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Nearly 1,000 treated for breathing problems south of Mosul: hospital
Nearly 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to toxic gases from a sulfur plant which Islamic State militants are suspected to have set on fire near the city of Mosul, hospital sources said on Saturday. No deaths were reported in connection with the incident, said the sources at the hospital in Qayyara,…
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe skirts retirement talk at burial of friend
By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe's veteran President Robert Mugabe on Saturday avoided the controversial subject of his future as he buried a senior political colleague and friend who had been pressing him to retire. Mugabe, 92 and one of Africa's longest serving leaders, is eligible to seek re-election at the end of his…
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GE CFO sees alternatives to SLM 3D printing purchase
General Electric Co can build its 3D printing capability without buying Germany’s SLM Solutions and does not need to increase its takeover offer in light of opposition from a major shareholder, GE Chief Financial Officer Jeff Bornstein said on Friday. GE refused on Friday to extend or change its 38-euro-a-share offer for SLM after activist…
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Climate change is shifting areas of skin disease concern
Climate change is bringing certain skin diseases and other illnesses to regions where they were rarely seen before, according to a recent research review. Dermatologists should keep these changing patterns of skin diseases in mind when making diagnoses, say the authors, who analyzed specific disease shifts in North America. In the U.S., for example, the…
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Climate change is shifting areas of skin disease concern
Climate change is bringing certain skin diseases and other illnesses to regions where they were rarely seen before, according to a recent research review. Dermatologists should keep these changing patterns of skin diseases in mind when making diagnoses, say the authors, who analyzed specific disease shifts in North America. In the U.S., for example, the…
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Residents Shelter in Place After Chemical Spill in Kansas
Residents of Atchinson County, Kansas, were told to shelter in place this morning after a chemical spill in the area forced evacuations and sent several individuals to the hospital. The spill, which happened shortly after 8 a.m. local time, covers a 4-block radius near Main Street, according to officials from the Atchinson County Emergency Management…
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Trump refuses to say whether he will accept U.S. election result
By Steve Holland and Amanda Becker LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump said on Wednesday he might reject the outcome of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election if he loses, an unprecedented challenge to a cornerstone of American democracy. During the last of three debates against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump was asked…
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AP FACT CHECK: Health insurance costs up, but not doubling
WASHINGTON (AP) — A claim from the final presidential debate and how it stacks up with the facts:
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Two Americans held in Yemen released and flown to Oman
Two American prisoners held captive by Yemen Houthi rebels have been released and taken to neighboring Oman after Omani officials mediated their release, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday. Kerry, speaking to reporters in the Swiss city of Lausanne, also said that the United States was discussing a ceasefire in Yemen with…
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You’re Welcome, World: America Is Behind Climbing Childhood Obesity Rates
From First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution to parents who pester their kids to eat their vegetables and put down the video games, health advocates around the world are doing their best to reduce childhood obesity. Despite these efforts, new research released this week shows the childhood obesity epidemic…