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W.H.O. Declares Global Health Emergency for Monkeypox

The World Health Organization on Wednesday took the long-discussed step of declaring a global health emergency over the monkeypox or “mpox” outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has begun spreading into neighboring African nations.

A doctor shows a monkeypox sore on a patient´s lip, at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital in L

Ebola Hits Capital of Uganda

Ugandan Health Minister Ruth Jane Aceng said on Monday that 14 cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the capital city of Kampala and its surrounding area during the previous 48 hours.  Nine of the new patients were people who were in close contact with one of the 44 fatalities in the current outbreak.

Doctors put on protective equipment at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital in Entebbe, Ugan

Beijing Dispatches Damage Control Group to Coronavirus-Rife North China

China’s ruling Communist Party sent a specialized task force to the Russia-China land port of Manzhouli this week to “investigate hidden loopholes” among the city’s import stations that allegedly sparked an ongoing outbreak of the Chinese coronavirus in Manzhouli last month, the Global Times reported Wednesday.

This photo taken on November 29, 2021 shows a resident undergoing a nucleic acid test for

Chinese Companies Reap Huge Profits Making Medical Masks

Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) reported on Friday that mainland Chinese companies are reaping huge profits selling face masks to combat the virus unleashed upon the world by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). One Chinese manufacturer literally described its operation as a license to print money.

In a May 6, 2009 file photo a store attendantholds an N-95 mask over a box of disposable s

Iran Trashes U.S. Healthcare System, Proclaims Itself ‘Ready to Help’ Fight Coronavirus

Iran, scene of the world’s worst fastest and deadliest outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus, followed the Chinese Communist Party’s lead and attempted to flip the political script on Thursday by claiming its response to the outbreak has been exemplary, the United States is the clearly incompetent party, and Tehran is magnanimously willing to help America get the virus under control.

Iranians, some wearing protective masks, gather inside the capital Tehran's grand bazaar,

Researchers: China Heeding Wuhan Doctors May Have Stopped 95% of Coronavirus Cases

A study published last week by the University of Southampton’s WorldPop population mapping group suggested that found China could have prevented 95 percent of the coronavirus infections running wild across the world if the government had listened to the whistleblowing doctors of Wuhan instead of silencing and punishing them for daring to speak out.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping talks b