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China records first H3N8 bird flu death, WHO says
Three cases of H3N8 detected in China since 2022 as World Health Organization says strain doesn’t appear to sp…
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‘We lay like corpses. Then the raping began’: 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out
In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women w…
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New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNANewly rel…
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New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNANewly rel…
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WHO says avian flu cases in humans ‘worrying’ after girl’s death in Cambodia
Child died and father tested positive for H5N1, prompting fears of possible person-to-person transmissionThe d…
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WHO urges action after cough syrups linked to more than 300 child deaths
Deaths in the Gambia, Indonesia and Uzbekistan due to kidney injury associated with contaminated medicines, th…
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China data ‘under-represents’ true impact of Covid outbreak – WHO
Analysis of Chinese data finds no new variants of concern emerging, but world health body says it still does n…
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China Covid: experts estimate 9,000 deaths a day as US says it may sample wastewater from planes
Infectious disease experts believe strategy more effective in slowing virus spread than new travel restriction…
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US to require arrivals from China to provide negative Covid test
Other countries including Italy have taken similar steps after Beijing’s rollback of ‘zero-Covid’ policies led…
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China’s dropping of zero-Covid rule sparks concern about new variants – video report
China is to drop some of its toughest coronavirus restrictions – including scrapping quarantine for trave…
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China stops publishing daily Covid figures amid reports of explosion in cases
The National Health Commission’s decision comes as the country’s health system faces enormous strain after the…
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China ‘behind the curve’ in reporting Covid surge, WHO says
Officially there are relatively low numbers of intensive care cases but ‘anecdotally ICUs are filling up’China…
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China Covid infection surge puts end of global emergency in doubt – WHO
US offers assistance to China where experts warn there could be a million Covid-19 deaths in 2023It may be too…
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Chinese doctors and nurses reportedly told to work while infected as Covid surges
Some Beijing hospitals have as many as 80% of staff infected, according to one doctor, leading to serious staf…
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Families sue Indonesian government after 199 deaths from syrup medicines
Since August, 199 people have died of acute kidney injury, prompting an inquiry and ban on some medicinesA doz…