disease
Number of cancer patients in Egypt expected to increase threefold by 2050: official
Health & Fitness
July 3, 2019
Number of cancer patients in Egypt expected to increase threefold by 2050: official
Egypt is one of the countries in which the number of cancer patients is expected to reach three times the…
Porous border could hinder efforts to stem spread of Ebola
World
June 18, 2019
Porous border could hinder efforts to stem spread of Ebola
MPONDWE, Uganda (AP) — Several well-trodden paths crisscross this lush area where people walk between Congo and Uganda to visit…
36,134 non-Egyptians receive Hepatitis C examinations
Health & Fitness
May 26, 2019
36,134 non-Egyptians receive Hepatitis C examinations
Health Minister Hala Zayed announced that 36,134 non-Egyptian expatriates living in Egypt have been examined for Hepatitis C as part…
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
World
April 16, 2019
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year,…
Congo’s Ebola outbreak might be declared global emergency
Health & Fitness
April 12, 2019
Congo’s Ebola outbreak might be declared global emergency
GENEVA (AP) — A top Red Cross official said Friday he’s “more concerned than I have ever been” about the…
Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit Yemeni capital as violence flares
Middle East
April 10, 2019
Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit Yemeni capital as violence flares
SANAA (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen carried out air strikes against two Houthi targets in the capital…
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen
Middle East
April 8, 2019
Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera rages in Yemen
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — In the summer of 2017, a plane chartered by the United Nations idled on the tarmac…
Killed by cholera, Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting ‘disastrous’ epidemic
Middle East
April 1, 2019
Killed by cholera, Yemeni doctor knew he was fighting ‘disastrous’ epidemic
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni doctor Mohammed Abdul-Mughni described the surge in cholera cases he was treating as “disastrous” in a…
Hundreds vaccinated after measles emergency in New York
Health & Fitness
March 30, 2019
Hundreds vaccinated after measles emergency in New York
A New York county which declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak is on the “right path” after…
Mozambique confirms cholera cases among cyclone victims
World
March 27, 2019
Mozambique confirms cholera cases among cyclone victims
BEIRA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Dozens of fragile patients poured into a clinic in the wrecked Mozambican port city of Beira…