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Ministry monitoring outbreak of unknown disease in Afghanistan

  THE PUBLIC Health Ministry said today (Oct. 9) that it is closely monitoring the outbreak of an unidentified disease in Afghanistan with airlines alerted to take action, TV Channel 7 said.  This outbreak has claimed  at least two lives and infected more than 500 others in eastern Afghanistan’s Parwan province, Afghan news website Afintl.com […]

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Covid-19 took a toll on heart health and doctors are still grappling with how to help

  By Lauran Neergard – AP and published by Yahoo!News St. Louis – Firefighter and paramedic Mike Camilleri once had no trouble hauling heavy gear up ladders. Now battling long Covid, he gingerly steps onto a treadmill to learn how his heart handles a simple walk. “This is, like, not a tough-guy test so don’t […]

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Beware of life-threatening disease when walking through muddy water

THE widely-followed Panda Lab Doctor Facebook page warned people walking through muddy water amid the current heavy flooding in many parts of the country that they risk getting Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, a life-threatening infection, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 12). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor page, […]

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