Mysterious disease in Congo prompts WHO to deploy experts to help

The World Health Organization is deploying a team of experts to help local health authorities investigate a mysterious, flu-like disease that has infected nearly 400 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. The team comprises epidemiologists, clinicians, laboratory technicians, infection prevention and control specialists and risk communications experts, according to a WHO statement….

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Iran says it will target Israel after weekend attack

Tensions in the Middle East showed no signs of easing Monday as a high-ranking Iranian military official pledged that Israel will face “bitter and unimaginable consequences” for its weekend attack on military targets that killed at least four Iranian soldiers. Major General Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, said the attack showed…

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