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				<title><![CDATA[WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 May 2026 17:10:09 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A test tube labelled "Hantavirus positive" is held in this illustration taken May 7, 2026.&mdash; Reuters/File<p>World Health Organisation  chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[What if we killed all mosquitoes?]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 May 2026 10:57:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A representational image of three mosquitoes on a surface. &mdash; AFP <p class="">The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but the tiny mosquitoes that suck our blood, make us itchy and infect us with disease.</p><p class="">Mosquitoes kill around 760,000 people every...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hantavirus: Confirmed cases by nationality]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 May 2026 18:20:07 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Persons wearing hazmat suits are pictured as passengers board a plane bound for US carrying passengers evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain&acute;s Canary Islands on May 10,...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[US, French nationals from hantavirus ship test positive]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 11 May 2026 13:07:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[The cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain May 11, 2026. &mdash; Reuters<p class="">An American national and a French woman evacuated from the cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have tested positive,...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Evacuation of hantavirus-hit ship begins in Canary Islands]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 10 May 2026 19:25:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[People from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, are transferred by boat to the port after disembarking, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026.&mdash; Reuters <p>Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 09 May 2026 20:56:15 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, May 4, 2026. &mdash; Reuters<p class="">Germany, France, Belgium, Ireland, and the...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hantavirus outbreak risk to public 'absolutely low': WHO]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 May 2026 17:37:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A drone view of the cruise ship MV Hondius, carrying passengers suspected of having cases of hantavirus on board, as it prepares to leave Praia, Cape Verde, May 6, 2026.&mdash; Reuters/FileSo far, eight cases have been reported: WHO.WHO official says it&rsquo;s not Covid nor measles.Risk...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Child deaths mount from Bangladesh measles outbreak]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 May 2026 13:49:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A child diagnosed with measles receives treatment inside a paediatric ward at the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Dhaka on May 6, 2026.<p>DHAKA: Bangladesh's deadliest measles outbreak in decades is stretching its health system, with children filling hospital wards and doctors...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreak]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 08 May 2026 08:31:29 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Test tubes labeled &ldquo;Hantavirus positive&rdquo; in a photo taken on May 7, 2026. &mdash; Reuters<p class="">The World Health Organisation said Thursday that more hantavirus cases could emerge after the disease killed three passengers from a cruise ship, but it expected the outbreak to...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[WHO says now five confirmed cruise ship hantavirus cases]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 07 May 2026 23:20:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A person in protective clothing walks next to an ambulance during an evacuation operation of suspected hantavirus patients, following an outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius, in Praia, Cape Verde, May 6, 2026. &mdash; Reuters<p>The World Health Organisation  said on Thursday there were...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hantavirus outbreak not like start of Covid pandemic: WHO chief]]></title>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.geo.tv/latest/663179-hantavirus-outbreak-not-like-start-of-covid-pandemic-who-chief]]></link>
				<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 06 May 2026 20:06:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Some of the cytoarchitectural features in a lymph node specimen extracted from a patient suspected of a Hantavirus illness are seen in this handout photo obtained by Reuters, July 6, 2017. &mdash; Reuters <p>GENEVA: The WHO chief told AFP on Wednesday he did not believe a deadly...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Around 20,000 HIV patients untraceable after starting treatment, NA committee told]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 May 2026 23:13:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A Pakistani doctor examines the blood sample from a patient for a HIV test at a state-run hospital. &mdash; AFP/FileAround 369,000 people suffering from HIV in Pakistan: ministry.Only 84,000 cases currently registered across country: ministry.NA committee raises alarm over availability of...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[PM directs nationwide disease screening to accelerate hepatitis control drive]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 May 2026 16:33:03 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting with Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination in Islamabad on May 5, 2026&mdash; PIDPM direct to fast-track national hepatitis control drive.Ensure hepatitis and HIV screening in hospitals: PM.Premier orders to...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Seven cases of hantavirus confirmed or suspected on stranded cruise ship]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 May 2026 14:30:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Cruise ship MV Hondius docks off Cape Verde port, as passengers were not allowed off the ship, while health authorities investigated suspected cases of hantavirus aboard the vessel, in Praia Port, Cape Verde, May 4, 2026. &mdash; Reuters <p>Two cases of the deadly hantavirus have been...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Doctors remove iron rod lodged in patient's head]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 May 2026 11:54:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A representational image showing doctors performing a surgical procedure. &mdash; Reuters/File<p class="">LAHORE: Neurosurgeons at the Punjab Institute of Neurosciences  have accomplished a remarkable medical feat, successfully extracting an iron rod that had penetrated the eye and brain of...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hantavirus poses low risk to public, says WHO cruise ship deaths]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 May 2026 16:57:03 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A micrographic study of liver tissue seen from a Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome  patient seen in this undated photo obtained by Reuters, July 6, 2017.&mdash; Reuters/File<p class="">A suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship, on which three people have died, presents a low risk to...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Three cruise ship passengers die in suspected hantavirus outbreak]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 May 2026 14:46:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[An archive image of the cruise ship Hondius, in Vlissingen, Netherlands May 17, 2025. &mdash; Reuters<p>Three people have died and three are ill after a Netherlands-based cruise ship was hit by a suspected outbreak of hantavirus, a rodent-borne virus that can cause fatal respiratory...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Lead exposure poses serious health risks to children in Pakistan: study ]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 02 May 2026 13:27:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Young boys pictured while working at a metal workshop in Pakistan. &mdash; Unicef <p>A new study by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination and the United Nations Children&rsquo;s Fund  has found that four in ten children aged 12 to 36 months living in...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Two new polio cases reported in KP, 2026 tally jumps to three]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 01 May 2026 15:59:00 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[Female Polio worker administering polio drops to children at Warsak road during anti-polio vaccination campaign in Peshawar on September 9, 2024. &mdash; APPCases reported from Bannu and North Waziristan districts.First 2026 case earlier reported in Sindh's Sujawal.Special anti-polio drive...]]>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pakistan approves first-ever national vaccine policy]]></title>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:02:26 +05:00]]></pubDate>				
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	            	<![CDATA[A health worker counts used vials of vaccine at a vaccination centre in Karachi. &mdash; Reuters/File Cabinet&rsquo;s nod paves way for local vaccine production: Kamal.Says local vaccine production capacity essential for country.Until now, Pakistan lacks comprehensive policy on...]]>
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