Warning in every language: Morocco’s fight against deadly heatwaves with life-saving alerts

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CASABLANCA: Lhoussaine Youabd knows nearly all the languages spoken in Morocco, a useful skill in his role warning the population of growing climate-related risks in...

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WHO says JN.1 Covid strain a ‘variant of interest’, poses low risk

December 19, 2023December 19, 2023

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday classified the JN.1 coronavirus strain as a “variant of interest” and said current evidence shows risk to public...

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China to manage monkeypox as disease on par with Covid-19

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023

BEIJING: China plans to manage monkeypox in the same way it handles infectious diseases such as Covid-19 starting from September 20, health authorities said today,...

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What are tears made of?

August 26, 2023August 26, 2023

Some claim they rarely cry; others say the slightest breeze opens the floodgates. But what are tears made of? They rise up in our eyes...

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Scientists: Climate change role in July heatwaves ‘overwhelming’

July 25, 2023July 25, 2023

SINGAPORE: Human-induced climate change has played an “absolutely overwhelming” role in the extreme heatwaves that have swept across North America, Europe and China this month,...

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Extreme heat straining health systems: WHO

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023

GENEVA: The extreme heat in the northern hemisphere is putting an increasing strain on healthcare systems, hitting those least able to cope the hardest, the...

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WHO’s cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen

June 29, 2023June 29, 2023

LONDON: One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body,...

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First US malaria cases diagnosed in decades in Florida and Texas

June 27, 2023June 27, 2023

Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the...

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US becomes first country to approve RSV vaccine

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023

[caption id="attachment_18048" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Filling syringe with medicine from vial, closeup[/caption] WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday approved the world’s first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial...

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WHO dismisses head of Covid origins investigator for sexual misconduct

May 3, 2023May 4, 2023

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said yesterday that it has dismissed a senior scientist, known for his role as the head of an international mission...