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UK Ebola patient Pauline Cafferkey arrives in London for treatment

The UK’s first Ebola patient Pauline Cafferkey has been transfered from Glasgow, Scotland to a hospital around 600 kilometers away in London for

World News

Ebola financial symptoms could cost 3 billion euros in 2015

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has devastated lives in three of the continent’s poorest countries. The World Bank says the cost of the outbreak to

Indonesia

Indonesia: Recycling for free healthcare

Healthcare for Indonesia’s 250 million people is a costly expense. However, a new initiative by a young doctor is proving popular in low-income

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone imposes lockdown to stop transmission of Ebola

Sierra Leone has imposed a mandatory lockdown in its Northern Region in an effort to stop the spread of an Ebola outbreak. Markets and shops have

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USA

Former US President George HW Bush admitted to hospital

Former US President George HW Bush is in hospital for observation after experiencing shortness of breath.

USA

Boxing great Muhammad Ali hospitalised with pneumonia

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali in a 'stable condition' after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia.

World

Care in conflict zones: MSF's medical aid on the frontline

They go where most of us would never dare, leading the battle against the Ebola crisis, working where conflict rages: in Syria, Iraq, Nigeria

Russia

Protesters in Moscow take to the streets against the city's education and health cuts

The authorities in Moscow have enraged doctors and teachers with cuts leading to schools and clinic closures. Facilities are being regrouped as the

World

In Hippocrates footsteps

Sport

Pele discharged from hospital

Brazil’s footballing legend Pele was discharged from a hospital in Sao Paulo on Tuesday. The 74-year-old three-time World Cup winner was admitted a

Poland

Polish 'miracle' toddler survives freezing ordeal

A doctor in Poland says it is a ‘miracle’ that a two year-old toddler survived after being found unconscious in sub-zero temperatures. Adam wondered

India

Thirty years on, the Union Carbide gas leak continues to poison lives in Bhopal

In 1984 a pesticide leak from a factory owned by US chemical company Union Carbide killed thousands in the Indian city of Bhopal. Thirty years on

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Thousands take part in Venezuela 'Color Run'

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'HIV virus less deadly' - new scientific study

Italy

Italy suspends flu vaccine batches

Sport

Pele 'fine' after being taken into special care unit

USA

US researchers optimistic about Ebola vaccine

Spain

Spain Health Minister Ana Mato quits over 'benefits' from kickback scheme

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Denis Mukwege: Sakharov Prize winner and champion of human rights

World

Sakharov Prize winner Mukwege on justice for DRC's women