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Pakistani police holding doctor for allegedly spreading HIV

May 6, 2019

Pakistani police say a court will allow a doctor with HIV and AIDS to remain in custody for two days to determine whether he knowingly spread HIV to over 150 people, mostly children, by using contaminated syringes

UN 'alarmed' over migrant conditions in Yemen

May 2, 2019

U.N. migration agency voices concern over condition of African migrants in Yemen amid reports of eight deaths from cholera in detention center

Pakistan suspends anti-polio drive after attacks on workers

Apr 27, 2019

Pakistani health officials say the country has suspended a nationwide anti-polio campaign after a health worker and 2 policemen escorting vaccination teams were killed in separate attacks

Gunmen kill polio vaccine worker, wound another in Pakistan

Apr 25, 2019

Pakistani police say gunmen riding on motorcycles opened fire on female polio vaccination workers in the southwestern town of Chaman, killing one and wounding the other

Pakistan reports new cases, policeman killed in polio drive

Apr 24, 2019

Pakistan reports 2 new polio cases, gunmen kill another policeman escorting team vaccinating children

Pakistani policeman assigned to escort polio workers killed

Apr 23, 2019

Pakistani police say gunmen have killed a policeman assigned to escort polio workers during a three-day nationwide campaign against the crippling disease

Children sickened in Pakistan after polio vaccinations

Apr 22, 2019

Pakistani officials say hundreds of school children have been taken to hospitals complaining of nausea and vomiting after being given polio vaccinations

Vaccines blocked as deadly cholera raged across Yemen

Apr 9, 2019

An Associated Press investigation finds that Yemen's U.S.-backed government, Houthi rebels hindered relief efforts as the country suffered the worst cholera outbreak in modern times

Vaccines were blocked as Yemenis died in cholera outbreak

Apr 8, 2019

An Associated Press investigation finds that Yemen's massive cholera epidemic was aggravated by official intransigence and potential corruption

Yemeni officials: Blast in capital kills 13

Apr 7, 2019

Yemeni medical officials say a large explosion at a warehouse in the rebel-held capital has killed at least 13 people, including seven children, and wounded more than 100