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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/11/2023 12:17:11 PM
Fistfights break out in bread lines. Residents wait hours for a gallon of brackish water that makes them sick. Scabies, diarrhea, and respiratory infections rip through overcrowded shelters. And some families have to choose who eats.
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Egypt
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Health
8/22/2023 3:09:00 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that it had detected the country’s first two confirmed cases of the new fast-spreading COVID-19 variant EG.5.2, unofficially nicknamed “Eris."
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Arts & Culture
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Music
6/30/2023 12:52:12 PM
Madonna is recovering after falling ill with a "serious bacterial infection" that landed her in an intensive care unit for several days.
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World
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Region
4/29/2023 3:11:16 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday appeared in public for the first time in three days after a stomach infection kept him off the campaign trail before key polls.
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World
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International
4/7/2023 6:21:59 PM
Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed on Friday to survive another stint in hospital, as the 86-year-old media mogul showed signs of improvement following treatment for leukaemia and a lung infection.
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Egypt
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Health
3/31/2023 5:32:28 PM
The incidence rate of tuberculosis in Egypt dropped by nine percent since 2021 - from 11 to 10 cases per 100,000 people, according to recent official figures.
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World
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International
3/30/2023 8:50:25 PM
Pope Francis showed a “marked improvement” Thursday after being given intravenous antibiotics for a bronchitis infection and could be released from the hospital in the coming days, the Vatican and his doctors reported.
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World
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International
3/29/2023 10:08:32 PM
Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the Rome hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said.
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Life & Style
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Health
3/11/2023 11:21:18 AM
On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines.
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Egypt
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Health
2/22/2023 7:10:35 PM
Minister of Health Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar stressed on Wednesday the need to continue adhering to the precautionary measures amid a slight increase in coronavirus infections in the country since mid-January.
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World
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International
1/22/2023 1:06:03 PM
China reported nearly 13,000 Covid-related deaths in hospitals between January 13 and 19, after a top health official said the vast majority of the population had already been infected.
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World
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International
1/15/2023 7:07:17 PM
The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening.
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World
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International
12/30/2022 3:13:46 PM
Japan on Friday started requiring COVID-19 tests for all passengers arriving from China as an emergency measure against surging infections there as the Asian island country faces its own rising case numbers and record-level deaths.
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World
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International
12/24/2022 1:58:54 PM
Half a million people in a single Chinese city are being infected with Covid-19 every day, a senior health official has said, in a rare and quickly censored acknowledgment that the country's wave of infections is not being reflected in official statistics.
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World
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International
12/14/2022 1:09:33 PM
China's top health body said Wednesday the true scale of coronavirus infections in the country is now "impossible" to track, with officials warning cases are rising rapidly in Beijing after the government abruptly abandoned its zero-COVID policy.
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Egypt
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Health
12/8/2022 9:31:59 PM
The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed the detection of a new positive case of monkeypox infection in Egypt of a patient aged 39.
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Sports
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World
12/5/2022 10:57:45 AM
Two daughters and one grandson of Brazilian soccer great Pele said the three-time World Cup winner has been hospitalized since Tuesday to treat a respiratory infection aggravated by COVID-19. They added that the 82-year-old is under no imminent risk of death.
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World
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Region
9/13/2022 3:11:09 PM
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday of a "very high" risk of cholera spreading across Syria after the country recorded its first cases since 2009.
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World
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Region
9/12/2022 7:07:54 PM
The EU's medicines watchdog on Monday approved a vaccine specifically targeting the new and infectious types of the Omicron variant amid fears of a new wave of winter infections.
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Life & Style
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Health
8/30/2022 7:36:26 PM
Half of the world's healthcare facilities lack basic hygiene services, putting nearly four billion people at greater risk of infection, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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