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Scholarship announced in honour of late Miss Jamaica Universe Contestant LaToya Malcolm
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Scholarship announced in honour of late Miss Jamaica Universe Contestant LaToya Malcolm
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Member of Parliament and Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce Delano Seiveright has announced the LaToya Malcolm Sch...
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Centenarian Rattray celebrates 100th birthday
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At 100 years old, Joyce Rattray still has vivid memories of living in Greenwich Town, the seafaring community along Spanish Town Road in Kingston. It ...
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Dancehall newcomer Madscope is turning hustle into momentum with his get-money anthem Stack Paper , which has been generating a growing buzz across th...
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Jamaica’s Lloyd Barker to be inducted in CF Montreal Wall of Fame
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican-born and former Harbour View FC player Lloyd Barker will be inducted into the Wall of Fame of Canadian club CF Montreal o...
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Spurs battered by Brentford
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) —Big-spending Tottenham found money can't buy instant success as they slumped to a woeful 3-0 defeat at Brentford in thei...
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Beckford second in Diamond League in Poland
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Beckford second in Diamond League in Poland
August 22 02:21 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Commonwealth Games champion Romaine Beckford placed second in the men’s high jump on the first day of the two-day Wanda Diamond Le...
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JCF cautions motorists about vehicle cloning risk
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JCF cautions motorists about vehicle cloning risk
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists are being urged to thoroughly inspect their vehicles after they have been left unattended at various locations for exten...
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Final of Kingston Open ATP to be contested today
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August 22 01:26 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Number one seed Valentin Royer of France advanced to the final of the Kingston Open ATP Lawn Tennis Challenger in Kingston, turnin...
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Hantavirus risk to Jamaica very low, say experts
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Hantavirus risk to Jamaica very low, say experts
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 21, 2026
The risk of the hantavirus to the Jamaican population remains very low, according to local medical experts. The reassurance by the experts comes again...
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First Ebola case confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province
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First Ebola case confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province
May 21, 2026
BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP) — A first Ebola case has been confirmed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, in an area under the...
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WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
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WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
May 17, 2026
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP)—The World Health Organization declared an international health emergency on Sunday over an outbreak of an Ebola strain in the...
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Hantavirus crisis recommendations shared by WHO
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Hantavirus crisis recommendations shared by WHO
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 11, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — A deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has spurred global concern over the potential spread of the virus among and ...
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WHO says hantavirus risk low as countries prep repatriation flights
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WHO says hantavirus risk low as countries prep repatriation flights
May 8, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The World Health Organization's chief is due in the Spanish island of Tenerife to help coordinate the evacuation of passenge...
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First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise—WHO expert
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First hantavirus infection could not have been during cruise—WHO expert
May 6, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland(AFP)—The first hantavirus case on the MV Hondius could not have been infected during the cruise, a World Health Organization exper...
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WHO says 114 killed in strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital
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WHO says 114 killed in strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital
December 8, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The World Health Organization said Monday that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed in "senseless" strikes on a ho...
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New report shows violence against women is pervasive in the Americas
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New report shows violence against women is pervasive in the Americas
November 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said that violence against women and girls continues to be a seriou...
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Climate crisis is a health crisis, says WHO chief
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Climate crisis is a health crisis, says WHO chief
November 13, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that it was time for formal negotiations on health at the COP climate s...
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PAHO/WHO signs country cooperation strategy with Haiti
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PAHO/WHO signs country cooperation strategy with Haiti
October 2, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Haiti has signed a three-year country cooperation strategy (CCS) with the Pan American Health Organization and the W...
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WHO sounds alarm on risk of chikungunya epidemic
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WHO sounds alarm on risk of chikungunya epidemic
July 22, 2025
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP)-The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling ...
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WHO maintains mpox alert amid West Africa surge
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WHO maintains mpox alert amid West Africa surge
June 9, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland  (AFP) — The World Health Organisation said Monday that the mpox virus epidemic remains an international health emergency with mor...
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Caribbean countries join in formally adopting Pandemic Agreement
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Caribbean countries join in formally adopting Pandemic Agreement
May 20, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — Member states of the World Health Organization (WHO), including the Caribbean, Tuesday formally adopted by consensus the w...
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Key points in WHO Pandemic agreement
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Key points in WHO Pandemic agreement
May 19, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland — The WHO Pandemic Agreement, an accord designed to address the mistakes made in handling Covid-19, is being submitted for adoptio...
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Pandemic treaty talks inch towards deal
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Pandemic treaty talks inch towards deal
April 15, 2025
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP)— Countries were on Tuesday painstakingly tweaking the text of a hoped-for landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics, a...
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WATCH: NWC refutes claims of contaminated water in Kingston and St Andrew
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WATCH: NWC refutes claims of contaminated water in Kingston and St Andrew
March 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Water Commission (NWC) has reaffirmed the safety and quality of the water being supplied to Kingston and St Andrew, d...
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Following Trump, Argentina quits World Health Organization
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Following Trump, Argentina quits World Health Organization
February 5, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina said Wednesday it will quit the World Health Organization, following in the footsteps of Donald Trump's Uni...
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UN welcomes US aid freeze exemption for HIV treatment
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UN welcomes US aid freeze exemption for HIV treatment
January 29, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The United Nations Wednesday welcomed an exemption for its emergency AIDS relief programme from the United States' foreig...
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WHO urges US to maintain support for HIV treatment programmes
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WHO urges US to maintain support for HIV treatment programmes
January 28, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged the United States to reconsider its decision to suspend funding for HIV tr...
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PAHO urges Caribbean countries to maintain Mpox surveillance, genomic sequencing
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PAHO urges Caribbean countries to maintain Mpox surveillance, genomic sequencing
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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Incoming WHO Africa chief dies at 55
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Incoming WHO Africa chief dies at 55
November 27, 2024
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) - The incoming World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, Faustine Ndugulile, died while receiving treatm...
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WHO keeps mpox at highest alert level
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WHO keeps mpox at highest alert level
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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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican-born and former Harbour View FC player Lloyd Barker will be inducted into the Wall of Fame of Canadian club CF Montreal o...
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