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Gaza - Meningitis epidemic
The Palestinian Authority declared a medical state of emergency on Thursday (12/06) in the West Bank and Gaza strip where 350 cases of meningitis have been reported. No-one had died during the outbreak, but neighboring countries had been...
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An expert in infectious diseases says the Ebola outbreak is cause for concern but should not trigger an 'epidemic of fear'. (Oct. 10)
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As the U.S. government prepares to ramp up screening of airline passengers for potential Ebola exposure, an expert in infectious diseases says Americans should be cautious, but not alarmist,...
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Protests and meetings at Barcelona Aids conference
1. Wideshot of the Barcelona Palace of Congress
2. Wideshot of conference hall with US Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson approaching podium
3. Protesters chanting, "Shame, shame" approaching stage with placards
4....
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Russia - Rise in cases of syphilis
Syphilis is making a comeback in the West thanks to businessmen who visit Russia, according to a recent article in a British medical journal. The sexually-transmitted disease, which causes insanity and death if not treated, has become...
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Man hospitalized in Palm Beach County with anthrax
Washington - October 4
1. Wide of Tommy Thompson entering
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tommy Thompson, U-S Health and Human Services Secretary:
"The Centres for Disease Control has just confirmed the diagnosis of...
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HIV-positive patients, activists protest clinic closure
1. Wide pan from the group of protesters to the government building across the street
2. Mid of leaflets and posters announcing swapping of HIV hospital for a hotel, camera tilt down to woman with protective mask on her face lying on...
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A man who recently visited West Africa and had a high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms was placed in isolation at a New York hospital on Monday and was being tested for possible Ebola but likely didn't have it, health officials said. (Aug. 4)
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A man who recently visited West Africa and had a high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms was placed in isolation at a New York hospital on Monday and was being tested for possible Ebola but...
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Argentine Health Ministry announces method for rapid diagnosis of Ebola
Health officials in Argentina claim to have developed a method for detecting the Ebola virus within 24 hours, saying it's the first in Latin America.
The Argentine Ministry of Health said in a press release that the protocol has been...
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Chief of US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention chief visits MSF centre in Guinea
The Director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tom Frieden, along with other CDC doctors, visited an Ebola isolation centre in Conakry, New Guinea.
Frieden said the way to eliminate the disease was to "support...
Bloomberg
Virus Fallout in Asia Was Significant: Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group CEO
Mar.05 -- James Riley, chief executive officer at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, discusses the impact of coronavirus on the business, occupancy rates in Asia and the performance of the hotel in Hong Kong. He speaks exclusively on...
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Algebris Offices Operating at 33% Capacity Amid Coronavirus
Mar.05 -- Davide Serra, founder and chief executive officer of Algebris Investments, says his firm's offices are operating at 33% capacity globally as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus. He made the comments in an...
Bloomberg
Tokyo Deputy Gov. Leads City's Ambitious ESG Project
Tokyo's Deputy Governor Manabu Miyasaka is leading the city's ambitious futurization project on reclaimed land in the middle of Tokyo Bay. The former Yahoo Japan chairman told Bloomberg how his past career as an Internet service expert...
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Adds protests at Roche, update
Barcelona, July 8, 2002
0000 Various exteriors of building where conference is being held
0013 Setup shot of Tom Francis, Co-founder of VAXGEN
0018 SOUNDBITE: (English)Tom Francis, Co-founder of VaxGen
0030 Various of press briefings...
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Campaign to take the shame out of TB
AP Television
Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa, 13th October 2010
1. Wide top shot pan across the shacks of Alexandra township
2. Mid woman sweeping the pavement in Alexandra township
3. Wide pan from street scene to...
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WRAP Gandhi welcomes Aids Walk For Life participants
New Delhi, 1st December 2005
1. Various of Sonia Gandhi's photo opportunity with the walkers
2. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, United Progressive Alliance-
"It may take some more time to develop a vaccine against AIDS, but...
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Officials say 2nd US health care worker tests positive for Ebola
A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the US has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said on Wednesday.
The worker at Texas...
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Former US president speech at Aids conference
1. Tracking shot of audience and panel
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Archbishop Raphael Nbingi Mwana Mzeki of Nairobi:
"(Responding to question about abstinence/celibacy)
Abstinence we maintain, nobody ever dies of abstinence."
3. Cutaway...
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French Minister of Health visits bird flu call centre
1. French newspapers headlines on bird flu case
2. Close up newspaper headline reading "France on alert"
3. Close up newspaper headline reading "Bird flu in France: the state is mobilised, the poultry farmers are worried"
4. Close up...
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First Woman Found to Spread Zika Through Sex
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYAtlanta - July 15, 20161. SOUNDBITE (English) John Brooks, Senior Medical Advisor, division of HIV/AIDS prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Getting Back to Normal in 2022
Will economies finally return to normal service in 2022? The U.K. government thinks so and they plan to be one of the first major economies to transition from Covid being a pandemic to endemic. With no lockdown imposed in the U.K.,...
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RR8137B ZIMBABWE A PERILOUS PESTICIDE
Background to Story: The pesticide DDT is widely used in the developing world. It's
still a cheap and effective control for the tsetse fly and mosquito. But its use
involves grave dangers. In Zimbabwe, wildlife officers are concerned...
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Scientists in Texas are studying the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people across West Africa this year. Right now, the disease has no vaccine and no specific treatment, with a fatality rate of at least 60 percent. (July 30)
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Scientists in Texas are studying the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people across West Africa this year.
Right now, the disease has no vaccine and no specific treatment, with a...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON APOLOGISES FOR SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT
Washington D-C, U-S -- 16 May 1997
1. President Clinton and Herman Shaw stand up, Shaw walks to podium
2. Audience cutaway
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Herman Shaw, Experiment Victim
4. Wide shot of the audience
5. Clinton and Shaw hug
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U.S. Baby Born to Mom With Zika Has Microcephaly
A Honduran woman infected with Zika gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects caused by the virus, her doctor said Wednesday.The Honduran woman's baby was delivered by cesarean section Tuesday at Hackensack University...