Health
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Ebola risk is high inside DR Congo but it’s no pandemic emergency: WHO
The deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda does not represent a global pandemic emergency,…
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WHO assembly opens under shadow of Ebola, hantavirus and funding cuts
From Ebola outbreaks in Central Africa to the complex evacuation of passengers aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, the UN World…
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Hantavirus-hit ship evacuation completed as quarantines begin
The passengers and crew have disembarked from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius in Tenerife and many have returned to…
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Passengers leave hantavirus-hit cruise ship in Tenerife as WHO says outbreak ‘not another COVID’
Passengers and crew from the cruise ship MV Hondius began disembarking in Tenerife on Sunday under a tightly coordinated international…
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WHO chief heads to Tenerife to oversee Sunday arrival of hantavirus-hit ship
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has issued a direct plea for calm and solidarity…
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Malaria vaccine is saving children’s lives: WHO
New evidence shows that malaria vaccination is significantly reducing child deaths in Africa and could have an even greater impact…
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Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not ‘another COVID’, WHO says
A deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean poses a low global public health risk and…
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Hantavirus outbreak: Another passenger contracts disease
It’s been confirmed that another passenger from the cruise liner linked to the outbreak of hantavirus has contracted the disease,…
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Human spread of hantavirus not ruled out on cruise ship
Hantavirus victims on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean may have been infected prior to joining the cruise and human-to-human…
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WHO leads response to cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
An outbreak of deadly hantavirus aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has triggered an international public health response.…
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