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Over 3m die annually due to alcohol and drug use: WHOSome 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths, and 0.6 million deaths to psychoactive drug use, a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Notably, 2 million of al More… |
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UN study warns of a million deaths from TB by 2035UN health innovation initiative (Unitaid) has warned that the failure to implement tuberculosis contact tracing and prevention could lead to close to one million deaths by 2035. The UN agency insisted that impl More… |
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Scores killed as Sudan army tries to reassert controlScores of combatants and at least 56 civilians were killed as Sudan's military launched air strikes on a paramilitary force's base near the capital in a bid to reassert control over the country, a More… |
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CRM conditions biggest killer causing 20m deaths annuallyCardio-renal-metabolic (CRM) conditions affect more than a billion people worldwide and account for up to 20 million deaths annually making it the leading cause of death globally, according to leading healthcare professionals. More… |
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Global coronavirus deaths surpass one million: UNOver one million lives having succumbed to Covid-19 globally, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, adding that while the “agonizing milestone” is a “mind-numbing figure”, the world must never lose sight of e More… |
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UAE records 564 new Covid-19 cases; 7 deathsThe UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has confirmed detection of 564 new Covid-19cases among various nationalities, bringing the total number of infected patients to 14,163 countrywide, a media report said. Seven infec More… |
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Recession could kill hundreds of thousands of children: UNThe looming global recession resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic could cause hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths this year, effectively reversing recent gains in reducing infant mortality, the United Nations (UN) warned on Thursday More… |
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Global Covid-19 cases top 1.5m; US, Europe worst hitThe economic and human cost of the coronavirus intensified on Thursday as the US recorded another leap in the number of confirmed infections as the global infection rate climbed to more than 1.5 million. The US More… |
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UAE logs 283 new cases of Covid-19, one deathThe UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHaP) yesterday (April7) announced 283 new cases of novel coronavirus, Covid-19, in the UAE, bringing the total number of cases to 2,359. The newly diagnosed patients of various More… |
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China posts drop in Covid-19 cases, no deathsChina recorded 32 new cases of confirmed infections on Monday, down from 39 cases a day earlier, 12 new cases of suspected infections (all are imported cases), and no deaths, the National Health Commission (NHC) said. A total of 8 More… |
