Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed annually by malaria and other diseases spread through the bite of mosquitoes, insects that date back to the age of dinosaurs. All …
Warning: This story contains distressing images. Israeli forces launched their storm of the main city in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, where hospitals were overrun with scores of Palestinian …
Shannon Barkley of the WHO’s team in occupied Palestinian territory told a media briefing that WHO staff in Gaza were able “to complete a proportion of the evacuation of the …
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip sought shelter in an ever-shrinking area of the south on Sunday as Israel stepped up its bombing from air, sea and land across the enclave. Bombardments …
Five Republican senators led by Marco Rubio on Friday asked US President Joe Biden’s administration to ban travel between the United States and China after a spike in Chinese respiratory …
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Reports of clusters of unexplained pneumonia among children in multiple cities in China made headlines this week. Yet Chinese authorities and close watchers of the situation say the rise in …
A PROFESSOR has “blamed” China’s strict lockdown for the mystery pneumonia currently sweeping across the country. Hospitals in Beijing and Liaoning are reportedly “overwhelmed with sick children” who have symptoms …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked China for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, which its China office on Thursday called …
Parents take their children to see a doctor at the pediatric emergency department of a hospital in Shanghai, China, November 14, 2023. Recently, Shanghai seasonal change, A influenza and mycoplasma …