Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Qatar announces fourth MERS death
An expatriate living in Qatar has died of MERS, bringing to four the number of deaths in the Gulf state from the coronavirus, health authorities said on Friday.
Nov 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Qatar announces third MERS death
An expatriate living in Qatar had died after he contracted MERS, bringing to three the number of deaths from the coronavirus in the Gulf state, health authorities said Tuesday.
Nov 19, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Man dies, toddler critical in new Cambodia bird flu cases
A 29-year-old man has died from bird flu in Cambodia and a toddler is critically ill with the virus after carrying sick and dead poultry from a market, health authorities said Thursday.
Nov 14, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Saudi MERS toll reaches 53 as Oman records first death (Update)
Saudi Arabia announced another fatality from the MERS virus on Sunday, taking its toll to 53, as neighbouring Oman recorded its first death from the respiratory disease.
Nov 10, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Polio breaks out amid militant threats in Pakistan
Syed Wali desperately wants to immunize his three young children against polio but fears the Islamic militants who banned the vaccine from this remote area in northwest Pakistan will catch him if he tries to smuggle it in.
Sep 2, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Experts urge renewed push on US-Thai HIV vaccine
Health experts on Thursday called for trials of an HIV vaccine under development in Thailand to be speeded up following recent setbacks in other efforts to end the AIDS epidemic.
Aug 29, 2013
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Medications
Indian firm unveils latest typhoid shots
An Indian pharmaceutical firm said Thursday it would soon launch the world's first vaccine against typhoid which can be given to infants, protecting the most vulnerable victims of the illness.
Aug 29, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera outbreak in northeast Afghanistan
A cholera outbreak at a village in northeast Afghanistan has infected 1,492 people, killed a young woman and left another 100 in critical condition, a provincial official said Tuesday.
Aug 13, 2013
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Pediatrics
Need for debate on when babies should eat solids
A University of Adelaide researcher says it's time for Australia's health authorities to rethink advice on how long women breastfeed their children exclusively.
Jul 31, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO holds off raising MERS alert level as Muslim hajj looms
The World Health Organization on Wednesday held off from calling for travel restrictions related to the MERS virus striking Saudi Arabia as the kingdom braces for the Muslim hajj pilgrimage.
Jul 17, 2013
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