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A woman hugs her daughter during an abortion-rights protest in San Francisco

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UK bowel cancer campaigner Deborah James has died, but she may have saved many other lives by raising awareness of the disease.

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A handout from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows a collage of monkeypox rash lesions at an undisclosed date.

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Learners put on mixed reality headsets and are immersed in a lifelike training scenario, overlaid onto their physical environment.

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