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Six UN health workers die in Israeli airstrikes on school in Gaza Strip

Six staff members working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees were killed in Gaza during Israeli airstrikes on.

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Sudan’s civil war is a ‘nightmare,’ WHO calls for urgent global action, aid

Sudan’s civil war is a “nightmare” and the World Health Organization has called on the international community to broker peace and provide the.

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Young Indian male suspected to have mpox disease, contact tracing on

India suspects a young male to be infected with mpox after he travelled to a country currently in the grip of the disease,.

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SDG targets in danger as paychecks shrink globally, ILO says

Falling global wages, possibly driven by automation and artificial intelligence, will slow the pace of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as the 2030.

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First batch of Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccines in Congo by Sept. 5 

The World Health Organization expects the first delivery of mpox vaccines, made by Bavarian Nordic and donated by the European Union, today in.

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Aid workers begin second round of polio vaccinations in Gaza, a 3rd on way

A second phase of the polio vaccination will start today in war-raved Gaza after 187,000 children under the age of 10 got oral.

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Cholera killed 4,000 people last year, current global risk of disease ‘high’

Cholera cases rose 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to a year earlier as a shortage of oral vaccines continues and.

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WHO issues first-ever guidelines on manufacture of antibiotics

The World Health Organization has come out with its first-ever guidelines for the manufacturing of antibiotics in a bid to stop environmental emissions and.

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Novavax’s vaccine targeting JN.1 strain of Covid-19 virus gets FDA approval 

The US Food and Drug Administration cleared Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, targeting the JN.1 strain, for people 12 years of age and older, according.

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UNICEF issues emergency tender to purchase mpox vaccines

United Nations Children’s Fund, the world's largest single vaccine buyer, has issued an emergency tender to buy mpox vaccines to fight the rapid.

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