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Life & Style
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Health
3/14/2023 12:26:52 PM
Jiang Yanyong, a Chinese military doctor who revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak has died, a long-time acquaintance and a Hong Kong newspaper said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Health
2/20/2023 2:05:42 PM
Egypt’s quarantine teams will examine all passengers and crews traveling from Equatorial Guinea to Egyptian airports and entry points after the deadly Marburg virus killed nine in the first-ever outbreak in the Central African country.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/18/2023 1:44:53 PM
Ukraine's Western backers on Saturday urged allies to give Ukraine what it needs to beat Russia, with NATO's chief warning of the risks of victory for Moscow, ahead of the anniversary of the war's outbreak.
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World
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Region
2/16/2023 3:41:38 PM
Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake if hundreds of thousands of displaced people do not get permanent housing soon, the Red Cross' global chief said Thursday, as Syrians struggle to receive humanitarian aid amid the mounting crisis.
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World
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International
2/9/2023 5:14:21 PM
A woman victimized by a World Health Organization doctor during a recent Ebola outbreak in Congo said she is shocked that no senior officials were punished for the sexual abuse and exploitation claims involving dozens of women in the conflict-ridden country.
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World
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Africa
2/9/2023 3:55:53 PM
The deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi's history has killed at least 1,210 people, while vaccines remain scarce, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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World
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International
2/6/2023 5:33:28 PM
A confidential U.N. report into alleged missteps by senior World Health Organization staffers in the way they handled a sexual misconduct case during an Ebola outbreak in Congo found their response didn't violate the agency's policies because of what some officials described as a ``loophole'' in how the WHO defines victims of such behavior.
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Life & Style
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Style
2/2/2023 4:06:37 PM
Africa's public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent have no ``immediate access'' to vaccines amid a global supply shortage.
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World
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Region
1/31/2023 10:15:23 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to meet Palestinian leaders Tuesday for his final stop on a Middle East tour aimed at curbing the worst outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in years.
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Egypt
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Tourism
1/20/2023 5:26:10 PM
Egypt’s Cairo International Airport received on Friday the first flight carrying a group of Chinese tourists since the outbreak of COVID-19.
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World
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Africa
1/15/2023 10:58:57 PM
Malawi is facing its worst outbreak in two decades. The outbreak started early in 2022 and has, so far, resulted in over 18,000 cases and the loss of 750 lives. It’s also forced the closure of schools and many businesses.
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World
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Africa
1/11/2023 12:35:06 PM
Uganda's latest outbreak of the Ebola virus is over.
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Life & Style
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Health
1/10/2023 12:07:02 PM
Since publication of this article, the World Health Organization has said that there is "no conclusive evidence" that snakes were the source of the virus, although the exact viral intermediate host remains unknown.
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World
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International
1/7/2023 12:57:27 PM
China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government's policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to further open up.
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World
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International
1/6/2023 7:10:41 PM
As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the numbers it's reporting are meaningless.
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World
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International
1/4/2023 7:37:31 PM
The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday the agency is "concerned about the risk to life in China'' amid the coronavirus' explosive spread across the country and the lack of outbreak data from the Chinese government.
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World
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Africa
1/2/2023 4:56:53 PM
Schools in Malawi's two largest cities are to remain closed until further notice due to a worsening cholera outbreak, the government said on Monday.
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World
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International
1/1/2023 10:30:36 AM
Australia and Canada have joined a growing list of countries requiring travelers from China to take a COVID-19 test prior to boarding their flight, as China battles a nationwide outbreak of the coronavirus after abruptly easing restrictions that were in place for much of the pandemic.
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World
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International
12/31/2022 10:24:38 AM
Chinese manufacturing contracted for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since early 2020, as the country battles a nationwide COVID-19 surge after suddenly easing anti-epidemic measures.
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World
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Africa
12/17/2022 8:34:41 PM
Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022.
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