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Honeymooner Disembowelled by Hippo in Botswana Saved by Wife's Intervention

A British man suffered life-threatening injuries after being attacked by a mother hippopotamus in Botswana’s Okavango Delta just ten days after his wedding. The incident occurred when their canoe drifted too close to the animal, which was protecting her young. His wife, Anna, managed to distract the hippo long enough for them to reach help, leading to emergency surgery and a prolonged recovery.

Texas Law Professor Saved by Navy SEAL Student After Collapsing in Class

Michael Maslanka, a 73-year-old associate professor at the UNT Dallas College of Law, collapsed from a heart attack during an October 6 lecture. Third-year student Matthew Melton, a Navy SEAL veteran with combat medical experience, administered CPR and helped save the professor’s life.

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Christina Applegate says she was misdiagnosed with MS

Actor Christina Applegate on Tuesday said she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, which doctors had attributed her symptoms to since 2021.

Inequality is major factor in impact of non-communicable diseases : WHO

Non-communicable diseases account for three-quarters of deaths worldwide but affect different population groups in different ways, a World Health Organization study showed on Tuesday.

Review by Dr. Bernhard Scheja: The Evolution of Ultrasound Technology in Medicine

How a method borrowed from shipping and metalwork became the most widely used imaging technique in medicine, and shaped Bernhard Scheja's profession.

Dozens of orangutans saved from Indonesia blazes

Dozens of critically endangered orangutans have been rescued in recent weeks from rampant wildfires burning across Indonesia, conservation groups said.

Four more Ebola cases detected in Kenya, bringing total to seven

Kenya has confirmed four new Ebola cases, the health ministry said Saturday, including another relative of the first victim and three healthcare workers who treated him.

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Pope celebrates mass in hospital after cancer operation

Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass on Friday at the hospital where he is recovering from a lung cancer operation, as seen in the first images of him released by the Vatican since the procedure.

'No place to breathe': life in Indonesia's fire epicentre

Irvan Maulana has struggled with shortness of breath and a cough as wildfire smoke cloaks the Indonesian city of Palangkaraya. But he is a doctor, and patients keep arriving.

Mobile clinics battle Mongolia's childhood dental 'disaster'

Inside a traditional Mongolian ger in the sprawling suburbs of Ulaanbaatar, children queue to have their teeth checked at a mobile dental practice that roams the vast country, providing treatment that is hard to come by in remote areas.

Pope out of bed, progress 'normal' after cancer operation

Pope Leo XIV is out of bed, walking and eating after doctors removed a cancerous tumour from his lung, while post-surgery tests show his progress is "normal", his doctors said Wednesday.

Pope out of bed, progress 'normal', doctors say

Pope Leo XIV is out of bed, walking and eating following an operation to remove a cancerous tumour from his lung, and has undergone post-surgery tests which show his progress is "normal", his doctors said Wednesday.

Pope Leo has cancerous growth removed in lung operation

Pope Leo XIV had a cancerous growth removed from his right lung in a 90-minute operation on Tuesday and "woke up normally" after the procedure, the Vatican said.

Pope Leo in Rome hospital for lung operation

Pope Leo XIV entered a Rome hospital smiling and waving Tuesday ahead of surgery to remove a nodule on his lung.

Pope to have surgery to remove lung nodule

Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that he would have an operation "in the coming days" for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located "at a very early stage".

Pope to be operated on for lump on lung

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced he would have an operation "in the coming days" for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located "at a very early stage".

Pope says to be operated in 'coming days' for lung nodule

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced he would be operated "in the coming days" for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located "at a very early stage".

Swiss captain Xhaka gets suspended fine for fake Covid cert

Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka has been fined 150,000 Swiss francs ($180,000) after admitting using a forged Covid vaccine certificate during the pandemic when he played for Arsenal.

Quarantine, unease and rumours: Russian city grapples with plague scare

When a woman died of suspected plague in Siberia last week, Oksana was in the maternity ward for observation.

After botched execution, US woman was nearly taken off life support before revival

A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution was almost taken off life support before she regained consciousness, her lawyer said Wednesday, as a court ordered prison authorities to preserve evidence in the case.

WHO says cannot conduct full risk assessment on Russia plague reports

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it could not produce a full risk assessment as it did not have the whole picture from Russia on the suspected plague death of a laboratory technician.

Trump says 'we don't think' Russian plague is bio-weapon

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague laboratory worker did not appear to be linked to a biological weapon.

Russia's plague scare: What we know

The death of a plague laboratory worker in Siberia last week has made global headlines, with Russian media suggesting hundreds were under quarantine and US President Donald Trump expressing concern.

Fierce lobbying in EU over 'forever chemicals'

The European Union is under pressure to ban "forever chemicals" but a battle is heating up over the toxic substances known as PFAS in Brussels, where industry groups are seeking as many exemptions as possible.

'Nobody seems to care': Russian city shrugs off plague reports

Reports of a plague laboratory worker's death in Siberia have caused waves of speculation outside Russia, but in the city where she worked, many appeared unfazed.

Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after death of worker

Russian authorities denied Tuesday that they were imposing special anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician reportedly died of the disease, as the UN's health agency said the risk to the country was low.

Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death

Kenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, after a Kenyan man who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo died after returning to the country.

Moscow denies sanitary measures over plague reports

Russian authorities denied Tuesday that special restrictions had been introduced over reports that a laboratory technician died of plague, even as Washington said it was closely monitoring events.

Russia downplays plague reports as Trump offers US help

Russia on Monday sought to downplay reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, even as President Donald Trump said Washington was closely monitoring the situation and offered US help.

DR Congo Ebola outbreak killed more than 4,000: official figures

The worst ever Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now killed more than 4,000 people out of more than 8,000 confirmed cases, Congolese officials said on Friday.

Viral anti-vax posts weaponise Philippine inoculation fears

When Jenette Torres Odena's three-year-old son fell ill days after receiving a jab as part of a Philippine vaccination drive, his photograph quickly spread on Facebook alongside claims the inoculation had killed him.

Polish activists open first abortion pill locker in Warsaw

Polish activists have opened the country's first-ever abortion locker, allowing women to access pregnancy-terminating pills anonymously and immediately in the country with some of Europe's strictest abortion laws, an AFP photographer confirmed Wednesday.

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