Medical research
Drones support remote village medical treatment
An international team of health-care investigators is piloting a new medical-delivery system that uses a "surgical strike" approach to solve pandemic problems.
May 28, 2019
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News tagged with humanitarian aid
Health
Setting guidelines for effective and ethical short-term medical missions
Short-term medical missions (STMMs) have been described variously as volunteer missions, internships, global health education, and medical brigades, and in the last two decades, there has been a surge in such undertakings. ...
Feb 27, 2018
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Health
Why a monthly period is especially hard for millions of women and girls around the world
Millions of girls and women are displaced and on the move right now globally – and the Trump administration's proposed drastic cuts to humanitarian aid will have a major impact on these girls' and women's health.
May 26, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Haiti cholera death toll nears 7,000: expert
Nearly 7,000 people have now died from cholera in Haiti in an epidemic which has become one of the worst of recent decades, a top health official said Friday.
Jan 06, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
EU plans vaccines as regulator sets approval deadline
European countries were on Tuesday given a clear timeframe for the start of their vaccination programmes after the bloc's medicines regulator said it would decide by December 29 whether to grant emergency approval for the ...
Dec 01, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pfizer seeks EU vaccine approval as OECD sees recovery in 2021
Pharma companies Pfizer and BioNTech on Tuesday filed for European approval for their coronavirus vaccine, following in the footsteps of competitor Moderna, while the OECD predicted the world economy would bounce back to ...
Dec 01, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Iran's army sets up hospital in virus-stricken capital
The Iranian military has set up a 2,000-bed hospital in an exhibition center in the capital to shore up the local health care system as it battles the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, state TV reported.
Mar 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sudan declares state of emergency, restricts travel over virus
Sudan on Monday announced a state of emergency and a near-total closure of its borders to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 16, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Spain suspends air traffic from Italy over coronavirus
The Spanish government said Tuesday it was suspending all air traffic from Italy for two weeks over coronavirus fears, the official state bulletin said.
Mar 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera kills 13 in Niger: UN
An outbreak of cholera has killed 13 people in Niger's southern Maradi region, which is home to the country's economic capital, officials and the UN said on Saturday.
Aug 11, 2018
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