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When doctors told her that the six-month-old fetus she was carrying had severe brain damage caused by the Zika virus, Thamires Ferreira da Silva tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a bus in Rio de Janeiro.
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Washington -
Outraged Democrats vowed to appeal a federal judge's ruling that could undo the US health care law known as Obamacare, saying on Saturday that they will use their new power in Congress to hold Republicans responsible and "expose their lies.
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Washington -
A federal judge in Texas ruled late Friday that the US health care law known as Obamacare is unconstitutional -- a ruling that opposition Democrats vowed to appeal.
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Tampa -
Diplomats who sustained mysterious brain injuries while stationed in Cuba experienced a cluster of symptoms, including anxiety, mental fog and dizziness, that is more complex than previously reported, scientists said Wednesday.
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Kinshasa -
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, they call him "Doctor Miracle" for his surgical skill and dedication in helping women overcome the injuries and trauma of sexual abuse and rape.
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Eight-year-old Maya Merhi had to struggle around a Syrian displaced persons camp on artificial limbs made of plastic tubing and tin cans.
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Doctors in Brazil who brought about the first-ever birth with a uterus transplant from a dead donor say they have two more women waiting to undergo the same procedure."All the patients that were part of this initial group have already been selected.
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Kinshasa -
In Democratic Republic of Congo, they call him "Doctor Miracle" for his surgical skill and dedication in helping women overcome the injuries and trauma of sexual abuse and rape.
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Paris -
In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Paris -
In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Mount Hagen -
Decades after polio was eradicated from Papua New Guinea, the crippling and sometimes deadly disease has returned, leaving doctors scrambling to revive long-lapsed vaccination programmes.
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Ottawa -
Canada said Saturday it will send a delegation to Cuba next week to reevaluate its presence there after another diplomat was diagnosed with a mysterious brain injury that has affected several dozen North American envoys to the island.
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Washington -
The Pan-American Health Organization on Friday reported a big jump in measles cases in the Americas this year, with Brazil surpassing crisis-hit Venezuela as the nation with the most confirmed cases.
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Nterre -
A French court on Thursday ordered the German safety certifier that approved tne use of defective breast implants to compensate around 400 Swedish women who received the devices behind a global health scare.
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Geneva -
Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30 percent last year compared to 2016, with increases recorded in wealthy European countries like Germany where vaccination coverage has historically been high, the UN said Thursday.
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Paris -
More than 150 million vulnerable people worldwide were exposed to potentially life-threatening heatwaves last year, scientists said Thursday, warning that climate change posed an unprecedented global health risk.
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Tampa -
Life expectancy in the United States dropped yet again as drug overdose deaths continued to climb -- taking more than 70,000 lives in 2017 -- and suicides rose, a US government report said Thursday.The drug overdose rate rose 9.
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Melbourne -
"Cheeky" Bhutanese conjoined twins who were successfully separated after a marathon operation in Australia left hospital Monday, with doctors saying they had made an excellent recovery and were starting to act independently.
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Ciudad Guayana -
Yoli Cabeza was sent from one hospital to another before finally giving birth to her daughter Yusmari in the corridor of a maternity ward because her contractions came quicker than medical help.
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For as long as she can remember, Ayeesha Siddiqua has fought her male relatives for access to toilets -- but a sanitation drive by new premier Imran Khan could make life easier for women in patriarchal Pakistan.
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Paris -
Over one million tonnes of animal feed in Europe could be contaminated by banned genetically modified organisms contained in a vitamin-based additive, French newspaper Le Monde reported Friday.
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Libreville -
Gabon's Ali Bongo, who has spent a month in treatment at a Saudi hospital, will be transferred next week to Rabat to convalesce, a presidential source told AFP on Friday.
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New York -
A US judge has dropped federal female genital mutilation charges filed against a Michigan doctor, ruling that Congress overstepped its authority in prohibiting a practice best left to state courts.
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Shanghai -
A crowd gathers at a Shanghai hospital, queuing for remedies made with plant mixtures and animal parts including scorpions and freeze-dried millipedes -- medicines that China hopes will find an audience overseas.
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San Francisco -
Monsanto on Tuesday said it is asking an appeals court to toss out a damning verdict in a landmark Roundup weed-killer cancer trial and grant it another try.
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Maputo -
The World Health Organisation on Monday said global efforts to fight malaria have hit a plateau as it reported there were more cases of the killer disease in 2017 than the previous year.
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Beni -
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday that 16 staff members have been temporarily evacuated from DR Congo's restive eastern city of Beni after a shell hit the building they were staying in.
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Beni -
Efforts to fight an Ebola outbreak in DR Congo's restive eastern Beni region were suspended Saturday after clashes just a "few metres" from a local emergency centre and the hotels of several response teams, the health ministry said.
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Bejing -
The Ritz-Cartlon and other five-star hotels in China apologised after a video exposing unhygienic cleaning practises went viral online this week in the latest health and safety scandal to rock the country.
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Havana -
Cuba announced Wednesday it will pull thousands of its doctors out of Brazil in response to president-elect Jair Bolsonaro's "direct, contemptuous and threatening" remarks about its medical aid program.
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"We are the Champions": Zukunftskongress Gesundheitswirtschaft des Bundesministeriums für Gesundheit in Berlin
In response to the growing rate of obesity, schools like St. Andrew's College are taking a more proactive approach to diet, nutrition, and physical exercise. St. Andrew's College
DIRECTORS: Corporate headquarters for refinery owner Tesoro Corp. is located in San Antonio, Texas. Tesoro Corp. / Wikimedia
Seniors occupy Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne's Office to protest changes to the seniors drug plan. Doug Brinkman
The survey findings demonstrate the cross-cutting links between an employer’s support of
workplace-wellness initiatives and the likelihood that an employer will take steps towards a
healthy lifestyle. Chrissy Wainright
Graphic from the final briefing held this year on the ACHE Act. Earth Institute
Cutting fresh baked salmon.
Raisin Walnut Bread, Lowfat Cottage Cheese with Peach Sauce
Seniors occupy Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne's Office to protest changes to the seniors drug plan. Doug Brinkman
Seniors occupy Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne's Office to protest changes to the seniors drug plan. Doug Brinkman
Screen dump from the Merck website showing the words "Be well" in their logo. Merck PR
The Aedes aegypti - or yellow fever - mosquito Wikicommons
Mitchel Herian, a faculty fellow with University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Public Policy Center who led the study highlighting a link between states' 'political color' and individual health and well-being. Craig Chandler/University Communications/University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Youngsters at the Higher Horizons Day Care Center in Bailey Crossroads, VA., receive healthy food and snacks on October 25, 2006. USDA
Jeffrey M. Smith Video screen capture
A picture of a nurse hanging some chemotherapy drugs. Wikimedia Commons
15m protesters in Málaga, Spain against cuts to the social health system Carlos Matesanz
15m protesters in Málaga, Spain against cuts to the social health system Carlos Matesanz
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