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FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw - Previews
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Health experts to screen US wastewater during 2026 World Cup

A public health squad based in Washington, DC, plans to monitor wastewater and internet chatter to detect and track infectious diseases during the World Cup.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 June, 2026
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Skin infections rampant in Gaza as Israel cuts off medicines

N.
22 May, 2026
Israel deliberately kills five Al Jazeera journalists, bombards Gaza City
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Israel's war spreads Guillain-Barré syndrome on Gaza's children

Sally Ibrahim
13 August, 2025
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Israel's war triggers plague of disease outbreaks in Gaza

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Alessandra Bajec

30 July, 2024
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N Korea says sends aid to families with unidentified illness

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 June, 2022
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Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will lead to pandemic, WHO says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 May, 2022
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UAE records three more monkeypox cases

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 May, 2022
A red triangle sign with a monkey in the middle on a yellow background. Below reads the text: "Monkeypox."
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Monkeypox: 'Too early to call epidemic,' says health expert

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 May, 2022
Covid-19 patients in an isolation ward[GETTY]
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Israeli court limits use of spy agency tracking virus

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 March, 2021
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Syria Insight: Fears of Covid-19 outbreak in northern Syria

05 September, 2020
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The New Arab's special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic

The New Arab
26 May, 2020
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Iran raises its coronavirus death toll to 19

The New Arab & agencies
26 February, 2020
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Arab countries are preparing for a possible coronavirus outbreak

Narjas Zatat
04 February, 2020
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Coronavirus: French Asians hit back at racists with campaign

The New Arab
30 January, 2020
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Pakistani man arrested after killing HIV-positive wife

The New Arab & agencies
30 May, 2019
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UN: Cholera outbreak has spread to all Yemen's provinces

The New Arab & agencies
06 July, 2017
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Yemen to get cholera vaccines as death toll mounts

The New Arab & agencies
22 June, 2017
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Cholera leaves Yemeni hospitals in constant 'code black'

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab & agencies

14 June, 2017
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Sudan 'bans reporting of cholera' as disease spreads nationwide

Robert Cusack
12 June, 2017
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Dozens dead in Iran swine flu outbreak

AFP
08 December, 2015