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'Get this done', WHO chief tells pandemic accord t...
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday told countries negotiating a global agreement on hand...
Uruguay's leftist icon Jose Mujica has cancer: doc...
Uruguay’s leftist ex-leader Jose Mujica, once known as the world's "poorest president" for giving aw...
Halle Berry confronts stigma around menopause
Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry joined a group of US senators on Thursday to announce new...
Unique venues heat up sauna scene in Sweden and Fi...
Deep underground in a disused iron mine and under the bluish glow of a flashlight, a small crowd eme...
US to reclassify cannabis as low-risk drug, in maj...
US President Joe Biden's administration is set to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a s...
US panel recommends all women receive breast cance...
Women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting from the age of 40 to reduce t...
Philips settles US sleep machine cases for $1.1 bi...
Dutch medical device maker Philips said Monday it had reached a $1.1 billion deal to settle US lawsu...
Last chance for global pandemic agreement talks
Countries returned to the negotiating table Monday for one last push to conclude an international ag...
Last chance for pandemic agreement talks
Countries return to the negotiating table on Monday for one last push on concluding a pandemic agree...
Biden stalls on menthol cigarette ban fearing Blac...
President Joe Biden's government on Friday said it was taking more time to consider a ban on menthol...
US approves gene therapy treatment for hemophilia
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has received US approval for a gene therapy against a form of hemophilia...
Nestle sales slump on weak North America demand fo...
Swiss food giant Nestle reported slimmer sales than expected in the first quarter on Thursday, weigh...
French national library quarantines 'poisonous' bo...
France's national library said Thursday it had removed four 19th-century books from its shelves whos...
France records growing number of supercentenarians
The number of people in France living beyond 110 years is growing fast, the national demographic stu...
Thai trans people push to be 'truly' accepted
Stethoscope over her white coat, Thai doctor Kachisarah Sridakhot walks hospital corridors hoping to...
Biden admin issues rule protecting abortion privac...
President Joe Biden's administration announced a new rule Monday to protect the privacy of women who...
Belgian whose body brews alcohol beats drink-drivi...
A Belgian man with a very rare metabolic condition that causes his body to produce alcohol had a dri...
Japan doctors sue Google Maps over 'punching bag'...
Around 60 doctors in Japan have accused Google Maps of ignoring vitriolic reviews of their clinics i...
UK parliament debates law phasing out smoking
The UK parliament on Tuesday kicked off its first debate on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's planned fla...
Big money flows to US charities fueling vaccine mi...
An anti-vaccine group founded by US presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr raised millions of d...
Waste not want not: Peruvian drive to feed more wi...
Peruvian cook Isabel Santos prepares a salad with carrot peels and pea shells at a community kitchen...
Ballet star and survivor Steven McRae says dance m...
After an almost super-human recovery from an injury, star dancer Steven McRae says the ballet world...
Israel urges Iran sanctions as world warns against...
World powers urged restraint on Sunday for fear that Iran's unprecedented missile and drone strikes...
World urges restraint after Iran's unprecedented a...
World leaders urged restraint on Sunday after Iran launched an unprecedented wave of missiles and at...
Iran warns of 'stronger response' if Israel retali...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warned on Sunday against any "reckless" Israeli retaliation to Tehra...
Israel says Iran attack 'foiled' amid fears of wid...
Iran's unprecedented overnight attack on Israel has been "foiled", the Israeli military said Sunday,...
Iran launches unprecedented strikes on Israel, ris...
Iran launched more than 200 drones and missiles on Israel in an unprecedented attack late Saturday,...
Israel warns Iran will suffer 'consequences' of es...
Israel warned on Saturday that Iran would suffer the "consequences for choosing to escalate the situ...
US troops head to region as fears grow of Gaza war...
Troop reinforcements from Israel's ally the United States headed to the region on Saturday, with fea...
US sterilizations spiked after national right to a...
Sterilization rates abruptly spiked after the national right to an abortion was overturned by the US...
Asia-Pacific gets new weapon in fight against drug...
A faster and vastly more effective treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is being rolled out in...
Israel on alert after Iranian threat as Gaza war g...
Israel was on alert Thursday after its arch foe Iran threatened reprisals over a strike in Syria thi...