HEALTHAL-MONITOR
'All these rashes': chickenpox surges in Gaza camps
Chickenpox is surging in overcrowded Gaza camps, with eight-year-old Ruba Saadeh confined to a tent as her family shares it, her body covered in rashes. A child with red blisters on his stomach was diagnosed with the disease in the camp.
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