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CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
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About 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan. That’s according to the chief of the World Health Organization. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus offered the figure in a X post early Sunday. Officials and others in the capital of North Darfur province had cited a similar...
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Tuberculosis infected 8 million people last year, the most WHO has ever tracked
The World Health Organization says more than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year. That’s the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track.
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Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak
Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus.
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The mpox strain spreading now is different from the one in 2022: Here's what to know
This strain of the virus is known to be more severe, but it’s behaving differently from its usual patterns.
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A new global health emergency: What is mpox, where are the outbreaks and what is the WHO doing?
The World Health Organization has declared the increasing spread of mpox in Africa a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international borders.
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WHO declares mpox a ‘public health emergency of international concern'
The World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern over a spreading outbreak of mpox first seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads
Cases are confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries, and a new form of the virus is spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the African continent.
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Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year
The regional office of the World Health Organization say that’s three times more cases than reported at this point last year.
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UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country sees a record outbreak
The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak.
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How special mosquitoes became allies in fight against dengue fever in Honduras
Preventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, scientists are promoting a potentially more effective way to control the disease with the help of mosquitoes.