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Tuberculosis Returns as Top Infectious Disease Killer, WHO says Last year about 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed, meaning they could access suitable treatment – the highest number recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995 - up from 7.5 million reported in 2022, according to the UN agency.

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Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization...

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Congo Launches its First MPOX Vaccination Campaign Officials held a ceremony to mark the start of vaccinations at a hospital in the eastern city of Goma, where health workers were first in line to receive the vaccine doses.

2 months ago Shahid Siddiqui

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Congolese health officials launched their first mpox vaccination campaign on Saturday, a key step in...

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Philippines Detects First Mpox Case This Year, Yet to Determine Strain The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency, its highest form of alert, following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that had spread to neighbouring countries.

3 months ago Shahid Siddiqui

MANILA: The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last...

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Indian Hospitals Hit as Doctors Strike to Protest Rape, Murder of Colleague The strike, which began at 6 a.m. (0030 GMT), cut off access to elective medical procedures and out-patient consultations, according to a statement by the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

3 months ago Shahid Siddiqui

KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals started a...

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WHO Declares MPOX a Global Public Health Emergency for Second Time in Two Years Mpox can spread through close contact. Usually mild, it is fatal in rare cases. It causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions on the body.

3 months ago Shahid Siddiqui

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years,...

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Congo Launches its First MPOX Vaccination Campaign Officials held a ceremony to mark the start of vaccinations at a hospital in the eastern city of Goma, where health workers were first in line to receive the vaccine doses.

Philippines Detects First Mpox Case This Year, Yet to Determine Strain The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency, its highest form of alert, following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that had spread to neighbouring countries.

Indian Hospitals Hit as Doctors Strike to Protest Rape, Murder of Colleague The strike, which began at 6 a.m. (0030 GMT), cut off access to elective medical procedures and out-patient consultations, according to a statement by the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

WHO Declares MPOX a Global Public Health Emergency for Second Time in Two Years Mpox can spread through close contact. Usually mild, it is fatal in rare cases. It causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions on the body.

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