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WHO Approves First Diagnostic Test For Mpox Amid Rising Outbreaks In Africa
The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks.
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Baby Paralysed In Gaza's First Case Of Type 2 Polio For 25 Years: WHO
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N. agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby
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Gaza Records First Polio Case In 25 Years As UN Urges Vaccinations
Gaza has recorded its first polio case in 25 years, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, after UN chief Antonio Guterres called for pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children.
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War, Economic Chaos, Extreme Weather Defied Drive To End Hunger In 2023: UN
Conflict, economic turbulence and extreme weather scuppered efforts to curb hunger last year, with around nine per cent of the world's population affected, UN agencies said on Wednesday.
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Back In Mideast To Push Gaza Truce Talks, Blinken Meets Netanyahu
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, pushing a ceasefire plan that the UN Security Council later supported in an effort to halt eight months of war in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel's Rafah Invasion "Could Be A Slaughter Of Civilians", Warns UN
An Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in Gaza could lead to a "slaughter" and worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in the region, the United Nations' humanitarian office and health agency warned.
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"Enormous Concern": WHO On Human Cases Of Bird Flu
The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an "extraordinarily high" mortality rate.
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Measles Cases In Europe Rise 45-Fold In 2023. These Countries Worst Hit
Measles cases soared in Europe in 2023 to 42,200, a nearly 45-fold increase over the previous year, the UN health agency said on Tuesday, calling for urgent vaccination efforts to halt the spread.
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Gaza Death Count Crosses 25,000, Says Hamas As Israel Intensifies Offensive
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry on Sunday said the death toll in the war-torn Palestinian territory breached 25,000 as Israel pushed its southward offensive and renewed bombardment in the north.
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Covid-19 "Still Circulating, Changing, And Killing": UN health Agency Chief
Almost 10,000 Covid-19 deaths were reported in December, the WHO said on Wednesday, as it warned the virus remained a major threat despite partially passing under the radar.
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Al Jazeera, AFP Journalists Killed In Israeli Air Strike, Says Hamas
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday that an Israeli air strike killed two journalists in the Palestinian territory.
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Gaza Death Count Crosses 20,000 People: Hamas Health Ministry
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Saturday that at least 20,258 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the start of war with Israel on October 7.
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Israeli Army Kills 5 At West Bank Refugee Camp: Palestinian Health Ministry
Israeli forces killed five Palestinians Sunday morning at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the Israeli army launched air strikes on the camp.
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Patient Dies On Way To Gaza Hospital Amid Lengthy Israeli Checks: WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a patient had died in an emergency convoy on route to a Gaza City hospital, during repeated and lengthy Israeli checks.
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Over 80 Dead In Israeli Strikes On Gaza Camp, Says Hamas
A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed Saturday in twin strikes on a northern Gaza refugee camp, including a UN school used as a shelter for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war.
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WHO Approves First Diagnostic Test For Mpox Amid Rising Outbreaks In Africa
The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks.
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Baby Paralysed In Gaza's First Case Of Type 2 Polio For 25 Years: WHO
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with U.N. agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby
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Gaza Records First Polio Case In 25 Years As UN Urges Vaccinations
Gaza has recorded its first polio case in 25 years, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, after UN chief Antonio Guterres called for pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children.
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War, Economic Chaos, Extreme Weather Defied Drive To End Hunger In 2023: UN
Conflict, economic turbulence and extreme weather scuppered efforts to curb hunger last year, with around nine per cent of the world's population affected, UN agencies said on Wednesday.
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Back In Mideast To Push Gaza Truce Talks, Blinken Meets Netanyahu
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, pushing a ceasefire plan that the UN Security Council later supported in an effort to halt eight months of war in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel's Rafah Invasion "Could Be A Slaughter Of Civilians", Warns UN
An Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in Gaza could lead to a "slaughter" and worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in the region, the United Nations' humanitarian office and health agency warned.
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"Enormous Concern": WHO On Human Cases Of Bird Flu
The World Health Organization voiced alarm Thursday at the growing spread of H5N1 bird flu to new species, including humans, who face an "extraordinarily high" mortality rate.
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Measles Cases In Europe Rise 45-Fold In 2023. These Countries Worst Hit
Measles cases soared in Europe in 2023 to 42,200, a nearly 45-fold increase over the previous year, the UN health agency said on Tuesday, calling for urgent vaccination efforts to halt the spread.
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Gaza Death Count Crosses 25,000, Says Hamas As Israel Intensifies Offensive
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry on Sunday said the death toll in the war-torn Palestinian territory breached 25,000 as Israel pushed its southward offensive and renewed bombardment in the north.
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Covid-19 "Still Circulating, Changing, And Killing": UN health Agency Chief
Almost 10,000 Covid-19 deaths were reported in December, the WHO said on Wednesday, as it warned the virus remained a major threat despite partially passing under the radar.
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Al Jazeera, AFP Journalists Killed In Israeli Air Strike, Says Hamas
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday that an Israeli air strike killed two journalists in the Palestinian territory.
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Gaza Death Count Crosses 20,000 People: Hamas Health Ministry
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Saturday that at least 20,258 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the start of war with Israel on October 7.
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Israeli Army Kills 5 At West Bank Refugee Camp: Palestinian Health Ministry
Israeli forces killed five Palestinians Sunday morning at a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the Israeli army launched air strikes on the camp.
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Patient Dies On Way To Gaza Hospital Amid Lengthy Israeli Checks: WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a patient had died in an emergency convoy on route to a Gaza City hospital, during repeated and lengthy Israeli checks.
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Over 80 Dead In Israeli Strikes On Gaza Camp, Says Hamas
A Hamas health official said more than 80 people were killed Saturday in twin strikes on a northern Gaza refugee camp, including a UN school used as a shelter for people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war.
