Health

Record number of children miss measles vaccine: global report

Washington, United States (AFP) A record high of nearly 40 million children around the world missed a measles vaccine dose…

Bacterial infections the ‘second leading cause of death worldwide’

PARIS, France (AFP) - Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all…

Ebola trial vaccines heading to Uganda: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - Three candidate vaccines against the strain of Ebola wreaking havoc in Uganda will be shipped to the…

Billion youth risk hearing loss from headphones, venues: study

PARIS, France (AFP) - Around one billion young people worldwide could be at risk of hearing loss from listening to headphones…

Trump acolyte Kari Lake loses Arizona governor race

  Los Angeles, United States | AFP | by Huw GRIFFITH Donald Trump loyalist and prominent election denier Kari Lake…

‘Threat multiplier’: How climate change affects health

by Daniel Lawler Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been…

Rare canine rabies case discovered near Paris

Paris, France | AFP | A rare case of rabies has been detected in a dog in the Paris region…

EU drug watchdog expects new Covid-19 wave ‘in coming week’

https://youtu.be/FDpILL2GfgU The European Medicines Agency says it expects a new wave of Covid-19 infections "within a week", adding the virus…

China Covid curbs disrupt production at world’s biggest iPhone factory

  Beijing, China | AFP | Wednesday  Millions of people in China were under tight Covid restrictions on Wednesday as…

For struggling Haiti, return of cholera is a ‘catastrophe’

by Jean Daniel SENAT with Lucie AUBOURG in Washington Agence France-Presse PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- When humanitarian officials in Haiti…

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