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Forever Chemicals: Ground Zero
Pervasive, persistent and poisonous: How one US company helped pollute the world with forever chemicals.
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France confines over 1,700 passengers on cruise ship over gastroenteritis
The British ship docked in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux reports 49 suspected cases.
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Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from COVID-19
Experts say the transmission of hantavirus between humans is so rare that a pandemic is nearly ‘impossible’.
As summer approaches, skin diseases spread through Gaza’s refugee camps
Skin conditions have become a serious issue for healthcare workers in Gaza, particularly when temperatures rise.
Gaza’s second front: The battle against disease-carrying rats
Palestinian families in Gaza endure daily terror from rats in unsanitary camps, but help is hard to come by.
Israel hinders repair of damaged water infra deepening Gaza’s health crisis
Palestinian engineers struggle to repair Gaza’s water system, which has been contaminated, posing a health risk.
![A displaced Palestinian carries belongings in a flooded tent camp on a rainy day in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, December 12, 2025. [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025-12-12T074608Z_1325328582_RC2TEIACVW0R_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA_cropped-1767290780.jpg?resize=730%2C410&quality=80)
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Doctors fear ‘swamp fever’ spreading in flood-hit Gaza
Health authorities are warning of yet another potential health threat in Gaza: leptospirosis.
Published On 1 Jan 2026
Medical experts say Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 years
Africa CDC recorded about 300,000 confirmed and suspected cases of cholera so far in 2025, a rise over last year.
![A Sudanese woman receives a dose of a cholera vaccine in Khartoum in September [El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-09-24T120010Z_1914595450_RC2XWGA0D5NF_RTRMADP_3_SUDAN-POLITICS-OUTBREAKS-1763052429.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Pakistan floods spark cholera fears amid other rising health risks
Health experts warn of rising cholera cases in Pakistan amid catastrophic floods and strained healthcare.
Alarm in India’s Kerala as cases of ‘brain-eating’ amoeba rise
At least 19 deaths and 72 infections of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba have been reported this year.
WHO warns hospitals ‘on the brink’ as Israel pushes Gaza City assault
Israel continues deadly bid to ethnically cleanse enclave’s largest city amid ‘cataclysmic’ humanitarian conditions.
![Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza Strip following renewed Israeli evacuation orders for Gaza City on September 18, 2025. [Eyad Baba/ AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/000_74WU8Y4-1758191598.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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