Cat sole survivor of 115-meter fall at Bryce Canyon National Park
Los Angeles, United States - A cat that fell alongside a couple into a 115-meter-high canyon was the only survivor...
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Trump – oldest elected US president – undergoes physical
Washington, United States - Donald Trump had his first annual medical checkup Friday since returning to power, putting focus on...
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Iran emerging as a hub for health tourism in West Asia: Raisi
Tehran, Iran--Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has claimed that health tourism in the country has attracted patients from neighboring countries and...
- The Iranian president claimed that patients from Central Asia and Middle East have chosen Iran over Europe to come for medical treatment
- In May, Iranian health minister said that last year more than 1.2 million foreign patients had been to hospitals in the Islamic Republic for various treatments
Israel ranks 5th healthiest country in the world
Dubai, UAE - Israel ranks in 5th place out of the 167 countries on the index of the world’s healthiest...
- Asia is well represented generally, with the four top places rounded off by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan
- The bottom five places are Somalia, Lesotho, Chad, South Sudan and the Central African Republic
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Covid and Ukraine have badly hit UN sustainable goals progress
Geneva, Switzerland - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said the COVID-19 pandemic, Ukraine crisis and the climate...
- The UNCTAD released the fifth edition of its annual SDG Pulse, a global reference for tracking progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
- The data and analysis cover a wide range of SDG indicators and others relevant to trade, investment, financing for development, debt, transport and technology.
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Iraqi forces seize 250,000 captagon pills from school
Iraq has long been transit country for captagon, but officials say it is increasingly becoming a consumer market for the...
- The seizure was carried out in Al-Anbar province on the border with Syria, a country considered the hub for production and trafficking of captagon.
- Police "seized 250,000 captagon pills and one kilogram of cannabis resin from a school being renovated in the city of Ramadi", the interior ministry said.
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Covid-19 has not gone away, kills 1,000 a week in Europe: WHO
Copenhagen, Denmark - The World Health Organization's European office on Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone away, saying...
- "Whilst it may not be a global public health emergency, however, Covid-19 has not gone away," WHO Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge said
- "Unless we develop comprehensive diagnostics and treatment for long Covid, we will never truly recover from the pandemic," Kluge said
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Global body to fund 26 FAO projects worth $174.7m
ROME, ITALY - Building on growing momentum to tackle environmental problems by addressing the ways in which our food and...
- With these new projects, FAO's partnership with the GEF will have helped countries access over $1.4 billion in financing.
- These 26 projects will support countries to create or improve the management of nearly 17.9 million hectares of protected areas on land and sea
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Chinese doctors use 5G remote robot to perform successful surgery
XINJIANG, CHINA - China has successfully performed the world's first liver resection surgery utilising a domestically developed 5G remote robot,...
- A medical team from Zhejiang and Xinjiang provinces collaborated through the use of 5G remote robot, overcoming a considerable distance of 4,600 kilometers
- Leading the team was Dr. Liang Xiao, a chief physician from the Department of General Surgery at Zhejiang University School of Medicine's Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
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US firms to pay $1.2bn to clear claims of contaminating water sources
Three major chemical manufacturers announced that they will pay nearly $1.2 billion to settle claims that they contaminated water sources...
- Chemours would contribute $592 million, DuPont $400 million and Corteva $193 million to the settlement fund.
- The group of chemicals known as PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been found to cause cancer and other health problems.
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AstraZeneca’s new cancer medication Imjudo launched in UAE
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- AstraZeneca has announced the launch of its revolutionary cancer medication, IMJUDO® (tremelimumab) in the UAE.The launch...
- UAE is one of the first countries in the Middle East to receive access to the medication that marks a significant advancement in the treatment of cancer
- Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy and tolerability of IMJUDO® in combination in various types of cancer, including metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
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PIF sets up firm Badael to curb tobacco use in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- The Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced the establishment of Badael Company, which aims to develop, manufacture and...
- Badael aims to address the negative impact that smoking has on the well-being of the Saudi population.
- The company’s products are expected to help nearly one million people give up smoking by 2032.
Cat sole survivor of 115-meter fall at Bryce Canyon National Park
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WHO registers eighty percent rise in measles case
Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization voiced alarm on Tuesday at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000...
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UN agencies warn of ‘explosion’ in Gaza child deaths
Twenty weeks into Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies warned that food and safe water had...
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World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
Clark, Philippines - NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in...
- Starting this week in the Philippines, the US agency's DC-8 is flying for up to eight hours at a time, sometimes just 50 feet from the ground, to swoop up air particles for study.
- Millions of deaths each year are linked to air pollution, and improving the ability to identify its sources and behavior can lead to more accurate warning systems for the public.
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Healthcare experts must keep up with tech innovations
She emphasizes the significant impact of technology on the healthcare sector and highlighted the 'Let's Talk Innovation' Symposium's focus on...
- Dr. Kalthoom AlBlooshi of EHS emphasizes the need for professionals to stay abreast of technological advancements in healthcare.
- The 'Let's Talk Innovation' Symposium aims to engage the youth in shaping the future of the UAE healthcare sector, adds AlBlooshi.
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Czech farmer cull 140,000 birds to halt spread of bird flu outbreak
Prague, Czech Republic - Czech farmers have killed about 140,000 birds since the start of the year in a bid to...
- The infected birds had the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu strain, which is potentially transmissible to humans
- The three commercial farms, all in central Czech Republic, have had to cull 50,000 ducks and 90,000 chicken