Health
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Australian comic actor Magda Szubanski, star of 'Babe' and 'Kath and Kim,' reveals cancer diagnosis
Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski, best known for roles in the television sitcom "Kath and Kim" and the movie "Babe," announced on...
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Study refutes Planned Parenthood's claim that abortion pill is 'safer than Tylenol'
Pro-choice advocates often say the abortion pill is "safer than Tylenol," but a newly released study disputes the claim, arguing that no such...
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Southeast Asia's illicit methamphetamine trade is at a record high, the U.N. says
The illicit trade in methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs is growing by leaps and bounds in Southeast Asia, with record levels of seizures...
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What to know about a cholera outbreak in Sudan that has killed over 170 people
A fast-spreading cholera outbreak has hit Sudan, killing 172 people, with more than 2,500 others becoming ill in the past week.
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A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says
COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the...
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French court to deliver verdict in landmark child sex abuse case involving 299 victims
A French court will deliver its verdict Wednesday in one of the country's largest-ever child sex abuse cases, which has raised questions about how...
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Court watchers say ban on medical treatment for transgender youth is most impactful case of term
Supreme Court watchers are most eagerly awaiting the justices' decision on whether a state can ban medical treatment for transgender youth, saying...
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RFK Jr.: COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer the recommended action for healthy...
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Amid measles outbreak, Texas is poised to make vaccine exemptions for kids easier
Texas this year has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in more than two decades, as a mostly eradicated disease has sickened...
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Kennedy says COVID vaccines no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant...
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Bill legalizing assisted suicide passes lower house of French parliament
France's lower house of parliament has adopted a bill to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication.
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Japan to use radioactive soil from Fukushima on flowerbeds outside PM's office
Japan said on Tuesday it plans to use some of the soil removed from near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on flower beds outside Prime...