Africa

There’s a risk of monkeypox becoming “established” in countries where it is not usually seen, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom…
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By Wanjohi Kabukuru | Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya — Better climate-related research and early warning systems are needed as extreme weather — from cyclones to drought — continues to…
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LONDON -- British health officials reported 73 more monkeypox cases on Monday, raising the total to more than 300 across the country. To date, the U.K. has the biggest…
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At least 50 people were killed and others injured after gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria‘s Ondo state during mass on Sunday, a doctor and local media reported. A…
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WASHINGTON: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it was aware of more than 700 global cases of monkeypox, including 21 in the United States, with…
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Africa must be part of a united global fight against monkeypox, the World Health Organization's Africa office said Thursday, as countries in Europe, the U.S. and…
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Osman Ali grew up near southern Somalia’s Shabelle river that was once deep enough for him to dive in for a swim. But in the last three years, droughts have thinned it into a…
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LONDON -- The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are…
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DAKAR, Senegal -- Senegalese officials have arrested two health workers from a neonatal unit where a fire killed 11 newborns last week. The nurse and a nurse’s aide who were on duty…
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