Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Death toll rises to five in Poland Legionnaire's outbreak

The death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Rzeszow, southeast Poland, has risen to five, local authorities said Thursday as they try to detect the contamination source.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chinese turn to traditional remedies to fight COVID

As COVID-19 rips through China's vast population, making millions sick and fuelling a shortage of drugs, many are turning to old-school traditional medicines to battle the aches and pains of the virus.

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Soaring COVID cases shine light on China's healthcare gap

Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under an unprecedented COVID wave—an illustration of the stark disparities in the country's ...

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Chinese with mild COVID urged to work as restrictions ease

Several local governments in China encouraged people with mild cases of COVID-19 to go to work this week, another sign of the difficulty the country faces as its rollback of virus-containment measures sets off a wave of infections—and ...

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