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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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Omran Al Owais pictured in a supplied portrait
Tributes paid to renowned Emirati historian Omran Salem Al Owais

An expert in Gulf history and family trees, Al Owais was fluent in Hindi and English and had a remarkable private library

HeritageApril 09, 2020
Thousands gather for the twice-yearly conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2019. The church will open its first temple in the Middle East in Dubai. Rick Bowmer / AP
Dubai to welcome Middle East's first Mormon temple

Place of worship to be built on the legacy site of Expo 2020

UAEApril 08, 2020
Blood from recovered Covid-19 patients is rich in antibodies that can be injected into seriously ill people with the virus. The National
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Coronavirus: blood donations slump over Covid-19 fears

Medics have assured the public it remains completely safe to donate blood

HealthApril 07, 2020
Dr Stephan Weber is awaiting machines which can process Covid-19 test results faster at the National Influenza Centre. Victor Besa / The National
UAE to introduce 20-minute tests to tackle cases faster

New techniques will significantly speed up results

ScienceMarch 29, 2020
A doctor carries out a coronavirus test at a hospital in the UAE. Victor Besa / The National
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Recovered Emirati implores public to stay home

An Emirati father-of-four describes his experience after recovering from Covid-19 in the UAE

HealthMarch 25, 2020
Dr Tarek Darwish, medical director of the behavioural sciences pavilion at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, said the spray would be administered to patients suffering severe depression. Pawan Singh / The National
'Breakthrough' nasal spray to treat depression coming to UAE

The drug, approved by US regulators, is a ‘fast-acting’ medicine to treat the chronic disease

UAEDecember 23, 2019
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - November 14, 2019: Dr Abdulmajeed Alzubaidi. Operation Rooms. Tour around new Sheikh Shakhbout hospital. Thursday the 14th of November 2019. Sheikh Shakbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
First look inside Abu Dhabi’s new mega hospital

Hundreds of staff are now working in Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, which will be fully open in January

HealthNovember 18, 2019
Saeed Al Jaeedi was able to speak for the first time in 13 years. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Emirati cancer patient speaks for first time in 15 years

Saeed Al Jaeedi, 59, lost his voice following surgery

HealthNovember 17, 2019
Dr Mugheer Al Khaili, chairman of the Department of Community Development, said the UAE is committed to supporting members of the public at all stages of their lives.
Survey asks retired Abu Dhabi residents about challenges

The Department of Community Development is calling for views on how people plan for retirement as part of effort to boost quality of life

GovernmentNovember 10, 2019
Cancer survivor Maysa, pictured at her home in Abu Dhabi, says doctors repeatedly ignored her complaints about blood in her breast milk. It was only when she sought another opinion and insisted on a mammogram that her tumour was discovered. Antonie Robertson / The National
'Doctors told me blood in my breast milk wasn't cancer. It was'

Abu Dhabi mother-of-three who insisted on scan and survived urges women to get check at all ages

HealthNovember 10, 2019
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Fatma Al Jassim, teacher, student and advisor to the gorvernment at the launch of ÒBee The ChangeÓ Campaign, Nation Towers. Khushnum Bhandari for The National
UAE companies urged to change attitude towards disability

'We don’t want employment for the sake of employment but to move forward from that,' says campaigner Fatma Al Jassim

UAENovember 04, 2019
Dr Nawal Al Kaabi, a specialist in children's infectious diseases at Seha and chief medical officer at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, said it was crucial to ensure as many people as possible are vaccinated against the flu. Pawan Singh / The National
Thousands of Abu Dhabi healthcare workers to receive flu jabs

Abu Dhabi Health Services has rolled out a compulsory vaccination programme in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus

UAEOctober 31, 2019
A sales clerk drops a piece of oud into an incense burner at Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai. More than 90 per cent of Emiratis burn incense at home and more than a third do so every day, researchers found. Razan Alzayani / The National
Burning incense at home could increase cancer risk, UAE study finds

A study of Emiratis reveals that regular exposure to incense smoke reduces bacteria in the mouth needed to fight off disease

HealthOctober 28, 2019
A health worker marks the finger of a child after administering polio vaccination to children in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in April 2019. Muhammad Sadiw / EPA
'Unwavering commitment' needed in push to eradicate polio

On World Polio Day, the World Health Organisation has warned there is no room for complacency in the fight against the debilitating disease

HealthOctober 24, 2019
A new home flu vaccination service is being promoted in Abu Dhabi. Getty Images
Abu Dhabi offers flu vaccine home visits to encourage inoculation

New service comes in the wake of a study that showed one in 10 parents did not see vaccinations as effective for their children

HealthOctober 19, 2019
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