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AIDS Summit Opens with Warnings that Progress at Risk
By KRISTEN VAN SCHIE, AFP DURBAN, South Africa – More than 18,000 scientists, campaigners and donors opened a major AIDS…
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Utah Reports Zika Infection in Person Who Cared for Patient with Virus
BY JULIE STEENHUYSEN, Reuters CHICAGO, USA – A caregiver for an elderly Utah man who died while infected with Zika…
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3,000 Dengue Cases Recorded in Jeddah Since Beginning of 2016
In this Jan. 27, 2016 photo, samples of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting dengue and Zika, sit in a…
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AIDS Summit in South Africa to Warn of Lagging Effort
By KRISTEN VAN SCHIE, AFP JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Sixteen years after Nelson Mandela galvanized the world to take up…
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AIDS-Hit Maid Escaped – Asians Arrested in Major Liquor Factory Bust
Over 300 barrels of liquor and other items used in manufacturing liquor were seized at the factory. Two Asians…
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Local Hajis Told to Take Flu Shots, Tetra Vaccine
MAKKAH — The Ministry of Haj and Umrah urged all local Haj pilgrims to get vaccinated 10 days before beginning…
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Four Countries Most at Zika Risk Due to Olympics Travel — CDC
Four countries are most at risk from a Zika outbreak as a result of travel related to the Rio Olympics…
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Austrian Biotech Plans Zika Vaccine Clinical Trials in 12 Months
An Austrian biotech company working with the Institut Pasteur said on Tuesday it planned to start clinical trials with an…
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Hundreds of Health Workers Retire Early
In this file photo, Nurses work in the emergency department at a hospital in Makkah. (Reuters) RIYADH: Latest government…
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52 New MERS Cases Reported in Over a Month
JEDDAH — The Ministry of Health registered 49 new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases during Ramadan, Makkah daily…
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