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UK nurse who got Ebola in West Africa hospitalized again
LONDON (AP) — A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been hospitalized for a fourth time.
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British Ebola survivor discharged from hospital
A British nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone in 2014 was discharged from hospital in London on Sunday, five days after being admitted with complications, a statement said. Pauline Cafferkey was successfully treated within weeks of her diagnosis but suffered a relapse in October 2015, when she became critically ill with meningitis…
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Sierra Leone has 2nd Ebola case after epidemic believed over
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A second case of Ebola emerged in Sierra Leone after health officials thought the epidemic was over, with a close relative of the first victim testing positive for the virus that has killed more than 11,000 people, authorities said Thursday.
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Sierra Leone declared free of Ebola transmissions
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Sierra Leone free from Ebola transmissions on Saturday, as West Africa battles to stamp out the deadly virus that is holding on in neighboring Guinea.
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Suspended FIFA chief Blatter in hospital-lawyer
Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his federation mired in a corruption crisis, is in hospital for medical checks but should be discharged soon, his U.S. lawyer said on Friday. Later, however, Blatter's U.S. based lawyer Richard Cullen issued a statement saying: “Because there have been media inquiries, I am announcing that President Blatter is in…
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Sierra Leone girls forced into "degrading" pregnancy tests after school ban
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Schoolgirls in Sierra Leone have been forced to undergo humiliating and degrading public pregnancy tests since the government banned pregnant girls from attending mainstream schools and taking exams, Amnesty International said on Friday. A ban on pregnant girls attending school has informally existed for a decade, but…
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Anguish over India’s move to ban ‘rent-a-womb’ industry
Childless couples from around the world have been left in limbo after the Indian government revealed plans to ban them from the country's booming multi-million dollar surrogacy industry. The industry has exploded in recent years with thousands of infertile couples flocking to India, one of only a handful of countries offering cheap surrogacy using skilled…