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Congo Health Minister Announces 3 Ebola Treatment Centers in Ituri amid Ongoing Outbreak
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (333+ words) WILSON MCMAKIN Monday, 18 May 2026 05: 01 AM EDT "We know that the hospitals are already under stress because of the patients," said Samuel Roger Kamba, the health minister, while visiting Bunia, the capital and largest city in Ituri. "But we are preparing…...
AIIMS-trained gastroenterologist shares 6 early signs of colon cancer: Anaemia, abdominal pain, and more | Health
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (52+ words) Colon cancer is one of the most common variants of the disease. Dr Sethi shares signs to help detect and diagnose the disorder in the early stages. | Health...
GSK's Arexvy RSV Vaccine Gets Japan Approval for Adults Aged 18-59 at Increased Risk
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (16+ words) Moomoo...
Polio drive begins in 79 high-risk districts today
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (209+ words) ISLAMABAD: A week-long polio vaccination campaign will begin from Monday in 79 selected high-risk districts of the country in which more than 19 million children will be administered polio drops. The drive will continue till May 24. Over 160, 000 polio workers will participate in…...
CDC won't publish report showing COVID shots cut likelihood of hospital visits
3+ week, 4+ day ago (31+ words) The move has raised concerns among current and former officials that the vaccine's benefits are being downplayed because they conflict with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
DPHSS to host 2 pertussis vaccine clinics | Local News | postguam. com
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (288+ words) Faced with a pertussis outbreak on Guam, the Department of Public Health and Social Services will be offering two free pertussis immunization clinics over the next two Fridays. The first pertussis vaccination clinic will be stood up at the Jeromy…...
Afghanistan launches new polio campaign amid continuing access challenges
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (368+ words) The second subnational polio vaccination campaign of the year was launched in 20 provinces of the country, with the Taliban health ministry saying the effort aims to immunize 8. 3 million children. The campaign will continue for three days. Noor Jalal Jalali, the…...
France Expands 2026 Vaccination Rules Amid Resurgence
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (582+ words) Medscape France Expands 2026 Vaccination Rules Amid Resurgence Add to Email Alerts In an opinion piece published in Le Parisien, a French daily newspaper, during European Immunization Week in April 2026, some 300 researchers, physicians, writers, journalists, leaders of scientific institutions, members of…...
Second Round of the Polio Vaccination Campaign Launched in Afghanistan
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (146+ words) The Ministry of Public Health of the Taliban has announced the launch of a polio vaccination campaign in 20 provinces of the country. In a press release issued on Monday, May 18, the ministry stated that the second round of the supplementary…...
New Round of Polio Vaccinations Begins in Afghanistan
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (209+ words) Afghanistan has launched the second round of its sub-national polio vaccination campaign for 2026, aiming to vaccinate more than 8. 3 million children under the age of five across 20 provinces, the Public Health Ministry said. The campaign is being implemented from May 18 to…...