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Authorities in Sarawak closed schools and offices in Serian Division after smoke from Indonesian fires pushed air pollution to a critical level and triggered emergency measures.
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New Zealand conservation officials say 90 chicks have pushed the kakapo tally to 325, the highest level in decades.
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Congo’s health authorities said the Ebola outbreak has now surpassed 6,000 confirmed cases, with deaths nearing 3,000 in the country’s eastern provinces.
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Health officials say the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become the country's worst on record, with over 6,000 confirmed cases and nearly 3,000 deaths.
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UN satellite data shows Turkmenistan has begun repairing some of the country's worst methane leaks, a move described by officials as a first documented mitigation step.
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A health ministry update says outbreaks span dozens of states, with officials warning that hygiene and surveillance remain critical.
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By leveraging programmable peptide-RNA complexes, the Global Synthetic Biology Consortium's new oral therapeutic selectively dismantles malignant tumors in under a month without harming healthy tissue. This milestone signals the end of toxic treatments and turns a highly feared disease into a swiftly managed, single-prescription condition.
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Uganda has been declared Ebola-free after passing the WHO waiting period with no new infections, though the country still sits next to a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Authorities launched vaccinations in Kisangani as healthcare and front-line workers became the first priority in a response to the country's deadliest recorded Ebola outbreak.
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The Robert Koch Institute's modelled assessment put the seasonal toll at its highest level in a decade of monitoring, with people over 75 most affected.
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Neurosurgeons in London say they have completed the world’s first successful AI-assisted brain tumour operation, combining live imaging analysis with a conventional surgical team at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
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Nepal News reported that laboratory testing had confirmed Japanese encephalitis in seven of Madhesh Province’s eight districts.
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State health officials said the new cases bring the total to 287 this year.
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Sudan’s Red Sea state says 16 people have died from heatstroke as a sharp rise in temperatures adds pressure to a region already facing extreme heat.
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On 2026-08-21, available reporting documented india's top court has ordered tough new steps to protect wild elephant herds as habitat loss and human-elephant conflict intensify, a move welcomed by campaigners on Friday.
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The World Health Organization said the Democratic Republic of the Congo had been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck's Ervebo vaccine as officials worked to contain a major Ebola outbreak.
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A dated account of the science development, based strictly on reporting from The Business Standard.
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Researchers in Dhaka said most children who died during a measles outbreak had not been exclusively breastfed in infancy, while many vaccine-eligible patients in the hospital-based study had received no dose.
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Merck and Moderna reported encouraging late-stage melanoma data for an individualized mRNA-based treatment, a result researchers described as an important test for cancer-vaccine technology.
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A dated account of the science development, based strictly on reporting from BBC News.
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Rapid tests returned 149 positive results and a national laboratory formally confirmed Vibrio cholerae in nine cases, a regional official said.
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On 2026-08-17, available reporting documented an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo had killed 2,325 people,, according to government figures.
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Reporting dated 2026-08-17 documents the event and its immediate consequences, with unresolved points retained as attributed or provisional.
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Health authorities said 45 infections were recorded in one week, with the greater Athens area facing particularly intense transmission as mosquito-control work expanded.
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Both units at Romania’s only nuclear power plant are set to be offline after drought and exceptionally low river levels reduced the water available for cooling.
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On 2026-08-10, available reporting documented earlier cases of the disease were wrongly attributed to malaria and typhoid, the WHO said.
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Taylor Farms recalled prepared foods containing jalapeños after peppers linked to Coast Citrus Distributors were associated with a multistate Salmonella outbreak.
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Near-real-time Deter monitoring recorded its lowest 12-month total since the current series began in 2015, ahead of the official annual assessment.
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The US regulator’s August 5 decision introduces an mRNA-based option for older adults after a trial involving more than 40,000 people.
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Reports dated 3 August 2026 documented natureScot refuses licence for traditional Sula Sgeir gannet hunt, marking a significant science development.
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The fatalities were the first confirmed US deaths associated with the parasite during a surge exceeding 18,000 confirmed or suspected cases.
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The Korea Meteorological Administration reported the reading at 1:26 p.m. as emergency heat alerts covered more than 20 localities.
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On 2026-07-31, available reporting documented tracy Tomlinson was offered the clinical trial for ovarian cancer at The Christie hospital in Manchester.
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State health officials reported 193 hospitalizations as the intestinal illness spread across 70 counties, with several hundred new cases arriving daily.
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On 2026-07-30, available reporting documented the Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announced it would advance the rVSV Bundibugyo jab so it can be tested on humans during clinical trials.
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Exceptionally low Danube levels pushed Hungary and Romania to cut nuclear output, turning a heat and drought emergency into an immediate power-security problem.
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Wildlife officials say preliminary tests suggest tomatoes contaminated with cyanide may have killed 15 elephants in southern Kenya over the past month.
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The test offers adults aged 45 and older at average risk another screening option, but positive results require follow-up colonoscopy and blood testing is not considered a preferred screening method.
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The newly linked states are Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, joining five others already on the list.
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The state added 512 cases in one day and reported 160 residents had received hospital treatment as investigators continued examining food exposures.
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On 2026-07-24, available reporting documented a volunteer was injected on Friday with the first dose of a rapidly developed vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oxford University said.
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Reporting dated 2026-07-22 documents the event and its immediate consequences, with unresolved points retained as attributed or provisional.
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State health officials reported 7,171 confirmed cases since June 22, with more than 100 hospitalizations recorded as investigators continued looking for the outbreak’s source.
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Bangladesh reported 803 confirmed and suspected measles deaths by July 22, with officials and health experts pointing to major immunization gaps.
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