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Lead exposure poses serious health risks to children in Pakistan: study

Young boys pictured while working at a metal workshop in Pakistan. — Unicef A new study by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and the United Nations Children’s…

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Child deaths mount from Bangladesh measles outbreak

A child diagnosed with measles receives treatment inside a paediatric ward at…

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Lead exposure poses serious health risks to children in Pakistan: study

Young boys pictured while working at a metal workshop in Pakistan. —…

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WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in ‘limited’ outbreak

Test tubes labeled “Hantavirus positive” in a photo taken on May 7,…

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Two new polio cases reported in KP, 2026 tally jumps to three

Female Polio worker administering polio drops to children at Warsak road during…

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Around 20,000 HIV patients untraceable after starting treatment, NA committee told

A Pakistani doctor examines the blood sample from a patient for a HIV test at a state-run hospital. — AFP/FileAround…

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Hantavirus outbreak not like start of Covid pandemic: WHO chief

Some of the cytoarchitectural features in a lymph node specimen extracted from a patient suspected of a Hantavirus illness are…

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WHO says now five confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases

A person in protective clothing walks next to an ambulance during an evacuation operation of suspected hantavirus patients, following an…

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Hantavirus outbreak risk to public ‘absolutely low’: WHO

A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, as…

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European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities…

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Evacuation of hantavirus-hit ship begins in Canary Islands

People from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, are transferred by boat to the port after…

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WHO chief says ‘work not over’ after hantavirus evacuation

A test tube labelled "Hantavirus positive" is held in this illustration taken May 7, 2026.— Reuters/FileWorld Health Organisation (WHO) chief…

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US, French nationals from hantavirus ship test positive

The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain…

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What if we killed all mosquitoes?

A representational image of three mosquitoes on a surface. — AFP The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but…

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Hantavirus: Confirmed cases by nationality

Persons wearing hazmat suits are pictured as passengers board a plane bound for US carrying passengers evacuated from the Dutch…

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