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Shireena Al Nowais

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A journalist from the UAE with more than a decade's experience, Shireena joined The National in 2013. She is interested in public policy, judicial, social, health and government issues, and has written several investigative reports pertaining to these areas. She also launched and handled a weekly charity page called “Helping Hands”.
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Zakareyya Al Shamshi, deputy manager of Mission Operation, at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre headquarters in Al Khawaneej. Antonie Robertson / The National
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UAE to host space programmes to inspire new generation of scientists

Emirates Mars Mission is running a series of webinars, training programmes and space camps between November and January

EducationNovember 02, 2020
Hospitals across Abu Dhabi will have their online security systems tested to protect against cyber attacks. Reem Mohammed / The National
Abu Dhabi hospitals bolster cybersecurity as attacks increase

Online security experts say cybercrime has been on the rise since the outbreak

HealthNovember 01, 2020
Sudan's worst flooding for a century has left thousands without homes and claimed the lives of more than 100 people. EPA
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UAE delivers $550 million aid package as Sudan reels from worst flooding in a century

Cash boost forms part of a wider $1.5 billion investment project developed in the Emirates

GovernmentOctober 27, 2020
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , September 16 – 2020 :- Resy Hussain, Nurse giving the Flu vaccine shot to Flora Mae (patient) at the Prime Hospital in Dubai. (Pawan Singh / The National) For News/Online. Story by Nick Webster
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Abu Dhabi to push for mass flu vaccinations in Covid-19 strategy

Widespread inoculation will help doctors differentiate between influenza and coronavirus, officials said

HealthOctober 26, 2020
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a polio vaccination door-to-door campaign in Lahore. / AFP
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World Polio Day: UAE says polio on verge of eradication in Pakistan as it resumes oral vaccine

Thousands of healthcare workers carry out a door-to-door campaign to deliver the oral polio vaccine in Pakistan

GovernmentOctober 25, 2020
Pope Francis and Egypt's Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb greet each other after signing documents during the Human Fraternity Meeting at the Founders Memorial in Abu Dhabi in February 2019. AFP
Zayed Award for Human Fraternity invites nominations for $1million prize money

The last date for nominations is December 1 and the winners will be announced on February 4, 2021

GovernmentOctober 19, 2020
Emiratis with Thiqa medical cover will see changes to where they receive treatment. Pawan Singh / The National
Abu Dhabi health insurer to limit medical private treatment for Emiratis to capital

UAE nationals in Abu Dhabi must pay for elective private medical treatment in the other emirates from this week

HealthOctober 14, 2020
An organ is delivered to medical staff to enable the first transplant surgery to be carried out in Dubai in 2016. Courtesy: Dubai Media office
Abu Dhabi hospital resumes kidney transplants for younger patients

Doctors said they must carefully weigh up who is fit enough for surgery while the risk of the virus remains

HealthOctober 06, 2020
Dr Muhammad Al Hassoun, specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology, holds baby Maher as Noor Eldeen, father of the newborn looks on. Courtesy: Zahra Hospital
Baby joy for Sharjah couple after 20 years of struggle

A malformed uterus and ruptured cervix left the woman struggling to carry a foetus to full term

UAESeptember 17, 2020
Dubai's authorities acted after shoppers were filmed piling into the discount store in large numbers. The National
Dubai retailer shut down over flash-sale Covid-19 breach

The department store's owners were also fined Dh50,000 for breaching distancing measures

UAESeptember 13, 2020
A worker undergoes a Covid-19 screening in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa/The National
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UAE's largest healthcare provider cuts cost of PCR swab test to Dh250

Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, or Seha, will offer Covid-19 tests for a reduced rate

UAESeptember 10, 2020
The governing body of UK Athletics is under investigation for corporate manslaughter over the death of Emirati paralympic athlete Abdullah Hayayei. YouTube
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UK Athletics faces manslaughter investigation over death of Emirati

Abdullah Hayayei died in 2017 when a throwing cage collapsed during practice for world championships

EuropeSeptember 10, 2020
The DNA test requires a saliva sample, before the swab is sent for genetic tests. Andrew Brookes
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UAE researcher: Covid-19 saliva test 'more suitable for children'

New test is less intrusive, requiring people to spit in cup

HealthSeptember 08, 2020
epa08648287 A staff member shows a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate at Sinovac Biotech Ltd stand at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, China, 05 September 2020. This fair is the first such large-scale event on Chinese soil since the start of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. EPA/WU HONG
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UAE to promote vaccine awareness in major public health campaign

The National Policy on Vaccinations aims to help combat diseases and reduce risks to society

GovernmentSeptember 08, 2020
The robotic surgery team at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City. Courtesy: SSMC
Medics perform robot surgery for the first time at Abu Dhabi's mega hospital

Robot surgery allows medics to work remotely using very small, precise instruments attached to robotic arms.

UAESeptember 06, 2020
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