Thu 24 November 2022: According to a warning issued by UNICEF on Wednesday, cholera and malnutrition are killing youngsters in Haiti at an alarming rate, Anadolu Agency reported. Children make about 40% of confirmed cases of cholera in Haiti, or two out of every five patients. According to the UN agency, nine out of ten […]
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Fri 18 November 2022: After recent allegations of misuse and use by children, prominent members of Thailand’s civil society and political class seek more controls on access to and use of marijuana. Southeast Asia’s first nation to decriminalize the selling and use of marijuana was Thailand. Anutin Charnvirakul, the health minister who oversaw the law, […]
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Wed 16 November 2022: Amazon Clinic, a message-based virtual healthcare service that offers treatments in the United States for over 20 “common health conditions” such as allergies, dandruff, hair loss, birth control, erectile dysfunction, and acne, was launched on Tuesday. Customers will be able to access affordable virtual care alternatives when and where they need […]
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Mon 14 November 2022: SaliStick is a new pregnancy test kit created by an Israeli start-up that uses saliva to detect pregnancy. The kit was introduced in Israel and will be offered on international markets starting in 2023. Without the need for a blood or urine sample, the diagnostics breakthrough SaliStick test offers precise results […]
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Fri 11 November 2022: Limpopo has recorded 14 new laboratory-confirmed measles cases in the province’s two sub-districts between 8 and 9 November 2022, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported on Thursday. This brings the number of laboratory-confirmed measles outbreak to 35 infections. This comes after the NICD declared a measles outbreak after three […]
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Thu 10 November 2022: According to the most recent statistics provided Thursday by the National Health Service, a record 7.07 million patients in England were awaiting the start of treatment in September (NHS). The number of referral-to-treatment (RTI) patients awaiting treatment has reached its peak since records began in 2007. It reflects a huge backlog […]
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Tue 08 November 2022: Due to the confirmation of 23 Ebola cases among pupils, including eight fatal cases, all schools in Uganda will be closed two weeks before the scheduled end of the school year. Preschools, primary schools, and secondary schools will be closed on November 25 due to overcrowding in classrooms, according to Education […]
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Tue 08 November 2022: In what the health insurer has called a worrisome development, a ransomware gang has threatened to leak Medibank customer data as Australia’s largest health insurer faces a potential class action after the data of 9.7 million current and former customers was breached. When an unnamed group hacked into Medibank’s system a […]
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Tue 01 November 2022: Washington: (The Conversation) Detecting cancer early before it spreads throughout the body can be lifesaving. This is why doctors recommend regular screening for several common cancer types, using a variety of methods. Colonoscopies, for example, screen for colon cancer, while mammograms screen for breast cancer. While important, getting all these tests done […]
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Fri 28 October 2022: Kampala, Uganda – The Ugandan government is under pressure to bring an escalating Ebola outbreak under control, after the health minister announced that six schoolchildren in the capital city, Kampala, have tested positive for the virus. At least 15 people in Kampala are now confirmed to have been infected with Ebola, according […]
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