Health
WHO: 500 Syrian patients show symptoms pointing to toxic weapons exposure
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday around 500 people had been treated for "signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic ...Argentina lawmakers present bill to legalize abortion
Dozens of Argentine lawmakers of all political stripes presented a bill to legalize abortion on Tuesday, launching a debate that promised to ...Dozens dead in South Korea hospital blaze
A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital on Friday killing at least 37 people, the government said, in the country\'s ...Madagascar plague outbreak kills 24, triggering WHO fears
The World Health Organisation said Sunday it was boosting its response to a plague outbreak in Madagascar that has killed 24 people, ...UN calls for aid to feed 320,000 refugees in Tanzania
The United Nations World Food Program says it has reduced food rations for 320,000 refugees living in northwest Tanzania as a result ...Dutch police make arrests in contaminated eggs case
Dutch police arrested two suspects on Thursday as part of an investigation into the illegal use of a potentially harmful insecticide in ...Three US senators balk at health bill, putting reform in jeopardy
US Republican efforts to reform health care hit a roadblock Thursday when three senators threatened to oppose a partial repeal of Obamacare ...Tunisians protest for right not to fast during Ramadan
Dozens of Tunisians demonstrated Sunday to demand the right to eat and drink in public during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan ...Trump celebrates health vote win with jubilant Republicans
Declaring it "an unbelievable victory," President Donald Trump delayed his first trip home to New York as president to celebrate House passage ...Suspected meningitis epidemic kills 745 in Nigeria
A meningitis outbreak in Nigeria has killed 745 people, an increase of more than 50 percent in barely a week, officials said ...




