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EU presses Russia for more details on suspected plague case

Pressure mounts on Moscow to explain the suspected plague case in Siberia, which has put health authorities on edge. Brussels is calling on Moscow to come clean "as soon as possible".

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9 live pigs intercepted in Oriental Mindoro amid ASF watch

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Nine live pigs reportedly being transported out of Oriental Mindoro to San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, were intercepted at a quarantine checkpoint in Bulalacao as provincial authorities tightened measures…

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Indonesia plans thousands health facility overhaul on 2027-2029

The Indonesian government has allocated hundreds of trillions of rupiah to overhaul the national healthcare system ...

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Calls for update to generic drug prices in Portugal

Equalmed calls for measures to prevent medicine shortages.

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West Africa: The Burden of Heart Diseases in Nigeria

[Leadership] The growing burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Nigeria is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, with hypertension, diabetes, unhealthy lifestyles and inadequate access to sustained medical care contributing to…

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'Ominous signs' of winter pressures as NHS waiting list grows

NHS winter pressures appear to be building already, with rises in waiting times for planned surgery.

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Ex-councillor guilty of running sham Covid-19 lab

Faisal Shoukat is convicted of fraudulent trading and money laundering after a trial.

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Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson, an essayist and classicist who brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her writings about love, desire and despair. The…

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Christa Pike is ‘up and walking’ for first time after failed execution, lawyer says

Recovery marks a dramatic turnaround for Pike, who remains in hospital after a botched execution in Tennessee Christa Pike is “up and walking” in hospital, her lawyer said, just more than a week after she survived two lethal injections…

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Uganda: Health Ministry Mobilises Faith Leaders to Help Reduce Maternal Deaths

[Nile Post] The Ministry of Health has called on religious and cultural leaders to use their influence in communities to encourage pregnant women to attend antenatal care and deliver at accredited health facilities as part of efforts to…

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Bayelsa: 20 arrested as police crack down on cultists

Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested more than 20 suspected cultists during raids across several communities in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ajao Saka Adewale, ordered the deployment of police…

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How anti-COVID activism injected life into Alberta's separatist movement