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August 5, 2024 6:06 PM

Lebanon receives medical aid, vacationers leave amid fears of war

Lebanon on Monday received emergency medical supplies to equip its hospitals for possible war injuries and Beirut airport was teeming with people trying to leave the country amid fears a full-scale conflict was on the horizon. Tensions in the region...

August 5, 2024 3:37 PM

New study highlights impact of long COVID

Researchers from the Universities of Arizona, Oxford, and Leeds have conducted a comprehensive review of numerous studies on long COVID, aiming to understand its prevalence, underlying mechanisms, symptoms, and potential treatments. Long COVID, or p...

August 3, 2024 7:00 PM

How bad is the hunger crisis in Sudan and what does famine mean?

A global food monitor concluded that war in Sudan had caused famine at a camp for displaced people in North Darfur, and similar conditions may exist elsewhere in the region. The finding comes amid a deepening hunger crisis across Sudan triggered by ...

August 1, 2024 5:26 PM

Lilly says weight loss drug cut heart failure risk by 38% in trial

Trial results show Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound reduces the risk of hospitalization, death and other outcomes for obese adults with a common type of heart failure, the company said on Thursday as it continues to build a case for the medicati...

August 1, 2024 2:13 PM

Acute encephalitis syndrome outbreak claims 59 lives in India

An outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has caused alarm in Gujarat and neighboring states, affecting children under 15 years old. Since early June, 148 cases have been reported: 140 in Gujarat, 4 in Madhya Pradesh, 3 in Rajasthan, and 1 in ...

July 31, 2024 3:33 PM

Polio cases ‘very likely’ in Gaza population, WHO says

It is very likely that polio has infected people in the Gaza Strip, in what would be a setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry declared a polio epidemic ac...

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