ANKARA: The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is worsening, leaving millions in urgent need of aid, the UN said on Friday, warning that 3.7 million children are at risk of acute malnutrition.
‘There are 3.7 million children under five projected to suffer …
HAMILTON: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday expressed concern about the postponement of a polio vaccination campaign for Palestinian children in the northern Gaza Strip amid an Israeli onslaught and siege.
“I am very concerned about …
GAZA: United Nations agencies have postponed a polio vaccination campaign for Palestinian children in the northern Gaza Strip amid a deadly Israeli onslaught and siege on the area.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Gaza’s Health Ministry and U…
KAYSERI: The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), caused by ticks, has begun to appear in many countries due to climate change, a Turkish professor said.
The disease is a seasonal illness transmitted to humans by ticks of the Hyalomma genus, Profe…
BERLIN: German health authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first case of a new, potentially more contagious mpox variant.
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said an infection with the new mpox variant, clade 1b, was detected last Friday, and i…
LUSAKA: Zambia’s Health Minister Elijah Muchima announced Thursday the first-recorded mpox case in the country.
The 32-year-old Tanzanian male patient traveled from a neighboring country last month and presented symptoms earlier this month.
He is cu…