Covid lowered life expectancy by 1.6 years worldwide: study
By Daniel Lawler PARIS, March 11, 2024 (AFP) - Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall…
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S. Korea starts process to suspend licences of 4,900 striking doctors
By Kang Jin-kyu SEOUL, March 11, 2024 (AFP) - South Korea said Monday it had started procedures to suspend the…
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Few women know alcohol linked to breast cancer: WHO Europe
Just one in five women in Europe are aware that alcohol is a risk factor for developing breast cancer, a…
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Quit medicine for farming? South Korean doctors speak out
From the outside, Seoul's main hospitals seem unchanged: ambulances pull up, patients walk in, staff in white coats walk around…
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Meningitis kills 20 Nigerian school students
KANO, Nigeria, Feb 28, 2024 (AFP) - A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed at least 20 boarding school students…
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Singapore offers payouts to retain nurses
Singapore will pay nurses a bonus of up to SGD$100,000 to encourage them to stay in the public health system…
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Bangkok says work from home as pollution blankets city
BANGKOK, Feb 15, 2024 (AFP) - Bangkok city employees have been told to work from home to avoid harmful air…
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First child cured of rare brain tumour ‘offers real hope’
By Isabelle Tourne and Daniel Lawler When Lucas was diagnosed with a rare type of brain tumour at the age…
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US officials confirm rare human case of bubonic plague
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Brazil on dengue fever alert
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 6, 2024 (AFP) - Sao Paulo opened an emergency operations center Tuesday to deal with a…
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