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US doctors embroiled in sudden legal uncertainty over abortions
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - Days after the US state of Ohio banned abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, doctor Mae Winchester had a patient who needed to terminate her pregnancy to save her life.
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Nicaraguan plantation workers 'poisoned' by pesticides fight for justice
AFP, Published on 13/05/2022
» TONALA (NICARAGUA) - Hundreds of Nicaraguan plantation workers left sick or sterile after working with a noxious pesticide in the 1970s were dealt a blow this week when a French court ruled against their claims for compensation.
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Children pay the price in Pakistan's mass HIV outbreak
AFP, Published on 14/06/2021
» RATO DERO, Pakistan: Since his son was diagnosed with HIV during a mass outbreak in Pakistan among babies and children, hard-up Shahzado Shar has often been forced to choose between food and medicine.
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Maradona's medical team face manslaughter probe over star's death: source
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» BUENOS AIRES: Seven people have been placed under formal investigation for manslaughter in Argentina over the death last year of footballing legend Diego Maradona, AFP has learned from a judicial source.
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Maradona doctors face murder charge, says source
AFP, Published on 20/05/2021
» Seven people under investigation over the November death of Argentine footballing legend Diego Maradona face charges of premeditated murder, AFP has learned from a judicial source.
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George Floyd died from 'low level of oxygen': doctor
AFP, Published on 09/04/2021
» MINNEAPOLIS - A respiratory doctor testified Thursday that George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen and that police officer Derek Chauvin's knee was on his neck almost all the time he was facedown in the street with his hands cuffed behind his back.
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COVID-19 research scandal: Unwanted diversion during pandemic
AFP, Published on 06/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - The first research scandal of the coronavirus pandemic has created unnecessary distraction around the politically divisive drug hydroxychloroquine, scientists say, as questions swirl around the tiny health care company at the center of the affair.
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HIV outbreak sparks panic in southern Pakistan
AFP, Published on 16/05/2019
» RATO DERO, Pakistan: Parents nervously watch as their children wait to be tested for HIV in a village in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have been allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe.
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Premier League players prescribed banned drugs: report
AFP, Published on 03/04/2016
» LONDON - English Premier League footballers were among 150 sports stars prescribed banned performance-enhancing drugs, a London doctor claimed in an expose by The Sunday Times.
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Chinese cosmetic tourists reap regret in South Korea
AFP, Published on 18/02/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese businesswoman Chen Yili paid a South Korean hospital thousands of dollars to reshape her face in the hope she would look more like the glamourous stars she saw on television.
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