What you need to know as India issues an alert
Fruit bats seen hanging on tree branches in daylight. Bats are believed to be one of the carriers of Nipah virus, a zoonotic disease that spreads from animals to humans.Eyepix...
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0 0 Canada’s vaccine advisers now recommend 1 dose of HPV shot for younger groups
Canada's federal vaccine advisory body is now recommending a single dose of the HPV vaccine for children and youth, bringing the country in line with multiple others that have already reduced...
0 0 Record number of Quebec doctors left public system in last year
More Quebec doctors are opting out of the public health-care sector than ever before, Radio-Canada has learned. A total of 780 general practitioners and specialists left the public system in the...
0 0 Rising heat in Europe and Central Asia killing almost 400 children a year: UNICEF
UNICEF revealed that 377 children died in 2021 based on data from 23 countries across the vast region.Heat-related illnesses claimed the lives of half of those vulnerable youngsters in the...
0 0 Pfizer’s gene therapy for hemophilia A succeeds in late-stage trial
Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty ImagesPfizer on Wednesday said its experimental gene therapy for a rare genetic blood-clotting disorder succeeded in a large late-stage trial, paving the way...
0 0 Shigella outbreak hits Calgary shelters and encampments, sending 16 to hospital
An outbreak of a highly infectious gastrointestinal illness is impacting Calgary's homeless population and is responsible for more than a dozen hospitalizations so far.Shigella infections can be severe, and health...
0 0 Yemen: UN envoy warns of threat of return to ‘full-fledged war’ as regional tensions escalate
“The trajectory of the development in Yemen has since the beginning of the year moved in the wrong direction and if left unaddressed could reach a tipping point,” he said.Yemeni Government forces...
0 0 Gaza: Exodus from Khan Younis compounds pressure on meagre resources
According to the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, some 1.9 million people - nine in 10 in Gaza – have been forcibly uprooted since 7 October, including people who have been...
0 0 First Medicare drug price negotiations round nears end
Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 6, 2022.Anna Moneymaker | Getty...
0 0 U.S. delays tough new border rules for dogs — but could revive them in nine months, minister says
A recent decision to drop some burdensome new border-related paperwork requirements for Canadians entering the U.S. with their dogs might only be temporary, Canada's health minister says.Citing concerns about the...