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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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Party with a purpose
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Romeich Major’s Build Back Jamaica Street Dance gets heavy support
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 27 12:16 AM
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NHT outlines plan to deliver modular solutions sooner
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November 27 12:14 AM
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COLEY COMMITS
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COLEY COMMITS
Former national assistant coach returns to national programme
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
November 27 12:12 AM
Coley returns to national programme
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Perfect for: Brunch, potluck, light lunch. “This isn’t your quick-fix meal — but when I want to slow down and create something special, this quiche is...
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:05 AM
COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
UWI professor warns that traumatised teachers and students will need urgent intervention
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1,100 mpox deaths recorded across Africa — CDC
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1,100 mpox deaths recorded across Africa — CDC
October 17, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Some 1,100 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's health agency said Thursday, warning that the epidemic...
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DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US
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DR Congo gets 50,000 mpox vaccine delivery from US
September 10, 2024
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) received on Tuesday 50,000 more vaccine doses from the United States to fight the countr...
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India’s mpox case ‘isolated’, not caused by new strain
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India’s mpox case ‘isolated’, not caused by new strain
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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India on Monday said it had verified an "isolated" mpox case but said it was not the new strain of the virus driving the ongo...
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UNICEF launches tenders for mpox vaccines
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UNICEF launches tenders for mpox vaccines
August 31, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said Saturday that it has launched an emergency tender for...
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Gabon reports its first mpox case
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Gabon reports its first mpox case
August 23, 2024
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — Gabon has reported its first case of mpox in a man who had returned from a trip to Uganda, its health ministry said. Cases o...
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Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
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Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks
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PARIS, France (AFP) — As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences between variants do ...
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Mpox cases rise in DR Congo as country awaits vaccines
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Mpox cases rise in DR Congo as country awaits vaccines
August 19, 2024
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) — Cases of the mpox virus are rising in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as the central African country awaits vaccines fr...
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CARPHA urges member states to be more vigilant against mpox virus
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CARPHA urges member states to be more vigilant against mpox virus
August 19, 2024
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has called on member states to be vigilant against the mpox virus outbreak...
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
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WHO seeks mpox vaccine production surge
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged manufacturers to ramp up production of mpox vaccines to rein in the sp...
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Take necessary precautions to protect yourself from Mpox — Health Ministry
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Take necessary precautions to protect yourself from Mpox — Health Ministry
August 15, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness says that while there are presently no cases of Mpox reported in Jamaica, individuals should s...
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WHO declares mpox a global health emergency
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WHO declares mpox a global health emergency
August 14, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa was now a global public health emergenc...
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WHO experts debate whether mpox now a global health emergency
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WHO experts debate whether mpox now a global health emergency
August 14, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday held a meeting of experts to decide whether the mpox surge in Africa shou...
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WHO’s emergency committee to meet Aug 14 over Mpox
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WHO’s emergency committee to meet Aug 14 over Mpox
August 10, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet next Wednesday to decide whether to trigger its highest aler...
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PAHO urges Caribbean countries to strengthen Mpox surveillance
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PAHO urges Caribbean countries to strengthen Mpox surveillance
August 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has called on countries of the Americas, including the Caribbean, to str...
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Bird flu shows world not ready for future pandemics — report
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Surging cases of bird flu among mammals, including US cattle, offer a stark warning that the world is not ready to fend off futu...
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