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Mystery in Japan as dangerous streptococcal infections soar to record levels
Health officials racing to identify cause of rise in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which has a...
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Argentina fights against vast swarms of mosquitoes blamed for dengue surge
Tens of thousands of dengue cases recorded this year as high temperatures and rainy weather create...
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Heavy metals and E coli: raw sewage at US-Mexico border a ‘public health crisis’
The Tijuana River flows through Mexico and empties off California, carrying pathogens and chemicals and threatening...
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Alaskapox: elderly man becomes first known death from virus
The virus recently discovered in Alaska is transmitted from small mammals and symptoms normally include a...
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Brazil starts mass vaccination amid upsurge in dengue fever
Emergency measures taken as 364,855 cases of mosquito-borne infection reported this year, a fourfold increase on...
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WHO issues measles warning as yearly cases in Europe rise more than 30-fold
UN agency calls for ‘urgent vaccination efforts’ in region to prevent further spread of diseaseThe World...
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Spain makes facemasks mandatory in hospitals as respiratory illnesses
Rules reintroduced as ‘commonsense measure’ despite opposition from some regional administrationsFace masks will be mandatory in...
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What is whooping cough and why are cases rising in England and Wales?
Data shows increase in infections and experts advise vaccination for pregnant women, babies and young childrenWhooping...
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We need resources to fight health impacts of climate crisis, Africans tell Cop28
Continent must have more resilient health systems and local vaccine manufacturing to prevent next pandemic, says...
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China supplies data to WHO about clusters of respiratory illness
Epidemiologists say wave in north, particularly among children, may be partly caused by ‘immunity debt’Chinese health...