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Cholera cases cross 6,000 along Iran-Iraq border as mass vaccination drive reaches halfway mark

Laboratory-confirmed and probable cholera cases along the Iran-Iraq returnee corridor passed 6,000 on Wednesday with at least 71 deaths, the World Health Organization said, as a cross-border vaccination campaign reached the halfway mark of its 1.6 million-dose target.

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Cholera outbreak spreads through returnee camps along Iran-Iraq border as water systems buckle

Confirmed cholera cases jumped past 1,400 across returnee transit sites in Iran's Ilam province and Iraq's Diyala and Maysan governorates this weekend, the World Health Organization said, as damaged water-treatment plants and overcrowded camps fueled the first large outbreak of the post-ceasefire phase.

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Pre-Monsoon Heatwave Grips South Asia as April Temperatures Shatter Records From Karachi to Kolkata

An early-season heatwave pushed daytime temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius across a 1,400-mile band of South Asia on Thursday, killing at least 71 people across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh and prompting school closures from Sindh to West Bengal.

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Dialysis and Cancer Patients Trapped Inside Iran as Medical Evacuation Corridors Stall

An estimated 38,000 dialysis patients and tens of thousands of cancer and transplant patients inside Iran have gone weeks without reliable treatment, the World Health Organization said Saturday, as proposed medical-evacuation corridors remained stalled.

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Tehran Hospitals Ration Supplies as Blackouts and Strikes Deepen Civilian Toll Inside Iran

Iranian hospitals have begun rationing dialysis sessions and pediatric cancer drugs as rolling blackouts and a fifth week of Israeli strikes push the civilian medical system toward what aid groups described Friday as a cascading failure.

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