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US Supreme Court rejects bid to restrict abortion...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a bid to restrict an abortion pill widely used in the United States to terminate pregnan...
Netflix to air 'ultimate' hot dog eating contest
US competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut will face off against a fierce rival in a hot dog eating contest, in the latest event t...
Celine Dion resolved to perform again, 'even if I...
Celine Dion is determined to return to singing onstage despite suffering from a rare neurological condition -- "even if I have to...
Japan biochemist who discovered statins, Akira End...
Japanese biochemist Akira Endo, who discovered cholesterol-lowering statins, has died aged 90, his former student and colleague sa...
US in Gaza ceasefire push with UN vote, Mideast to...
The United States stepped up pressure Monday for a Gaza ceasefire with a call for a UN Security Council vote on a truce as it rede...
Swiss vote to boost renewable energy: polling inst...
Switzerland was on Sunday on course to approve a law aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy as the country targ...
Israel cheers rescue of 4 hostages as Hamas says r...
Israelis on Sunday cheered the rescue of four hostages from war-torn Gaza while Palestinians counted the cost, with Hamas official...
Texas towns try to close roads to abortion-seekers
Abortion is illegal statewide in Texas, but residents in the city of Amarillo want to go a step further -- banning even the use of...
California wildfire pollution killed 52,000 in a d...
Pollution from California wildfires killed more than 52,000 people in a decade, a new study claimed Friday, as the western United...
Rugby league great Burrow to be remembered at Chal...
Kick-off in rugby league's Challenge Cup final between Wigan and Warrington at Wembley on Saturday has been altered as part of a t...
'Whole family cried': New gene therapy offers hope...
Zhu Yangyang babbles away like a typical happy three-year-old, calling out for "mama" and "papa" and accurately naming colors -- a...
US health experts vote against MDMA as treatment f...
A panel of US health experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted against the use of MDMA,...
Some Gazans 'drinking sewage water': WHO regional...
Some Gazans are now reduced to drinking sewage water and eating animal feed, the WHO's regional chief said Tuesday, pleading for i...
US health experts review MDMA as treatment for PTS...
A panel of US health experts convened by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are meeting Tuesday to weigh the benefits and risk...
WHO countries prolong talks on pandemic accord
World Health Organization members on Saturday extended negotiations on a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics fo...
Strong trial results for Pfizer lung cancer drug
A Pfizer medicine has been shown to greatly reduce cancer progression and improve survival outcomes for people in the advanced sta...
French nurse dubbed 'Angel of Dien Bien Phu' dies...
Genevieve de Galard, a nurse dubbed the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu" for treating wounded during a defining 1954 battle in then French...
Pharma firm urged to share new 'game-changer' HIV...
More than 300 politicians, health experts and celebrities on Thursday called for US pharmaceutical giant Gilead to allow cheap, ge...
Second person dies of cholera on French island of...
A 62-year-old woman has died of cholera in Mayotte, bringing to two the death toll from the epidemic on the French island in the I...
Raw cow's milk infected with bird flu sickens mice...
Mice fed raw cow's milk infected with bird flu experienced high levels of the virus in their lungs, according to a study published...
US reports 2nd human case of bird flu tied to dair...
A second case of bird flu has been found in a human, US health authorities announced Wednesday, less then two months after the fir...
UK blood scandal victims to receive payouts this y...
Victims of a decades-long contaminated blood scandal that has killed about 3,000 people in Britain will start receiving final comp...
Sanofi allies with OpenAI, Formation Bio for AI us...
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced Tuesday a partnership with ChatGPT-founder OpenAI and US biotech firm Formation Bio...
Syria first lady diagnosed with leukaemia: preside...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's British-born wife Asma, who recovered from breast cancer in 2019, has been diagnosed with leuka...
UK PM sorry for institutional cover-up in infected...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday apologised to thousands of people infected with contaminated blood in a decades-long scand...
Ex-president Bolsonaro discharged from hospital
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said Friday he had been discharged from hospital after nearly two weeks of treatment for...
Anger in Peru over decree describing transsexualit...
The Peruvian government is under fire from LGBTQ+ groups which have called a protest Friday against a new decree listing transsexu...
Wounded Slovakia PM Fico undergoes new surgery
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remained in "very serious" condition after a new operation Friday, two days after an attempted a...
Military rank affects medical care, offering socie...
Human relationships are inherently shaped by power dynamics, yet quantifying their impact has remained a scientific challenge.
Easyjet CEO flies out in 2025 after seven years
Easyjet said Thursday that chief executive Johan Lundgren would step down at the start of 2025 after seven years piloting the no-f...
Turkey's 'mad honey' aphrodisiac that can knock yo...
Its fans swear it can cure heart palpitations, dodgy stomachs and even impotence. Yet every year hundreds of people end up in hosp...
UK says proposed pandemic treaty 'not acceptable'
A proposed World Health Organization treaty on preparing for future pandemics is currently "not acceptable" to Britain, a UK healt...