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Number of cancer patients in Egypt expected to increase threefold by 2050: official
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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

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

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
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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
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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…
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