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Two workers at Frankfurt Airport have died from malaria after being infected by mosquitoes believed to have arrived in Germany on aircraft from malaria-endemic regions, airport operator Fraport and city health authorities said on Wednesday. The first death occurred in early July, the Frankfurt city
South China Morning PostGermany
Dolly Parton attended the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards. Omar Vega/FilmMagic Actors James Van Der Beek, Hayden Panettiere, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, and Sam Neill died in 2026. So did country star Dolly Parton, actor Tim Curry, and painter David Hockney. Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jac
Business InsiderUnited States
The fire broke out at Islamabad’s largest hospital and has become a political issue. Opposition supporters shouted, “Stop killing our children!” at an official visiting the scene.
NYT WorldPakistan
It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany's busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials.
BBC WorldGermany
Kennedy has blamed others for declining vaccination rates, and downplayed the dangers of measles.
STAT News
In a key clinical trial, patients who got the pill, daraxonrasib, lived twice as long as those who got chemotherapy.
NYT Science
Delhi reported 138 new H1N1 cases, totaling 2,446 this year. Health Minister Pankaj Singh emphasised that patients generally show mild symptoms and there’s ‘no need for panic’, ensuring readiness for increased cases.
LiveMintIndia
Pancreatic cancer is considered one of the hardest to treat and most serious forms of cancer
Scientific American
The country music legend founded the Dollywood Foundation in the ’80s, supporting children’s hospitals, disaster relief, women’s health and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
ABC News Top
The hospital tells the BBC the ward door was not locked but manned with security guards, to protect the babies.
BBC WorldPakistan
Video shows grieving families at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences after a nursery fire killed 14 infants when an AC unit compressor exploded.
Fox News WorldPakistan
A startling study suggests at least one in four NFL players develops CTE, but doctors still can’t identify it in living athletes
Science Magazine
The public health emergencies in 2022 and 2024 saw the virus reported in 145 countries, but in the new cases children appear particularly affected A fresh outbreak of mpox in Guinea Bissau – the country’s first – means the virus formerly known as monkey pox is back in the headlines. So what has chan
Guardian Science
Researchers say benefits of two-dose Shingrix vaccine could be comparable to taking daily blood pressure medication The current shingles vaccine appears to significantly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to scientists who say it could help prevent thousands of deaths each year. Th
Guardian Science
New findings shed light on what’s making the parasite less treatable using the drug that’s considered a first line of defense.
Wired Science
A fire erupted early Wednesday in a nursery for newborns at a major government hospital in Pakistan's capital, killing 14 babies, according to hospital officials and the government.
NPR WorldPakistan
The fatalities come amid declining vaccination rates and calls from President Donald Trump to split up the MMR vaccine.
Wired Science
At least 14 babies have died at a hospital nursery in Pakistan.
Sky News WorldPakistan
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today concluded the first day of his two-day State visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, underscoring the strong partnership between WHO and Jordan across the areas of universal health coverage (UHC), mental he
WHO NewsJordan