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More cases of deadly new virus strain detected in Britain just days after first infections detected uptrends.live

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More cases of deadly new virus strain detected in Britain just days after first infections detected uptrends.live

More cases of a deadly new strain of mpox have been detected in the UK – just days after the virus first crossed British shores. Last week, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said one case of the MPox Clade 1b variant had been detected in London – but now two more cases have been … Read more

Egypt finally declared malaria-free after 4,000 years of infections – even the pharaohs uptrends.live

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Egypt finally declared malaria-free after 4,000 years of infections – even the pharaohs uptrends.live

Cairo on the Nile – Photo by Jack Krier on Unsplash Egypt, one of the world’s 15 most populous countries, has been certified malaria-free after a “pharaonic” effort that began 100 years ago. Killing nearly 600,000 people each year, almost all of whom live in Africa, malaria’s chain of transmission has been interrupted for three … Read more