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Italy grieves as state funeral held for victims of powerful quake
Amongst the 35 coffins laid out in a sports hall were small caskets holding the bodies of an 18-month-old baby and a nine-year-old girl, two of the 21 children who are known to have died when the quake hit central Italy early on Wednesday. “What we need is a reconstruction in record time.
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Tanzania’s army of community health workers face mistrust as they roll out services
By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One of the biggest tests of Justine Michael’s job as a community health worker is not the distances he must travel along remote dirt roads to visit patients in Tanzania’s Mkuranga district, but rather the suspicion he often encounters. Michael is one of more than…
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Major earthquakes in Italy since start of 20th century
ROME (Reuters) – A strong earthquake brought down buildings in mountainous central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents and sending others fleeing into the streets. A preliminary count hours after the quake struck put the death toll at more than 10. Here is a list of major earthquakes in Italy since the start of the…
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Philippines drug war deaths climb to 1,800; U.S. ‘deeply concerned’
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has recorded about 1,800 drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took office seven weeks ago and launched a war on narcotics, far higher than previously believed, according to police figures. Philippine National Police Chief Ronald Dela Rosa told a Senate committee on Monday that 712 drug traffickers…
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Women with dense breasts may need annual mammograms
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – While most older women might not need breast cancer screening with mammography more often than every three years, some women with dense breasts may need mammograms every year, U.S. research suggests. Among women aged 50 to 74, those without a high risk for breast cancer or dense breast tissue…
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U.S. lawmakers press Mylan on EpiPen price increases
Two senior lawmakers on the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Monday pushed for information regarding sharp price increases for EpiPens, drug-filled injectable devices used by people to counter potentially deadly allergic reactions. Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote Mylan Chief Executive Heather Bresch on Monday to ask how Mylan determined the…
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Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14 billion Medivation deal
Medivation shares jumped nearly 20 percent to close at $80.42, just shy of the offer price of $81.50 per share. Shares of Pfizer, the largest U.S. drugmaker, were down 0.4 percent at $34.84. The offer is a 55-percent premium to Sanofi SA's initial bid to buy Medivation for $52.50 per share in April, which pushed…
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Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning
By Zachary Fagenson and Julie Steenhuysen MIAMI/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also suggested that pregnant women who are especially…
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Connecticut man fired for smoking marijuana at work wins appeal
By a 7-0 vote, the Connecticut Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of an arbitrator’s ruling that Gregory Linhoff, of New Hartford, Connecticut, be suspended for six months without pay and subjected to one year of random drug testing. Linhoff, a state employee for about 15 years, was fired from his union job as a maintenance…
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Colorado: Water contamination likely came from military base
DENVER (AP) — Colorado health officials said it’s highly likely that trace amounts of toxic chemicals found in three drinking water systems came from firefighting foam used at a nearby Air Force base.