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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming an estimated 19.8 million lives in 2022—around 32% of all global deaths, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). About 85% of these deaths were…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declared the deadly hantavirus outbreak linked to the cruise ship MV Hondius officially over after the last person under quarantine completed monitoring without testing positive. The…
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The World Health Organization said Friday that the risk to the wider public from the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius remains minimal, stressing that the virus spreads only through extremely close contact. The…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday sought to calm fears over the recent hantavirus outbreak, stressing that the situation is unlikely to escalate into a global pandemic despite growing concern after cases emerged on a cruise…
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The World Health Organization said it is tracing 88 passengers who were on a flight from the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena to Johannesburg after a fellow traveller, evacuated from a cruise ship after contracting hantavirus,…
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The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that “black rain” reported in Iran after strikes on oil facilities could cause respiratory problems and supported Iranian authorities’ advice for residents to remain indoors. The UN health…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday confirmed that a woman in northern Bangladesh died in January after contracting the deadly Nipah virus. Bangladesh, which reports Nipah cases almost every year, recorded the fatality shortly…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday appealed for $1 billion to address health crises across 36 of the world’s most severe emergencies this year, including in Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UN health…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the risk of the Nipah virus spreading from India remains low and does not justify any travel or trade restrictions, even as two cases were confirmed in West Bengal. In a statement, the WHO…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday voiced alarm over reports that more than 70 health workers and around 5,000 civilians are being detained in Nyala, in southwestern Sudan. Sudan has been engulfed in a brutal conflict since…
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