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    Total confirmed cases
    Updated on September 26, 2023 5:05 pm
    USA
    108,602,115
    Total confirmed cases
    Updated on September 26, 2023 5:05 pm
    India
    44,998,565
    Total confirmed cases
    Updated on September 26, 2023 5:05 pm
    France
    40,138,560
    Total confirmed cases
    Updated on September 26, 2023 5:05 pm
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    37,789,040
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    COVID-19: WHO tracking EG.5 ‘variant of interest’

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    Lies about pandemic accord endangering future generations: WHO chief

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    News in Brief 18 July 2023 |

    This is the News in Brief from the United Nations.Health risks on the rise as heatwave intensifies across Europe: WMOThe dangers associated with the...

    Global immunisation rates show sign of post-pandemic rebound

    Global immunisation services reached four million more children in 2022, compared with the previous year as countries increase efforts meant to combat the historic...

    Teenage Girls Were Behind a Surge in Mental Health Hospitalizations

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    Scientists, Under Fire From Republicans, Defend Fauci and Covid Origins Study

    Two world-renowned virologists appeared on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and delivered a pointed defense of their findings that the coronavirus pandemic was natural in...

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    U.S. Students’ Progress Stagnated Last School Year, Study Finds

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    México ayuda a EE. UU. a detener el flujo migratorio en la frontera

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    Migrant Numbers on Border Plunge as Mexico Helps U.S. to Stem Flow

    Migrant shelters with plenty of empty beds. Soup kitchens with food to spare. Soldiers patrolling intersections where migrant families once begged for spare change.In...

    Defecting From North Korea Is Now Far Harder

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