Over 600 people test HIV positive in Pakistan city
Pakistan said on Sunday over 600 people, most of them children, had tested HIV positive in a city in southern…
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Singapore reports first case of rare monkeypox virus
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore has reported its first ever case of monkeypox, brought in by a Nigerian man thought…
7 years ago
DR Congo: Ebola claims over 1,000 lives, Guterres commits ‘whole’ UN system, to help ‘end the outbreak’
Now in its tenth month, the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than…
7 years ago
Scientists develop device to detect bacteria in minutes, not days
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The era of doctors prescribing patients powerful antibiotics while they wait for lab reports could…
7 years ago
Two die from measles in Switzerland as cases rise
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Switzerland has registered two deaths from measles this year, health authorities said Thursday, stressing the importance…
7 years ago
Like Uber, but for organs: first kidney delivered by drone
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A kidney needed for transplantation has been delivered by a drone for the first time…
7 years ago
UK police probe hundreds of premature hospital deaths
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British police opened an investigation on Tuesday into a hospital where hundreds of patients…
7 years ago
US records 695 measles cases, most since 2000
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) --The United States recorded 695 cases of measles in 2019, the most of any year…
7 years ago
For its health and yours, keep the cat indoors
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- At least one running argument among cat lovers is now over: Whiskers, Lucy…
7 years ago
Australia ramps up measles warnings as cases jump
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia on Monday launched a major education campaign to encourage its residents, particularly those traveling overseas,…
7 years ago
Children in South Asia hardest hit by air pollution – study
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Air pollution will shorten the life expectancy of children born today by an average of…
7 years ago
Air pollution to shorten life expectancy of children born today, says study
HONGKONG, China (AFP) -- Air pollution will shorten the life expectancy of children born today by an average of…
7 years ago
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