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WHO: more we learn about Zika more we worry
The World Health Organisation's chief on Tuesday said that the agency was increasingly worried about the Zika virus, even though it did not recommend cancelling or postponing the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.Margaret Chan...
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Thousands infected in Yemen cholera epidemic
Collapsing in the street and constantly vomiting, some of the Yemeni villagers barely make it to the tiny health centres where doctors spread sheets in the backyard and use trees to hang bags of IV fluids for patients.
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Widespread flu putting strain on US emergency rooms
Emergency rooms across the United States have been inundated and overwhelmed by patients seeking relief from the flu.
Northside Hospital in Cumming, Georgia has seen over 430 cases of the flu this month, compared to about...
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Second person dies from Ebola in Goma
The man who became the second confirmed Ebola case in the Democratic Republic of Congo's major crossroads city of Goma has died, officials said on Wednesday, adding that he may never have known he had the virus.
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WHO declares Ebola outbreak a global emergency
The World Health Organization says the deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now an international health emergency after the virus spread this week to a city of 2 million people.
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WHO: virus outbreak not global pandemic yet
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday the outbreak of a new virus which began in China has not reached a pandemic scale even though more cases have been confirmed in several countries across the world.
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Doctor in Mexico among the providers who are first line of defense
As Mexico approaches the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, one epidemiologist said an increase in the cases of acute pneumonia was inevitable.
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Hong Kong uni experts on virus outbreak
Public health experts in Hong Kong warned on Monday that there could be thousands more carriers of a new virus from China, despite sweeping efforts to contain the disease.
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Former doctor says NKorea hiding virus outbreak
As a doctor in North Korea during the SARS outbreak and flu pandemic, Choi Jung Hun didn't have much more than a thermometer to decide who should be quarantined.
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Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak.
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Newsom: Calif. now in 'pandemic induced recession'
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California is now "in a pandemic-induced recession," amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Newsom: Calif. now in 'pandemic induced recession'
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that California is now "in a pandemic-induced recession," amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Iraq could face economic crisis with virus and oil
Iraq could be facing an economic crisis in the wake of both a drop in oil prices and the worldwide pandemic of the new coronavirus.
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China rejects call for virus origin probe
China on Wednesday said it was opposed to any international investigation into the origin of the new coronavirus that is "based on the presumption of guilt".
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Brazil records highest virus deaths in a day
In 24 hours, Brazil has registered 600 deaths, the highest number in just one day since the outbreak of the new coronavirus hit the country.
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Iranians distribute food to families hit by pandemic
A group of female volunteers packed hundreds of charity food parcels at a mosque in southern Tehran on Sunday for vulnerable families impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Migrants adapt to new jobs amid US pandemic
Yelitza Esteva used to do manicures and now shops for others and delivers groceries. Leymar Navas was a cashier in a Japanese food restaurant and now disinfects ATM machines. Both are immigrants in the United States who've had to quickly...
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LATAM entrepreneurs seize opportunity in a pandemic
The coronavirus outbreak has wreaked havoc on the economy. But for some entrepreneurs in Latin America it has represented a new opportunity.
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Trump admin buries CDC reopening guidelines
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Trump hosts Irish Prime Minster amid virus spread
President Donald Trump welcomed Ireland's leader to the White House for an early St. Patrick's Day visit, keeping up one bit of tradition in the midst of the disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency
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Trump declares virus pandemic a national emergency
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak.