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Global health funders fast-track three Ebola vaccines as outbreak continues to spread in Africa
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Systematic estimates of global causes of neonatal and under 5 mortality in 2000-24: secondary data analysis using bayesian multinomial logistic regression
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Estimates of global causes of death for children and adolescents aged 5-19 in 2000-24: secondary data analysis using bayesian multinomial logistic regression
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Infrastructure for African mines destroying forests at 34 times the rate of the mines themselves
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South Africa assistant coach Mkhalele cleared to travel to Mexico
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Somali piracy disrupts global shipping and trade routes
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‘It Only Takes One Lion’: Belle and Sebastian soundtrack Scotland’s World Cup return
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How have countries around the world responded to the US-Israel war on Iran?
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2025 costliest year on record for wildfires, study finds
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