Health


5 days in, survivors still found in quake-hit Turkey, Syria
Feb 11, 2023

5 days in, survivors still found in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

Rescue teams using thermal cameras to locate signs of life are continuing to pull survivors out of mounds of rubble, five days after a major earthquake struck a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria


Feb 3, 2023

Medical group says 4 injured in Yemeni land mine blast

Medical officials say three children and one woman were critically injured in a land mine explosion in Yemen




Jan 15, 2023

Pakistan launches anti-polio drive for 44 million children

Pakistan is launching its first anti-polio campaign of the year, targeting more than 44 million children under the age of five


Jan 5, 2023

Attackers wound 5 Pakistani policemen guarding polio workers

Pakistani police say attackers armed with guns and hand grenades ambushed a police van assigned to guard polio workers in the country's northwest, wounding five officers



India to randomly test international visitors for COVID-19
Dec 22, 2022

India to randomly test international visitors for COVID-19

India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19 after an increase in cases in neighboring China