Health
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Iraq: UN health agency helps beat ‘latest bottleneck’ in COVID-19 battle
With a global shortage of supplies and equipment to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the UN health agency has assisted…
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A Million American Lives Are Worth Fighting For
This story first appeared in 1600 Daily, the White House’s evening newsletter. https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/ On March 16, President Trump announced public health…
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President Donald J. Trump approves Nebraska Disaster declaration
WASHINGTON DC: On Sunday, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Nebraska and ordered…
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India: Migrant workers’ plight prompts UN call for ‘domestic solidarity’ in coronavirus battle
Pervasive challenges remain for hundreds-of-thousands of migrant workers in India whose lives were upended by the sudden lockdown across the…
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Where are we at with developing a vaccine for coronavirus?
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is changing how we live. With a rapid increase in cases, we are now…
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WHO concerned over rapid escalation in COVID-19 spread as caseload approaches one million
Deaths from COVID-19 have more than doubled in the past week and will soon reach 50,000 worldwide, while the global…
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UN launches COVID-19 plan that could ‘defeat the virus and build a better world’
The UN chief launched on Tuesday a new plan to counter the potentially devastating socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Can mosquitoes spread coronavirus?
The pathogens mosquitoes spread by sucking our blood cause over half a million deaths each year and hundreds of millions of cases of…
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Protect ‘healthcare heroes’ from COVID-19, urges UN rights expert
States and business leaders must step up efforts to ensure that the selfless doctors, nurses, first-responders and other medical professionals…
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Why New Zealand’s coronavirus cases will keep rising for weeks, even in level 4 lockdown
The number of New Zealanders testing positive for COVID-19 will continue to rise despite the strict conditions of the four-week lockdown that began this…
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