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No longer just a battle against illness: Cancer treatment is …

WEBBEIRUT — As a physician treating Lebanon’s youngest cancer patients, Peter Noun always tries to remain positive. The tagline on the website of Kids First, the …

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Can Firass Abiad heal Lebanon

WEBCan Firass Abiad heal Lebanon? OLJ / By Marie Jo SADER, 13 October 2021 19:45. Firass Abiad, at the end of July 2021, a few weeks before his appointment …

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The new national health strategy to address challenges …

WEBThe new national health strategy to address challenges caused by Lebanon's crises. Healthcare workers at a cholera ward in Bebnine, Akkar governorate, Oct. 25, …

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Even for those privately insured, the cost of being …

WEBThe steep rise in hospitalization costs is a tragedy for many COVID-19 patients in Lebanon. The lira has lost almost 90 percent of its value since it started to …

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Lebanon is sick with a health system that is as costly as it …

WEBLebanon has long prided itself on its health care system, and with good reason. Until recently, at least, the country could count on an impressive number of …

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Abiad: Cholera sees a 'fast spread in Lebanon,' five total …

WEBBEIRUT — Caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad on Wednesday cast concern over the cholera outbreak in Lebanon, noting a "fast spread of the disease," and …

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There are still ways to access almost-free health care in …

WEBThere are still ways to access almost-free health care in Lebanon. Healthcare centers are welcoming an increasing number of Lebanese who have become unable to …

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Israeli strike on medical center kills seven first-aid …

WEBBEIRUT — Half an hour past midnight on Wednesday, March 27, an Israeli warplane dropped a missile on a medical center in Hebbarieh, in Hasbaya district, in …

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Hepatitis A outbreak in North Lebanon: What we know so …

WEBThe reporting on transmittable diseases, other than COVID-19, has diminished in Lebanon during 2020 and 2021, since the focus has been on the …

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Israeli restrictions hinder Palestinians' access to …

WEBIsrael's restrictions and rising fiscal constraints in the Palestinian territories are severely impacting the economic conditions of Palestinians and hindering their …

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Paying a lot more for much less: The woes of an insurance industry …

WEBBEIRUT — “More and more cancer patients tell me that specific medications are not being covered by insurance … while it was previously covered,” said Cherine …

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Lebanon faces the challenge of a rapidly growing elderly population

WEBBy 2050, elderly residents in Lebanon — those aged 65 years and older — are expected to amount to 23 percent of the population. In other words, this segment is …

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Women in Lebanon struggle with reproductive rights as birth …

WEBData obtained by L’Orient Today from the Pharmacists' Syndicate shows that the average cost of birth control pills has risen 750 percent since 2019.

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Saad Hariri underwent heart surgery in Paris

WEBFormer Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, currently retired from political life and living in the United Arab Emirates, underwent a successful heart surgery on …

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Five environmental crises to watch in Lebanon

WEBIn late 2022, Greenpeace warned Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates of a "very high risk of water shortages," with …

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Health Ministry announces partial end to drug subsidies

WEBBEIRUT — Lebanon’s Health Ministry on Friday released a list of more than 1,500 imported and locally manufactured medicines that will no longer be fully …

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The National Social Security Fund, explained

WEBBEIRUT — In 2014, Claudine, an administrator at a private school, went to her gynecologist for a regular checkup and paid the LL200,000 fee ($133 at the time), …

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In Lebanon, polluted air quietly kills

WEBAccording to Imane Abbas, toxicologist and associate researcher at the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, who took part in the CNRS study, the samples …

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Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 27,840

WEBThe health ministry in Gaza said Thursday at least 27,840 people have been killed in the territory during the war between Palestinian militants and Israel. The latest …

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