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Abuja, Nigeria (AFP)—Catholic worshippers in Nigeria welcomed the election of the new pope, Leo XIV, on Friday, hoping he would continue the legacy of...
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London, United Kingdom (AFP)—Mohamed Salah won the Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award for the third time on Friday after inspiring...
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NSWMA removes tons of bulky, residential waste from streets of downtown Kingston
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May 9 12:16 AM
Aidonia gears up for 20-year celebration
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May 9 12:14 AM
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...local racing premier event set to deliver unforgettable action with US$300,000 purse at stake
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Mouttet Mile: A racing spectacle
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January 13, 2025
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AFP)— Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on Monday to combat mpox, announcing it was stepping up surveillance at ...
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January 11, 2025
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AFP) — Sierra Leone has reported its first confirmed case of mpox since the world's highest alert level for the potentially de...
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November 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Following the detection of a Clade I variant case for the first time in the region, the Pan American Health Organiza...
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November 22, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday it had decided to keep its alert for the mpox epidemic at the highest level...
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November 5, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— Two new cases of the mpox variant clade 1b detected in the UK are the first locally transmitted cases in Europe and the ...
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October 31, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— The African Union's health watchdog on Thursday warned that mpox outbreak was still not under control and appealed for resources...
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October 23, 2024
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Wednesday that it was increasing its capacity to produce diagnostic tests to detect ...
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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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October 10, 2024
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP)— Uganda on Wednesday confirmed a prison inmate has contracted mpox in a central area that is the epicentre of the outbreak in th...
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October 3, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— More than 800 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union's disease control centre said Thursday, warning the ep...
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September 24, 2024
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States plans to donate one million doses of the mpox vaccine to African nations facing an epidemic of...
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September 18, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Lessons learned from the COVID pandemic have left the world in a much better position to tackle the current mpox epidemic ...
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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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September 9, 2024
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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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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August 28, 2024
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP)— The African Union's health watchdog on Wednesday said it was close to securing almost one million mpox vaccine doses, urging...
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August 27, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)— The WHO on Tuesday said droplets were a minor route of transmission for mpox compared to physical contact, adding that more...
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August 27, 2024
MADRID, Spain (AFP)— Spain will donate 500,000 mpox vaccine doses to countries in central Africa suffering from a surge in cases, the government said ...
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August 25, 2024
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP)— Pope Francis on Sunday highlighted victims of the mpox virus in his weekly prayers and called on governments and the pha...
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August 24, 2024
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AFP)— "I felt very sick and scared, I couldn't even walk anymore," said mpox patient Samuel Nduwimana in Burundi's economic capita...
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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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August 22, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica has heightened its surveillance to detect the mpox virus, to ensure that if cases are identified, they are controlled, says...
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May 9, 2025
Abuja, Nigeria (AFP)—Catholic worshippers in Nigeria welcomed the election of the new pope, Leo XIV, on Friday, hoping he would continue the legacy of...
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May 9, 2025
London, United Kingdom (AFP)—Mohamed Salah won the Football Writers' Association Player of the Year award for the third time on Friday after inspiring...
Parents urged to monitor children’s social media use after bomb hoax shuts down school, State agency
May 9, 2025
Serious threat!
NSWMA removes tons of bulky, residential waste from streets of downtown Kingston
May 9, 2025
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