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Trump admin sows doubt over vaccines in 'Make America Healthy Again' report
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated White House report outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda devotes significant space to raising alarm over vaccines, while touching on environmental and nutrition concerns that remain at odds with broader administration actions.
Pope Francis, 88, hospitalised with bronchitis
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» ROME - Pope Francis was admitted to hospital on Friday for tests and treatment for bronchitis, the latest in a series of health problems for the 88-year-old pontiff.
I'm alive, says pope after flu scuppers COP 28 plans
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis joked on Thursday that he was still alive, after cancelling a trip to United Nations climate talks in Dubai due to the flu, saying doctors were worried about the heat there.
Breathless pope delegates reading as flu persists
AFP, Published on 29/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - 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.
Covid's back: Here's what to know this fall and winter
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - As colder weather sets in, Covid rates are once more rising across the Northern Hemisphere, with several new variants on the scene.
LIV's DeChambeau grabs PGA Championship clubhouse lead
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» ROCHESTER (UNITED STATES) - Bryson DeChambeau delivered a credibility boost to LIV Golf, firing a four-under par 66 to seize a one-stroke clubhouse lead in Thursday's darkness-halted opening round of the PGA Championship.
US issues world's first approval of RSV vaccine
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday approved the world's first vaccine for the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), the culmination of a decades long hunt to protect vulnerable people from the common illness.
Ailing Erdogan re-emerges in video link with Putin
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» ISTANBUL: Turkey's ailing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday re-emerged from a two-day absence and spoke by video link with Vladimir Putin at a virtual ceremony unveiling a Russian-built nuclear power plant.
Pope presides over Palm Sunday after hospital stay
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis presided over mass in St Peter's Square Sunday, as he kicked off events leading to Easter, just a day after leaving hospital following a bout of bronchitis.
Pope Francis expected to be discharged from hospital
AFP, Published on 01/04/2023
» ROME - Pope Francis was set to leave hospital on Saturday after a three-night stay for treatment of bronchitis, and begin preparations for the most important week in the Christian calendar.