More than 80 Ebola deaths trigger global emergency
'The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine, no specific treatment.'
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'The Bundibugyo strain has no vaccine, no specific treatment.'
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There were no severe cases, and that asymptomatic individuals were now free to disembark.
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JAKARTA (AFP) — A rising measles outbreak in Indonesia is being driven in part by vaccine hesitancy linked to misinformation and religious concerns, even as…
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The outbreak is believed to have begun before departure from Argentina, where hantavirus is endemic, with possible onboard transmission under investigation.
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GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain (AFP) — A complex day-long operation to repatriate occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak neared…
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Vital oxygen supplies and other medical aid were air-dropped almost simultaneously.
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers…
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SPAIN (AFP) — Two evacuees from a ship suffering a deadly hantavirus outbreak and whose flight to Amsterdam unexpectedly landed in the Canary Islands on…
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A former passenger on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is being treated in a Zurich hospital for the virus,…
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The Department of Health (DoH) announced Tuesday that there are no recorded cases of hantavirus in the Philippines, following concerns over an outbreak on an…
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A 70-year-old passenger died on board while his 69-year-old wife died in a Johannesburg hospital.
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JUBA, South Sudan (AFP) — Nearly two-thirds of South Sudan’s population — some 7.9 million people — face acute hunger, authorities said Tuesday, amid a…
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Health officials reported 143 measles cases in Quezon City between 1 January and 15 April, warning that nearly one-sixth of those infected are infants too…
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Geneva (AFP) — Nearly 700 civilians have reportedly been killed in drone strikes in Sudan since January, the United Nations (UN) aid chief said Tuesday,…
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Sudanese rights group Emergency Lawyers reported that the hospital was hit by an army drone strike.
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N’DJAMENA, Chad (AFP) — A drone from Sudan killed at least 15 people on Wednesday evening in the border town of Tine in Chad, according to local sources.
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The Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division reported Friday that 100 measles cases had been recorded in the city since the start of the year.
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A resident of Abu Zabad town, Hamad Abdullah, said he helped bury 20 people on Saturday.
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