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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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Largest Hajj of Covid era ready to begin in Mecca
The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic began kicks off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of mostly mask less...
- One million fully vaccinated Muslims, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year's hajj
- Some pilgrims donned clothing featuring the names and flags of their countries
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Horseshoe crab vital for vaccine safety
Their bright blue blood has been essential for testing the safety of biomedical products since the 1970s, when it replaced...
- Around 10 percent of the population is lost each year as their exposed undersides bake in the Sun.
- Every year around 500,000 horseshoe crabs are harvested and bled for a chemical called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate, vital for testing against a type of bacteria.
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Iraq battles with outbreak of cholera as it causes first death
A cholera outbreak in Iraq claimed its first victim Tuesday, with 17 new cases recorded in the country within 24...
- Earlier this month, outbreak was first officially reported with Kirkuk accounting for one of the 13 cases confirmed at that time
- The country's last broad cholera outbreak dates back to 2015, in which the central provinces of Baghdad and Babil was the worst affected
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UAE’s EHS, Johnson & Johnson ink MoU on healthcare
Emirates Health Services has signed a MoU with Johnson & Johnson Middle East to strengthen collaboration towards developing more advanced...
- UAE''s EHS has signed a MoU with Johnson & Johnson to strengthen collaboration towards developing more advanced health services
- The agreement will also strengthen collaboration in developing innovative hi-tech solutions to support the health sector in the country
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Saudi Arabia to invest $3bn in vaccines, vital medicines industry
Saudi Minister Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef said that the targeted pharmaceutical sectors whose value exceeds US$5 billion will be implemented...
- Saudi Minister Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef said that the targeted pharmaceutical sectors whose value exceeds US$5 billion will be implemented in several stages
- The second phase, the minster said, will focus on localising immunological and cancer treatments technologies
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Covid vaccines saved 20m lives in first year: Study
Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large...
- It is the first attempt to estimate the number of deaths prevented directly and indirectly as a result of Covid-19 vaccinations
- The study used official figures or estimates when official data was not available for deaths from Covid, as well as total excess deaths from each country
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China’s zero-Covid policy leaves a long trail of medical waste
Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that...
- From Beijing to Shanghai, Shenzhen to Tianjin, cities are now home to an archipelago of temporary testing kiosks
- Mass testing appears set to stay as Chinese authorities insist zero-Covid has allowed the world's most populous nation to avoid Covid spread
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80 percent children in Ghaza suffer ‘distress’ due to years long blockade: report
Four out of five children in Gaza suffer from emotional distress, Save the Children said Wednesday, 15 years after Israel...
- In a report called "Trapped", Britain-based Save the Children said the mental health of Gazan children has continued to deteriorate
- Since 2018, the number reporting symptoms of "depression, grief, and fear," had risen from 55 percent to 80 percent, the report said
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High taxes on tobacco in MENA weans users off habit
The use of tobacco by people across the world has gone down, and the Middle East has been no exception,...
- The World Health Organization (WHO) said tobacco users have decreased from 1.32 billion 2015 to 1.30 billion in 2021
- In the UAE, the trade in tobacco went down from Dh410 million to Dh62.4 million
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Bahrain denies Amnesty claim that tuberculosis spreads in jails
The Bahrain government on Saturday denied there were "active" cases of tuberculosis in its prisons after the Amnesty International rights...
- The Gulf state's health ministry said one case in quarantine for the past two weeks is now in "stable condition" but there are "no active tuberculosis cases" among prison inmates
- The World Health Organization says that tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world's top infectious killer
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Healthcare sector in Qatar witnesses remarkable growth, says IPA Qatar
Doha, Qatar--Sustained investment in healthcare infrastructure in Qatar has seen a rapid transformation in the sector as promotion of health...
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AlNeyadi conducts over 200 research experiments on board ISS
ABU DHABI, UAE - Over the course of a six-month space mission on board the International Space Station (ISS), UAE...
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Sudan refugees stranded without healthcare in Chad
The new arrivals in Adre may now be safe from the gunfire, but they soon learn they are still in...
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Saudi hospital installs world’s first automated medication dispensing machine
Tabuk, Saudi Arabia -- King Salman Hospital in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern region has installed the world's first automated medication dispensing...
- With a storage capacity ranging from 102 to 700 medical prescriptions, the machine can fill prescriptions containing multiple medications
- The beneficiaries submit requests to get their prescriptions filled by scanning the barcode attached to the prescription
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Iran vows to respond if Iraq fails to disarm Kurdish rebels
Tehran, Iran - Iran on Monday warned Iraq that it would take action if Baghdad does not honor its commitment by...
- The Iraqi government has pledged to disarm armed terrorist groups in Iraq by September 19," Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said.
- He said that Baghdad had agreed to evacuate the groups from their bases and "transfer them to camps provided by the Iraqi government".
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Years of coal plant expansion torment Turkey’s villagers
Villagers and environmental activists have been locked in clashes with the police in the southwestern Mugla province since their plant...
- An AFP tour of five Turkish coal-fired power plant villages witnessed the high human cost of relying on the outdated, highly polluting energy source.
- Turkey was the last among the G20 economies to ratify the Paris Climate Accords, doing so only after the environment became a top issue in the wake of deadly wildfires.