fetus Presidential Health sub-initiative since its launch in March 2020.
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Egypt
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Health
7/24/2022 5:03:24 PM
Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait stated on Sunday that the Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS) would be implemented in all Egyptian governorates within 10 years upon a presidential mandate to compress its 15-year planned timetable, a statement by the ministry said.
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World
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International
7/24/2022 4:45:39 PM
The White House said Sunday it was confident authorities could "eliminate" monkeypox from the United States by speeding up the rollout of vaccinations and treatment to combat the virus's spread.
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World
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Region
7/24/2022 10:48:30 AM
Two Palestinians were killed overnight in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday, in what the Israeli occupation army said was a shootout with gunmen.
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World
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International
7/23/2022 6:36:29 PM
The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an ``extraordinary'' situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
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World
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Region
7/23/2022 5:48:17 PM
At least 16 people were killed and 52 wounded in fighting between armed groups in Tripoli, the health ministry said Saturday, following the latest politically driven violence to hit the Libyan capital.
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Egypt
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Health
7/20/2022 6:28:01 PM
A total of 38 million Egyptians have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus, Health Spokesman of the Egyptian Ministry of Health Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar told Ahram Online on Wednesday.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/20/2022 10:36:17 AM
Researcher Dhruv Sareen’s own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they’ll grow better in zero gravity.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
7/19/2022 10:08:22 PM
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Egypt
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Society
7/19/2022 9:17:54 PM
Former Egypt and Tottenham striker Ahmed Hossam ‘Mido’ and the Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS) have entered a legal battle after his remarks on social media provoked the syndicate to take legal action.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
7/19/2022 9:05:06 PM
Egypt, the host of two major UN conferences, the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP27) and the 12th session of the World Urban Forum (WUF12), leads the way towards achieving the promise of an inclusive, greener, safer, and healthier planet for future generations, write Elena Panova and Rania Hedeya
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World
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International
7/19/2022 1:00:11 PM
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalization rates have also doubled, although intensive care admissions have remained low.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/18/2022 4:18:22 PM
Countries should step up their work on genomic technologies to combat diseases, and share that technology more quickly with developing nations, a new WHO report argued,
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World
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Africa
7/17/2022 10:13:13 PM
The World Health Organization has declared Ghana's first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease after labs confirmed the infections in two cases announced earlier this month.
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