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Official says WHO does not know how lab worker in Russia died in plague case

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DR of Congo’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak reaches a sixth province

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DR Congo Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history, says WHO

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WHO says DR of Congo’s Ebola outbreak began months before it was declared

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More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo near 3,000

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A health worker prepares a patient’s blood sample for testing at Bunia General Hospital

At least 930 people dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

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Patient tests negative for Ebola at Glasgow hospital

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Patient being tested for Ebola virus at Glasgow hospital

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Uganda closes Democratic Republic of the Congo border as rare Ebola cases surge
Uganda has reported seven cases of Ebola, including the first case of a 59-year-old man who died in Kampala, the capital, on May 14.
Associated Press Reporter

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Appeals in Congo for supplies as groups warn Ebola outbreak ‘gaining momentum’

Photos from Congo and Uganda as WHO declare health emergency over Ebola

Ebola fears surge on the ground in DR of Congo over rapid spread of rare type

Photos from Congo and Uganda as WHO declare health emergency over Ebola

Democratic Republic of Congo: 131 deaths and 513 suspected Ebola cases reported

People wait near an ambulance at a hospital in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo

DR Congo to open three Ebola treatment centres as rare strain spreads

Health workers walk with a boy suspected of having the Ebola virus at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, eastern Congo

Dozens dead in new Ebola outbreak in remote DR Congo province, officials say

A plane at Manchester Airport carrying passengers that have been repatriated to the UK from cruise ship MV Hondius, which was hit by hantavirus

Hantavirus: Some passengers on board cruise were ‘facing mental breakdown’

Passengers leaving a plane at Manchester Airport

Passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrive in UK

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British passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

People in protective clothing disembark a boat

Passengers begin evacuating from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

The MV Hondius cruise ship

Bid to reassure ‘worried’ Tenerife residents over arrival of hantavirus-hit ship

Medics escort a patient, second right, evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship with suspected hantavirus infection, to an ambulance after being flown to Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Third British national has suspected hantavirus linked to cruise ship
Two other UK patients remain in hospital in the Netherlands and South Africa.
Jane Kirby, Press Association Health Editor

Cape Verde Hantavirus Ship

Hantavirus cruise ship still days away from docking in Tenerife

The MV Hondius

‘Good news’ on Britons in hospital after cruise ship hantavirus outbreak – WHO

The MV Hondius cruise ship

Authorities working to return Irish citizens from virus-hit cruise ship – Martin

Netherlands Hantavirus Ship

Government ‘working urgently’ to support Britons affected by hantavirus outbreak

The cruise ship at anchor off Cape Verde

British doctor evacuated as ship linked to outbreak to leave Cape Verde

An aerial view of the MV Hondius Dutch cruise ship anchored in the Atlantic off Cape Verde

Little risk of onward hantavirus transmission as variant identified – expert

The MV Hondius at sea

Plans being made for onward travel for Britons on ship linked to hantavirus – PM

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Briton in critical but stable condition after suspected hantavirus outbreak

The MV Hondius

Briton treated in South Africa after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise

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Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship in Atlantic – WHO

Harry and Meghan to visit World Central Kitchen’s Middle East headquarters

Sussexes start two-day Jordan visit with roundtable summit on refugees’ needs

Harry and Meghan begin two-day Jordan visit to highlight humanitarian efforts

Palestinians attempt to use Gaza’s Rafah Border crossing amid delays

Measles ‘re-established’ in the UK, say global health chiefs

‘It was a survival call’: Palestinian mother thanks Ireland for son’s treatment

Vapes are ‘compromising children’s human rights’ – experts claim

Sudan’s paramilitary ‘killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur’

‘Alarming’ number of people vape, global health leaders warn

Pakistan’s polio fight suffers a blow with two new cases reported in the south

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Israel destroys evacuated health centre in Gaza City, medics say

Ten children from Gaza arrive in UK for urgent medical care

Harry’s foundation makes donation to help children injured in Gaza and Ukraine

Democratic Republic of the Congo announces new Ebola outbreak

Minister challenged over vaccination ‘crisis’

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