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Healing with a wag and a nuzzle, meet the dogs brightening hospital days, in photos

CINCINNATI (AP) - Facility dogs are bringing moments of comfort and joy to children's hospitals, offering far more than a friendly face. Unlike volunteer therapy dogs, these specially trained, full-time working dogs can enter sensitive areas and support patients throughout their hospital experience. Experts say ...
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US adds Atlanta area airport for Ebola screening, CDC says

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Americans coming back from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan now have a second entry point for returning to the United States, with the CDC on Saturday expanding its enhanced Ebola screening to include Hartsfield-Jackson ...
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A second Ebola treatment center is set ablaze in eastern Congo, with 18 suspected cases fleeing

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. ...
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Gilead’s drug wins first-ever US approval for deadly liver infection

May 22 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences said on Friday that its experimental drug for a rare and deadly liver infection that had no approved treatment has won U.S. approval. Shares of the company were up over 2% in afternoon trading. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
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Americans exposed to hantavirus on ship enjoy some Nebraska hospitality while waiting in quarantine

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The 18 American passengers who were exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship are getting a taste of Nebraska hospitality as they wait to find out how much longer they will have to remain in quarantine at the ...
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Experimental treatments could help US Ebola patient

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. missionary who tested positive for Ebola and is undergoing treatment in a German hospital has been given drugs aimed at reducing disease symptoms after exposure to the virus and other therapies, U.S. health officials said ...
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World Bank says responding to Ebola outbreak, plans to increase funding

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - The World Bank has dispatched staff and resources to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to respond to the Ebola outbreak, and is putting together a financing package to ensure more funding can be made available rapidly, ...
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Health officials warn patients of potential HIV, hepatitis exposure at Philadelphia dental office

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Health officials in Philadelphia are recommending certain patients of a dental clinic accused of following "unsanitary practices" get tested for hepatitis and HIV due to potential exposures from April 2025 to May 2026, the city's Department of Public Health said in a ...
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Ebola outbreak in DRC is ‘spreading rapidly’ with almost 750 suspected cases: WHO chief

(NEW YORK) -- The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is "spreading rapidly," the head of the World Health Organization warned during a press briefing on Friday.WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the U.N. health agency has upgraded ...
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Philippines to allow Spanish pork imports from regions free of swine fever

MADRID, May 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines will allow pork imports from parts of Spain unaffected by African swine fever (ASF), lifting a blanket ban imposed after Spain reported its first cases of the disease in more than three decades last year, the Spanish ...
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Belarusian journalist falls dangerously ill in prison, relatives say, urging for him to be released

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) - An imprisoned Belarusian journalist has fallen seriously ill, relatives say, and his family and media rights advocates urged authorities on Friday to quickly release him from custody to save his life. Kiryl Pazniak, 49, has been in custody since his arrest ...
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India’s Sun Pharma posts profit beat on specialty drug demand, shares slide on cost pressures

By Kashish Tandon May 22 (Reuters) - Sun Pharmaceutical Industries' fourth-quarter profit edged past estimates, helped by robust demand for its specialty drugs, although increasing cost pressures squeezed margins and sent shares lower on Friday. The drugmaker's shares fell as much as 3.1% after results before ...
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