A batch of a contaminated drug for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases has been identified in Lebanon and Yemen, the World Health Organization has warned. The WHO said the alert refers to “one batch of substandard (contaminated) METHOTREXTM (methotrexate) 50mg.” “Following adverse events in pediatric patients receiving METHOTREXTM ...
Spreading to every governorate in the country, the first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in Lebanon was reported to WHO by the Ministry of Public Health on 6 October 2022. Since the first case was confirmed on 5 October 2022, over 1400 suspected cases have been reported across the ...