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Drone attacks by advancing rebel fighters who are besieging El Obeid, Sudan, continue to result in civilian casualties, putting around half a million civilians at grave risk of la…
Jul 5, 04:26 · 1 sources
The hantavirus global outbreak is officially over, Ebola outbreaks are growing in Africa and responders are helping recovery efforts in quake-hit Venezuela, the World Health Organ…
Jul 5, 04:16 · 2 sources
A week after earthquakes tore through northern Venezuela, hospitals in La Guaira are buckling under the weight of the disaster – and the risk of disease outbreaks in shelters is r…
Jul 5, 04:16 · 1 sources
In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PARTNERS clinical trial has opened enrolment today for patien…
Jul 5, 04:06 · 1 sources
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) to its Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The test detects the virus…
Jul 5, 04:06 · 5 sources
Eleven-year-old developed symptoms 19 days after encounter in Ontario in ‘exceedingly rare’ caseDoctors in Canada say a child who awoke to find a bat resting on his nose and mouth…
Jul 5, 04:05 · 1 sources
Security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, 43, initially told rescuers not to tell his wife in case he did not surviveA 43-year-old security guard who survived last week’s devastat…
Jul 5, 04:05 · 1 sources
Official statement offers the most detailed official account yet of the highly unusual and fatal incident in BeijingChinese authorities said the man who flew a small plane into Be…
Jul 5, 03:55 · 1 sources