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UN voices alarm about spread of HIV in Egypt
Egypt

UN voices alarm about spread of HIV in Egypt

The UN is voicing alarm over the spread of HIV in Egypt, where the number of new cases is growing…
Health ministry to give details on Assiut’s mysterious virus Tuesday
Egypt

Health ministry to give details on Assiut’s mysterious virus Tuesday

Details of an unknown virus suspected of being the cause of death for three people and the culprit in the…
Virus behind Assiut epidemic remains ambiguous: health minister
Egypt

Virus behind Assiut epidemic remains ambiguous: health minister

The virus behind a recent small-scale epidemic in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut remains unknown, Health Minister Ahmed Emad-Eddin…
Woman dies of bird flu in Assiut, raising deaths to 9 in 2014
Egypt

Woman dies of bird flu in Assiut, raising deaths to 9 in 2014

An Egyptian woman died on Wednesday of bird flu bringing the number of deaths of bird flu tonine cases since…
Ebola ‘overwhelming’ health services in west Africa
World

Ebola ‘overwhelming’ health services in west Africa

Health workers reported Wednesday being overwhelmed by new Ebola cases at the epicentre of an outbreak described as an existential…
West Africa Ebola toll passes 1,200, quarantine victims to get food: WHO
World

West Africa Ebola toll passes 1,200, quarantine victims to get food: WHO

Cases in West Africa's Ebola outbreak this year have risen to 2,240, including 1,229 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
World

WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency

The World Health Organization on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency…
Typhoid outbreak contained, claims Health Ministry
Egypt

Typhoid outbreak contained, claims Health Ministry

The Health Ministry denied on Monday rumors of a typhoid epidemic sweeping the nation. Abdel Aaty Abdel Aleem, head of…
Health Ministry official tries to calm fears of typhoid spread
Egypt

Health Ministry official tries to calm fears of typhoid spread

  A Health Ministry official said an outbreak of typhoid in Gharbiya Governorate is no cause for fear since the…
Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt
Health & Fitness

Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt

Egyptian-born Wafaa El-Sadr — originally a graduate from Qasr al-Aini Medical School in 1975 — is currently the director of the International Center for…
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