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Niger State confirms16 deaths,165 cases

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Niger State confirms16 deaths,165 cases

The Niger State Government has confirmed 16 deaths from 165 cases of cholera recorded in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Primary Healthcare, Dangana Ibrahim, confirmed the outbreak of the disease at a meeting of the State Task Force Committee on Primary Healthcare and Immunisation, chaired by Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, in Minna. According to … Read more

As temperatures rise, dengue fever infections keep surging around the world

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As temperatures rise, dengue fever infections keep surging around the world

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. In Bangladesh, roughly 300,000 people have been infected with dengue this year during the country’s worst-ever outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease. … Read more