Purdue Pharma files new bankruptcy plan for $7.4 billion opioid settlement
Central banks take the limelight, briefly
Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival on array of charges
Bank of Korea's Chang says need to monitor household debt growth
Openly gay soccer player still faces online death threats
CBS' '60 Minutes' is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump's $20B lawsuit
March Madness: Davis perfect on six 3s as North Carolina routs San Diego State 95-68 in First Four
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Pope Francis hits 3-week mark of hospitalization after giving world a sign of his frailty
Pope Francis has hit the three-week mark in his hospitalization for double pneumonia
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The Pope has now been in the hospital for 3 weeks battling double pneumonia. How serious is that?
Friday marks three weeks since Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis, which then led to double pneumonia
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Vatican authorities say the pope now has pneumonia in both lungs. How worrying is that?
Vatican officials said that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery
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Vatican says the pope has a 'polymicrobial respiratory tract infection.' What is that?
Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment
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Pope will remain hospitalized as doctors treat a complex respiratory tract infection, Vatican says
The Vatican says Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection is presenting a “complex clinical picture” that will require further hospitalization
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HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the number of new HIV infections could jump more than six times by 2029 if American support of the biggest AIDS program is dropped
Health|Political|World
WHO chief asks countries to push Washington to reconsider its withdrawal
The World Health Organization chief is asking global leaders to lean on Washington to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. health agency
Health|Political|US|World
Trump wants to pull the US out of the World Health Organization again. Here's what may happen next
President Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization for the second time in less than five years
Crime|Health|News
Canadian police won't investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman
Police in Canada say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor sterilized an Inuit woman without her consent
Asia|Crime|Health|News|Political|World
Parents in Pakistan could face prison time for not vaccinating their kids against polio
Authorities in one province of Pakistan are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison
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UN authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it's not enough to stop the disease spreading
The World Health Organization has authorized a second malaria vaccine in a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a more readily available option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease
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Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each
Internal documents obtained by The Associated Press show that the World Health Organization has paid $250 each to at least 104 women in Congo who say they were sexually abused or exploited by Ebola outbreak responders
MidEast|News|World
Supplies alone won’t save Gaza hospital patients and evacuation remains perilous, experts say
A day after Palestinian authorities called for an evacuation of Gaza’s biggest hospital, Israeli soldiers have raided it and say they were accompanied by medical teams bringing baby food, incubators and other equipment
Europe|Health|News|Science
The world's first gene therapy for sickle cell disease has been approved in Britain
Britain’s medicines regulator has authorized the world’s first gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, in a move that could offer relief to thousands of people with the crippling illness in the U.K. In a statement on Thursday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had approved Casgevy, the first medicine licensed using the gene editing tool CRISPR, which won its makers a Nobel prize in 2020
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WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters
The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children
Health|News|World
South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV drugs
In a series of moves experts say signal a shift in how developing countries deal with pharmaceuticals, South Africa, Colombia and others have recently adopted a more combative approach towards drugmakers, pushing back on policies that deny treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV
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UN confirms sexual spread of mpox in Congo for the 1st time as country sees a record outbreak
The World Health Organization said it has confirmed sexual transmission of mpox in Congo for the first time as the country experiences its biggest-ever outbreak
Africa|Health|Science
South African company to start making vaginal rings that protect against HIV
A South African company will make vaginal rings that protect against HIV, which AIDS experts say should eventually make them cheaper and more readily available
Africa|Health|Opinion|Science|World
Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo's biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn
African scientists warn that discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make an mpox outbreak in Congo worse
Technology
How do whales sing? Scientists point to a specialized voice box that other animals don't have
Whales sing loud enough that the sound travels through the ocean
Africa|Health|News|Opinion|World
Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be aware, and providers don't advertise it
More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion
Africa|Health|Science|World
A new form of mpox that may spread more easily found in Congo's biggest outbreak
Scientists say a new form of mpox detected in a mining town in Congo might more easily spread among people
Environment|Science
Scientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort
Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them
Health|News|World
Countries struggle to draft 'pandemic treaty' to avoid mistakes made during COVID
After the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders worldwide vowed to do better next time but are still struggling to finalize a global plan
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Efforts to draft a pandemic treaty falter as countries disagree on how to respond to next emergency
A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic
