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Warning over new draft 'Trumpcare' bill

The Congressional Budget Office says extra 22 million people would be uninsured under draft bill

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Genetics in the Himalayas

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EU agency targeted in weed killer row

The ongoing debate over the safety of glyphosate is becoming a thorn in the side of the European Food Safety Agency.

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Teenager dances for joy after successful heart transplant

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Heart Federation launches #MatchFitWoman to get women moving

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Drug report warning over powerful opioids

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction report warns of criminal gang links

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Meet the robot designed to look after our elderly relatives

You're old, you live alone, maybe you lose your glasses a lot. So what do you need? Meet Zacharias the protoype robot.

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Takeaway: The robot clinician

You’re old, you live alone, maybe you lose your glasses a lot or you forget to take your medicine on time.

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Police release Tiger Woods arrest video

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France wants to scrap prison terms for cannabis use

Germany

Germany: parents face fines over child vaccinations

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Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom is first African to lead World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) appointed the first African to lead the institution on Tuesday.

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Lucky lion cub

The first lion cub born at the Dallas Zoo in 43 years has made her first scheduled public appearance on Friday (19 May).

Japan

Hundreds hospitalised as temperatures soar in Japan

Japan is experiencing an unusually hot spell of weather for the time of year.

Italy

Vaccinate your child or face a fine - Italy gets tough after measles epidemic

Get your children vaccinated, or be fined.

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Lancet report ranks Britain's health care system behind its European neighbours

Britain ranks behind many other European nations in a global list of health systems published by medical Journal “The Lancet.

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Suicide rate is highest in Europe: UN health agency report

The highest suicide rate is in the WHO's European region. The lowest rate in its Eastern Mediterranean region.

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UNICEF report reveals five-fold increase of unaccompanied child migrants

A new UNICEF report reveals the number of refugee and migrant children travelling alone has reached a record high.