Life & Style
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Health
9/8/2022 2:06:31 PM
Nasal COVID-19 vaccines could help to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, the World Health Organization said Wednesday after homegrown products were approved in India and China.
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Life & Style
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Health
9/4/2022 2:47:47 PM
Entirely new COVID-19 variants could emerge this winter but existing vaccines should protect people from serious illness and death, the EU's drug agency said .
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Egypt
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Health
8/18/2022 12:25:11 PM
Coronavirus in Egypt is “fully under control” and the country has recorded “very few” cases in the past 10 days, Presidential Advisor for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din said on television on Wednesday.
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World
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International
8/15/2022 8:39:47 PM
The top executive at Pfizer, a leading producer of COVID-19 vaccines, has tested positive for the virus and says he is experiencing very mild symptoms.
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World
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Region
8/4/2022 10:46:59 PM
The United States on Thursday declared monkeypox a public health emergency, a move that should free up new funds, assist in data gathering and allow the deployment of additional personnel in the fight against the disease.
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Egypt
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Health
8/2/2022 2:59:16 PM
Egypt is one step closer to exporting homemade COVID-19 vaccines after the World Health Organisation (WHO) rated the Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA) maturity level three (ML-3), its second highest rating, according to the WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO).
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World
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International
7/30/2022 2:51:01 PM
Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health officials are warning.
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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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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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International
7/10/2022 1:08:02 PM
A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has disrupted ritual slaughter of animals to mark Eid al-Adha as millions of Muslims across Indonesia were celebrating one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar Sunday.
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World
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Africa
7/1/2022 4:21:20 PM
Health authorities in Africa say they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak there as an emergency and are calling on rich countries to share the world's limited supply of vaccines in an effort to avoid the glaring equity problems seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World
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International
6/30/2022 1:10:46 PM
The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization.
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Life & Style
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Health
6/18/2022 1:15:17 PM
The World Trade Organization agreed Friday to temporarily lift patents on Covid-19 vaccines after two years of bruising negotiations, but experts expressed scepticism that the deal will have a major impact on global vaccination inequality.
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World
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International
6/15/2022 10:57:02 PM
A panel of experts convened by the US Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Covid-19 vaccines Wednesday for children under five, the final age group awaiting immunization in most countries.
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World
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International
6/12/2022 2:57:14 PM
The World Trade Organization chief voiced cautious optimism Sunday as global trade ministers gather to tackle food security threatened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines.
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Egypt
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Health
6/7/2022 11:17:20 PM
Africa Heath ExCon, the first African Health Conference, concluded its first edition on Tuesday with the launch of an initiative to increase African capabilities in producing vaccines as well as 12 recommendations for African governments to improve health conditions on the continent.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/7/2022 8:31:01 PM
Joint continental effort is needed to upgrade Africa’s health sector.
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Egypt
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Health
6/7/2022 12:38:41 PM
Egypt seeks scientific, technical and pharmaceutical partnership with Africa to localise all types of coronavirus vaccines, Egypt's Presidential Adviser for Health Affairs Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din said.
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Egypt
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Health
6/5/2022 1:00:54 PM
Egypt will donate 30 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to African countries, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced on Sunday while addressing Africa Health ExCon, the first African health conference, which is being held in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
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World
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Africa
6/1/2022 1:59:19 PM
As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease's spread have long been available, just not to the Africans who have dealt with it for decades.
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