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Health
1/20/2024 11:03:41 AM
Generative artificial intelligence could transform health care through things like drug development and more rapid diagnoses, but the World Health Organization stressed more attention should be paid to the risks.
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World
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International
10/4/2023 3:11:10 PM
Picketing began Wednesday morning at Kaiser Permanente hospitals as some 75,000 health care workers go on strike in Virginia, California and three other states over wages and staffing shortages, marking the latest major labor unrest in the United States.
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World
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International
7/13/2023 8:24:55 PM
The British government offered millions of public sector workers pay raises Thursday in a bid to end an array of strikes that have crippled trains, health care and other services for more than a year amid the biggest cost-of-living crisis in generations.
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World
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Africa
5/17/2023 9:37:01 PM
Doctors in Nigerian public hospitals on Wednesday kicked off a five-day strike to demand better conditions, leading to health care being shut for many patients.
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World
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International
4/10/2023 2:43:15 PM
Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system that one official warned Monday could be “catastrophic” and postpone up to 350,000 appointments.
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World
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International
3/16/2023 7:34:32 PM
Unions representing hundreds of thousands of nurses, ambulance crews and other health care workers in England reached a deal Thursday to resolve months of disruptive strikes for higher wages, though the pact didn't include doctors.
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Business
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Economy
2/21/2023 2:15:42 PM
A host of Egyptian private companies have signed seven memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the Uzbek government to form investment partnerships in the sectors of pharmaceuticals, spinning and weaving, energy, electricity and health care.
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World
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Region
2/12/2023 7:35:56 PM
More than 250,000 people demonstrated on Sunday in Madrid in support of the capital region's ailing public health service, which is suffering shortages of staff and equipment.
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Business
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Tech
1/24/2023 3:04:41 PM
Amazon is adding a prescription drug discount program to its growing health care business.
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World
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International
1/11/2023 11:37:27 AM
An estimated five million children under the age of five died in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging health care investment in underserved communities around the globe to avoid this "immense, intolerable and mostly preventable loss of life."
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World
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International
9/6/2022 8:44:03 PM
Liz Truss became UK prime minister on Tuesday and immediately faced up to the enormous tasks ahead of her: curbing soaring prices, boosting the economy, easing labor unrest and fixing a national health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages.
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World
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International
9/6/2022 2:12:19 PM
Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix a health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages.
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World
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International
8/17/2022 10:21:33 AM
President Joe Biden on late Tuesday signed into law a big climate change and health care spending bill, giving Democrats another boost ahead of midterm elections in which Republicans are suddenly less certain of their predicted crushing victory.
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World
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International
8/16/2022 10:11:46 AM
President Joe Biden will sign Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the ``final piece'' of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party's standing with voters less than three months before midterm elections.
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World
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Region
8/12/2022 3:12:17 PM
The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients. A new corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share.
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World
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International
8/7/2022 10:38:25 PM
After 18 months of arduous negotiations and a marathon night of debate, the US Senate on Sunday passed Joe Biden's ambitious climate, tax and health care plan -- a significant victory for the president ahead of crucial midterm elections.
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World
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International
6/29/2022 6:55:32 PM
The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the US Supreme Court's ruling ending the nationwide right to abortion risked having a detrimental impact far beyond the United States.
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Life & Style
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Health
3/30/2022 10:52:55 AM
Topics on how to advance women's healthcare in Egypt discussed and a digital platform launched to record their health needs and requirements
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World
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Region
2/20/2022 6:01:43 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday hailed healthcare workers as heroes for their service every day, not just during the pandemic, asking the public in St. Peter's Square to join with him in applause.
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World
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International
2/9/2022 3:00:59 PM
Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heat. This comes as the economically devastated nation is hit by a steep rise in the number of reported coronavirus cases.
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