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The WHO has sounded a global alert on a batch of substandard cough syrup found in Cameroon, which has high levels of a toxic ingredient, diethylene glycol.
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WHO issues substandard, toxic cough syrup alert in Cameroon

HQ Team July 20, 2023:  The WHO has sounded a global alert on a batch of substandard cough syrup found in Cameroon, which.

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One of the highest instances of felines being infected by avian influenza A (H5N1) has been reported in Poland, and the WHO has started an epizootic probe.
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Felines in Poland infected by H5N1, highest ever says WHO

HQ Team July 17, 2023: One of the highest instances of felines being infected by avian influenza A (H5N1) has been reported in.

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Migratory flows have fanned the Chagas disease, and a study of 2,820 people from the countries where it is an endemic, revealed that 47% were infected by the parasite and 17% had heart lesions.
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Migration leading to high global prevalence of Chagas disease

HQ Team July 17, 2023: Migratory flows have fanned the Chagas disease, and a study of 2,820 people from the countries where it.

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About 316 new cases of pox and two deaths have been reported to the WHO since June 24, with a significant rise of the disease in the South-East Asian region, mainly Thailand.
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Mpox cases on the rise globally, Thailand is the new hotspot

 HQ Team July 15, 2023: About 316 new cases of mpox and two deaths have been reported to the WHO since June 24,.

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Dietary supplements are inaccurately labeled and even contain banned substances
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Aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic,’ says one WHO arm, another for ‘acceptable’ limits 

HQ Team July 14, 2023: Non-sugar sweetener aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic” to humans and was “acceptable” to be taken at agreed levels, according.

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People facing hunger globally, rose by an additional 122 million last year, because of the 2019 Covid-19 pandemic, weather shocks, and conflicts, according to a UN report.
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Hunger on the rise globally, may miss SDG target for 2030: UN warns

HQ Team July 13, 2023: People facing hunger globally, rose by an additional 122 million last year, because of the 2019 Covid-19 pandemic,.

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The FDA has told e-cigarette maker Fontem US, LLC, not to market or distribute its product myblu menthol in the US as it did not provide any “added benefits.”
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FDA bans Fontem US from selling e-cigarette myblu menthol

HQ Team July 11, 2023: The FDA has told e-cigarette maker Fontem US, LLC, not to market or distribute its product myblu menthol.

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Humans have an upper critical temperature range of between 45 degrees Celsius and 50 degrees Celsius, and in that range the body stops functioning optimally, researchers reveal.
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British researchers reveal level of heat stress a human body can take

HQ Team July 7, 2023: Humans have an upper critical temperature range of between 45 degrees Celsius and 50 degrees Celsius, and in.

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The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first time in nine African countries to fight one of the deadliest diseases in the continent, according to the WHO.
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A dozen African nations to receive 18 million shots of malaria vaccine

HQ Team July 6, 2023: The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first.

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At least 57 women and girls in Sudan were at the receiving end of sexually-related violence since a conflict between warring factions of the military government in the country began in April, the UN stated.
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Sexual violence against women, girls in Sudan conflict on the rise: UN agencies

HQ Team July 6, 2023: At least 57 women and girls in Sudan were at the receiving end of sexually-related violence since a.

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