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Are you vaxxed? Some families face fraught divide over jabs
Features/Interviews

Are you vaxxed? Some families face fraught divide over jabs

NEW YORK (AP) — Thanksgiving is Jonatan Mitchell’s favorite holiday, usually spent with his wife co-hosting up to 20 loved…
Yemen pushes polio immunization in bid to stem outbreak
Middle East

Yemen pushes polio immunization in bid to stem outbreak

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni health worker Fairouz Sanad lugs a coolbox of polio vaccines from house to house, dripping the…
Egypt follows up 12 students returning from Italy for coronavirus
Health & Fitness

Egypt follows up 12 students returning from Italy for coronavirus

Egypt’s Ministry of Education is following 12 students at the Collège De La Salle in Cairo after their participation at…
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
World

Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO

Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year,…
In world’s worst cholera outbreak, vaccine talks hang in the balance
Middle East

In world’s worst cholera outbreak, vaccine talks hang in the balance

A cholera epidemic in Yemen, one of the worst ever recorded, is likely to surge again around March, giving global…
UN completes first round of Syria polio vaccination campaign
Middle East

UN completes first round of Syria polio vaccination campaign

The United Nations says the first round of a vaccination campaign following a polio outbreak in eastern Syria has been…
Can breastfeeding reduce babies’ pain during vaccinations?
Health & Fitness

Can breastfeeding reduce babies’ pain during vaccinations?

 Infants who nurse during vaccinations may cry less and feel less pain than babies who are soothed in other ways,…
Official: Over 3,000 livestock deaths from foot and mouth disease
Egypt

Official: Over 3,000 livestock deaths from foot and mouth disease

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is continuing to spread in Egypt, with officials saying that 3110 livestock have been lost so…
‘Protect Your Child’ campaigns against pneumonia, but not without bureaucratic setbacks
Health & Fitness

‘Protect Your Child’ campaigns against pneumonia, but not without bureaucratic setbacks

Last year on World Pneumonia Day (12 November), the Egyptian Medical Students Association NGO launched the "Protect Your Child" campaign…
Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants
World

Afghan polio cases rise, govt appeals to militants

Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged insurgents to allow health teams to vaccinate children in war-torn parts of the country where…
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