Climate change worsens Bangladesh dengue outbreak, with record deaths
By Shafiqul ALAM DHAKA, Oct 5, 2023 (AFP) - In the crowded fever ward in Bangladesh's Mugda hospital, every bed…
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France to hold crisis meetings on bedbug ‘scourge’
By Sami ACEF with David COURBET in Marseille PARIS, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - The French government said Tuesday it…
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No new Nipah cases detected in India: WHO
GENEVA, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - No new cases of Nipah virus have been detected in India since September 15,…
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UK cost-of-living crisis set to increase early deaths: study
LONDON, Sept 25, 2023 (AFP) - The UK's inflation-fuelled cost-of-living crisis is set to "cut lives short" and "significantly…
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S.African chickens hit by ‘worst’ bird flu outbreak
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 22, 2023 (AFP) - South African poultry farmers have warned of possible chicken and egg shortages as they…
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WHO calls on China for ‘full access’ for Covid investigators: FT
GENEVA, Sept 17, 2023 (AFP) - The head of the World Health Organization told the Financial Times he was ready…
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India’s Nipah virus outbreak: what do we know so far?
NEW DELHI, Sept 15, 2023 (AFP) - Authorities in India are scrambling to contain a rare outbreak of Nipah, a…
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Jill Biden contracts Covid: White House
WASHINGTON, Sept 5, 2023 (AFP) - US First Lady Jill Biden on Monday tested positive for Covid-19, the White House…
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Paris fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as pest spreads in Europe
© Agence France-Presse Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time on Thursday to…
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EU drug watchdog approves updated Pfizer Covid jab
THE HAGUE, Aug 30, 2023 (AFP) - The EU's drug watchdog on Wednesday approved an updated version of Pfizer and…
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Australian doctors find live parasitic worm in woman’s brain
SYDNEY, Aug 29, 2023 (AFP) - A parasitic roundworm typically found in snakes was pulled "alive and wriggling" from a…
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Finland culls 120,000 fur animals after bird flu outbreak
HELSINKI, Aug 23, 2023 (AFP) - Finland, Europe's largest producer of fox fur, is culling 120,000 farmed foxes and…
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