vaccinations
Childhood vaccinations will have prevented more than 500 million illnesses and 1 million deaths in US since 1994, CDC report says
Health & Fitness
August 13, 2024
Childhood vaccinations will have prevented more than 500 million illnesses and 1 million deaths in US since 1994, CDC report says
CNN — Routine childhood vaccinations will have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions of hospitalizations and more…
Are you vaxxed? Some families face fraught divide over jabs
Features/Interviews
November 25, 2021
Are you vaxxed? Some families face fraught divide over jabs
NEW YORK (AP) — Thanksgiving is Jonatan Mitchell’s favorite holiday, usually spent with his wife co-hosting up to 20 loved…
Yemen pushes polio immunization in bid to stem outbreak
Middle East
November 30, 2020
Yemen pushes polio immunization in bid to stem outbreak
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni health worker Fairouz Sanad lugs a coolbox of polio vaccines from house to house, dripping the…
Egypt follows up 12 students returning from Italy for coronavirus
Health & Fitness
March 1, 2020
Egypt follows up 12 students returning from Italy for coronavirus
Egypt’s Ministry of Education is following 12 students at the Collège De La Salle in Cairo after their participation at…
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
World
April 16, 2019
Global measles cases up 300 percent year-on-year: WHO
Measles cases rose 300 percent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year,…
In world’s worst cholera outbreak, vaccine talks hang in the balance
Middle East
December 29, 2017
In world’s worst cholera outbreak, vaccine talks hang in the balance
A cholera epidemic in Yemen, one of the worst ever recorded, is likely to surge again around March, giving global…
UN completes first round of Syria polio vaccination campaign
Middle East
August 19, 2017
UN completes first round of Syria polio vaccination campaign
The United Nations says the first round of a vaccination campaign following a polio outbreak in eastern Syria has been…
Can breastfeeding reduce babies’ pain during vaccinations?
Health & Fitness
November 19, 2016
Can breastfeeding reduce babies’ pain during vaccinations?
Infants who nurse during vaccinations may cry less and feel less pain than babies who are soothed in other ways,…
Official: Over 3,000 livestock deaths from foot and mouth disease
Egypt
March 17, 2012
Official: Over 3,000 livestock deaths from foot and mouth disease
Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is continuing to spread in Egypt, with officials saying that 3110 livestock have been lost so…
‘Protect Your Child’ campaigns against pneumonia, but not without bureaucratic setbacks
Health & Fitness
February 13, 2012
‘Protect Your Child’ campaigns against pneumonia, but not without bureaucratic setbacks
Last year on World Pneumonia Day (12 November), the Egyptian Medical Students Association NGO launched the "Protect Your Child" campaign…