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RFK Jr panel votes against ingredient targeted by anti-vaxxers

A newly appointed US medical panel voted Thursday to oppose the use of a vaccine ingredient long targeted by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over debunked claims it causes autism.

US panel replaced under Trump backs new shot for kids

A medical panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to recommend a new antibody treatment against RSV, a common respiratory illness that is the leading cause of hospitalization for infants in the United States.

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Los Angeles buries its unclaimed Covid-year dead

Almost 2,000 people who died during the first year of the Covid pandemic and whose bodies were never claimed were laid to rest in Los Angeles on Thursday.

MSF suspends work in Haiti hospital after armed gang executes patient

International aid group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday it was suspending work at a medical center in the Haitian capital after an armed group pulled a critically ill patient from an ambulance and shot him dead in the street.

Abortion pill at the center of a US court battle

A widely used abortion pill is at the center of the latest legal battle in America's ongoing debate over abortion.

Biden says case of woman forced to leave Texas for abortion 'outrageous'

US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy.

Chinese laud 'great' Gao Yaojie, dissident doctor and AIDS whistleblower

A dissident doctor who became China's most outspoken AIDS campaigner was praised in her home country on Tuesday, days after she died in self-exile in the United States at age 95.

Chinese dissident doctor and AIDS whistleblower dies aged 95

A dissident doctor who became China's most outspoken and celebrated AIDS campaigner, spending years under government pressure before finding refuge in the United States, has died at the age of 95, a long-time supporter told AFP.

Texas Supreme Court rules against woman's abortion after she leaves state

The Texas Supreme Court on Monday overruled an emergency order allowing a woman to terminate her risky pregnancy, in a decision issued hours after her lawyers said she had left the state to get an abortion.

Texas woman forced to leave state for emergency abortion

A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said Monday.

Patients regain much weight after stopping new obesity drug: study

A new generation of obesity drugs often delivers dramatic weight loss, but many patients wonder what happens when they stop treatment.

UK PM Sunak defends pandemic hospitality scheme at Covid inquiry

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended his scheme to encourage people to eat out following the first coronavirus wave, saying it was not responsible for a second wave of infections.

UK PM Sunak 'deeply sorry' for pandemic deaths as he faces inquiry

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday said he was "deeply sorry" for those who lost family during the Covid pandemic as he was quizzed about his actions as finance minister during the global health emergency.

How unhealthy are ultra-processed foods?

Ultra-processed foods are commonly portrayed as a modern health scourge: a threat lurking on the shelves of every supermarket linked to obesity, heart disease, cancer and early death.

Ex-PM Johnson apologises to UK Covid victims' families but defends record

Boris Johnson apologised Wednesday for "the pain and the loss and the suffering" caused by the Covid-19 pandemic but defended his government at a public inquiry into its handling of the crisis.

Ex-PM Johnson apologises to families of UK Covid victims

Boris Johnson on Wednesday apologised for "the pain and the loss and the suffering" caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as he gave evidence at a public inquiry into his government's handling of the global health crisis.

Texas woman whose fetus has fatal condition sues for abortion

A 31-year-old woman sued the state of Texas on Tuesday in order to get an abortion for a pregnancy that she and her doctors say threatens her life and future fertility.

Doctors in England to stage longest NHS strike ever

Hospital doctors in England plan to strike around Christmas in their longest industrial action in the history of Britain's state-run health service, after pay talks broke down Tuesday.

France moves to ban 'sneaky' disposable e-cigarettes

French parliament has backed a proposal to ban single-use electronic cigarettes, considered to be gateways to tobacco addiction for teenagers and harmful to the environment.

Vaping: lighting up, stubbing out

Two decades after they first appeared, e-cigarettes have been widely credited with helping people quit smoking.

Divided US high court hears challenge to $6bn Purdue opioid settlement

The US Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday as it heard a challenge to Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family that controlled the drugmaker from future litigation.

Chaos in south Gaza hospitals after new Israeli strikes

Patients lie on cold, bloodstained floors in hospitals filled to overflowing. Some scream in pain, but others lie silently, deathly white, too weak even to cry out.

Israel resumes deadly Gaza bombardment after truce breaks down

Israel resumed its deadly bombardment of Gaza on Friday after a truce broke down, saying it struck more than 200 targets in the densely inhabited Palestinian territory despite international calls for a renewed pause.

Deadly fighting resumes in Gaza as truce expires

Fighting resumed in Gaza on Friday immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory.

Hamas open to truce extension as US urges Gaza 'safe' zones

Hamas is willing to further extend a truce for hostage and prisoner exchanges, a source close to the militant group said Thursday, and the United States urged Israel to set up safe zones for Gaza civilians as a pause in their deadly war neared expiry.

US to replace all lead water lines within 10 years

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced it would require the removal of the nation's remaining lead pipes within a decade, preventing an estimated 22 million people from potential exposure to the toxic metal in their drinking water.

Israel and Hamas extend truce for one day

Israel and Hamas extended their truce by another day on Thursday as Washington's top diplomat arrived to urge a more lasting break in the devastating conflict.

Poor education, stigma fuel Philippines' soaring HIV infections

HIV infections are soaring in the Philippines, with experts blaming online dating, poor sex education and conservative attitudes in the deeply religious country for fuelling the spread of the virus.

Hamas frees more hostages as Gaza truce expiry looms

More hostages were freed from Gaza on Wednesday, as mediators raced to broker another extension to the truce between Israel and Hamas hours before it was due to expire.

Hamas set to free more hostages as Gaza truce expiry looms

Hamas was expected to free more hostages Wednesday in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, as mediators raced to broker another extension to a Gaza truce hours before it was due to expire.

Full Gaza ceasefire urged as truce expiry looms

Efforts intensified Wednesday to extend a halt in deadly violence in Gaza as a truce was set to expire, with a source saying militant group Hamas was willing to free more Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Croatia struggles to contain whooping cough epidemic

Croatia was struggling to contain a whooping cough epidemic that health officials said Wednesday was due in part to a drop in inoculation rates linked to the growth of the anti-vaccine movement.

'Citizens of the Reich': Raids and suspicion as German group grows

On the outskirts of the eastern German town of Wittenberg, a corrugated iron gate painted with green leaves welcomes visitors to the "Koenigreich Deutschland" (Kingdom of Germany).

Breathless pope delegates reading as flu persists

Pope Francis presided over his weekly audience Wednesday despite the flu that caused him to scrap a trip to Dubai, but asked an aide to deliver his reading for him.

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