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Geologists map hundreds of landslides triggered by Helene

Predicting, preventing hurricane-caused landslides How to predict and prevent catastrophic landslides from hurricanes 02:06 Atlanta — When Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast about two weeks ago, devastating parts of North Carolina, it also triggered hundreds of landslides according to federal geologists who have been flying over the Appalachians to find all the places where swaths…

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Pakistan’s 2024 polio cases hit 32

Female Polio worker administering polio drops to children at Warsak road during anti-polio vaccination campaign in Peshawar on September 9, 2024. — APP  The country’s poliovirus tally for the year reached 32 as four more children were paralysed by the viral disease amid a continuous uptick in the cases. Pakistan is one of the two…

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Health experts fear Pakistan polio cases may hit 55-65 by year end

A girl receives polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi on July 20, 2020. — Reuters  Immunity gaps critical obstacle to eradication efforts, experts say. Polio vaccine refusal surged in areas like Pesahwar, parts of Karachi. Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar called core reservoirs of polio transmission.  ISLAMABAD: A report by…

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Pakistan’s ‘first MERS-CoV patient’ was in fact suffering from viral infection: official

Paramedical staff giving medical treatment to the affected people of heatwave at a hospital in Karachi in this photo taken on May 23, 2024. — Online Muhammad Ameen returned from Middle Eastern country. Patient has been discharged after being recovered, says MS. Dr Tahir says 55-year-old tested negative for MERS-CoV. RAWALPINDI: The patient, who allegedly…

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