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Ireland publishes bill on life-saving abortions
Ireland unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that lays down new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially ...
UK police to track dementia patients using GPS
A British police force is hoping to save time and money by giving a few dementia patients GPS tracking devices, a technique already used by health and ...
China career boost can come with health risks
Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays ...
Kosovo: 3 get jail time in organ trafficking case
A court in Kosovo found two citizens guilty of human trafficking and organized crime Monday in a major trial against seven people suspected of running ...
Irish court: No 'right to die' for paralyzed woman
A paralyzed Irish woman who wants to die cannot legally commit suicide with her partner's help, Ireland's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that ...
EU aims to better protect bees from pesticides
The European Union plans to restrict the use of three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations. The announcement Monday was cheered by ...
Mother in UK forced 14-year-old to get pregnant
A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said. In a ruling ...
Turkish womb transplant woman 6 weeks pregnant
A hospital says a Turkish woman who became the first person to successfully receive a donor womb is six weeks into a "healthy" pregnancy. Derya Sert ...
Mini-stroke could limit Algeria president ambition
The mini-stroke suffered by Algeria's president has cast fresh doubt on his perceived ambition to run for a fourth term next year as leader of one of ...
UN chemicals summit expected to adopt new controls
At the start of a major conference to regulate chemical and hazardous waste safety, top officials voiced optimism Saturday that delegates will approve ...
38 die in mental hospital fire outside Moscow
The patients of the small psychiatric hospital in a Russian village were asleep or under sedation as the clock neared 2 a.m. The windows were barred ...
Hitler's food taster tells of poisoning fears
They were feasts of sublime asparagus — laced with fear. And for more than half a century, Margot Woelk kept her secret hidden from the world, even ...
Fire in Russian psychiatric hospital kills 38
A fire raged through a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow early Friday, killing 38 people, including two nurses, emergency officials said. A third ...
Study: New bird flu jumped directly from chickens
Chinese scientists have for the first time found strong evidence of how humans became infected with a new strain of bird flu: from chickens at a live ...
Pro-Kremlin youth hunt down 'spice' pushers
Two men in their early twenties lie face down in the snow, hands tied behind their backs, heads doused with dark red paint. A dozen young men, some ...
Swiss groups fear study undercuts assisted suicide
Swiss groups that aid people seeking to end their lives say they fear a national research program could lead to stricter rules for assisted suicide.
Venezuela wrestles over truth of bombing claims
Hours after barely winning Venezuela's presidential election, the ruling party started to flood state media with accusations that opposition ...
US device will screen for fake medicines overseas
U.S. health officials are making a high-tech screening device available in Africa to help spot counterfeit malaria pills in hopes that the technology ...
UK experts: Cosmetic surgery needs tighter rules
A group of independent experts has slammed Britain's cosmetic surgery industry for not protecting patients adequately and is calling for stricter ...
Photographer's loss offers hope for Boston wounded
In the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the ...
Abidal makes 1st start since liver transplant
Eric Abidal made his first start since undergoing a liver transplant, playing the full 90-plus minutes to help Barcelona defeat Levante 1-0 in the ...