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France reports first human case of livestock virus Shamonda in patient who later died
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Nearly 60% of Saudi adults meet weekly physical activity threshold, GASTAT reports
Nearly 60 percent of adults in Saudi Arabia engage in at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week, while 20.3 percent of children and adolescents engage in 60 minutes or more of daily physical activity, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT).
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Africa CDC calls crisis meeting as Ebola spreads to Nigeria
African health officials will hold a crisis meeting as the Ebola outbreak spreads from Congo to neighboring countries and beyond. The "extraordinary virtual meeting" will convene on October 28.