Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church unveils first-ever coronavirus cases
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church has announced the first-ever coronavirus cases detected among its clergymen after…
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Egypt launches Hepatitis treatment campaign
The Egyptian Liver Foundation launched on Tuesday a Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C virus treatment campaign for…
CBE takes measures to protect Egypt’s banks against ransomware
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) issued instructions to banks operating in the local market to take precautionary…
Egypt’s Health Ministry denies spread of mysterious disease: official
Amr Kandil, head of the Preventive Medicine Department at the Ministry of Health and Population, denied the…
Fayoum sees 2017’s first confirmed death from bird flu in Egypt: MENA
Egypt's first death from the bird flu virus in 2017 has been reported in Upper Egypt’s Fayoum governorate, state…
WHO: Zika virus ‘no longer an emergency’
The mosquito-borne Zika virus will no longer be treated as an international medical emergency, the World Health…
WHO rejects demands to move Olympics due to Zika
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday rejected a call for the Rio Olympic Games to be moved or postponed…
IMF sees sub-Saharan Africa growth near two-decade low in 2016
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will likely slow this year to its weakest in nearly two decades, hurt by a…
MedStar Paralyzed as Hackers Target Another U.S. Hospital
Modern medicine in the Washington area reverted to 1960s-era paper systems when one of the largest hospital chains…
Ransomware Crisis Worsens, FBI seeks Help from All Sides
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is enlisting the help of businesses and software security experts in…
FBI wants U.S. businesses to serve as cyber extortion gains urgency
The FBI is asking businesses and software security experts for emergency assistance in its investigation into a…
Zika virus: sexual transmission more common than thought
Sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought, the World Health Organization said…
China confirms first case of Zika virus: Xinhua
China has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus in a man who had recently travelled to South America, the…
More than 3,100 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus – government
More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel…
Health ministry warns Egyptian pregnant women against travelling to S. America
The Egyptian Ministry of Health warned on Wednesday pregnant Egyptian women against travelling to South and Central…
Egypt has already taken preventative measures against ‘Zika’ outbreak
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Khaled Megahed said Egypt is already taking preventative measures…
First U.S. Zika virus transmission reported, attributed to sex
The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas on Tuesday by local…
Zika virus has not yet reached Egypt: health ministry
The Zika virus has not yet reached Egypt despite it's spread in other countries, the Egyptian ministry of health…
S. Korea fears MERS may have spread to new hospital
South Korea on Saturday said it was closely monitoring a hospital in eastern Seoul over fears that hundreds of…
New SARS-Like Virus Detected In Middle East
British health authorities have alerted the UN of a new respiratory virus in a severely ill patient from Qatar. The…
Seizing Hacker’s Servers in US
Microsoft said that cybercrime "command" servers in two US states have been seized in an ongoing campaign to sever…
Celine Dion cancels Las Vegas shows
Singer Celine Dion is suffering from a virus and has cancelled several shows in Las Vegas. The Quebec superstar is…