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  PM for giving free

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 03:19pm on December 11, 2019

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday vowed to eliminate leprosy from the country before 2030, urging local pharmaceutical companies to produce medicines for the leprosy...

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  Samoa measles death toll rises to 70

  Agence France-Presse . Apia | Updated at 01:01pm on December 10, 2019

  A devastating measles outbreak has continued to spread in Samoa, with the death toll reaching 70, as the United Nations on Monday released $2.6 million in emergency aid to combat the epidemic...

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  HC allows organ donation also to known people

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:44pm on December 05, 2019

  The High Court Division in a verdict Thursday allowed the donation of human organs to  known persons also on emotional grounds. It directed the government...

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  Govt to provide free sanitary pads to poor women

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:49pm on December 05, 2019

  Bangladesh government has decided to distribute free sanitary napkins among poor women and adolescent girls...

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  Vaping causes disease caused by exposure to industrial metals

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 03:34pm on December 05, 2019

  Doctors treating a patient with a rare lung disease usually caused by exposure to industrial metals say it may instead be the first case linked...

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  Samoa in lockdown amid measles battle

  Agence France-Presse . Wellington | Updated at 02:48pm on December 05, 2019

  Samoa entered a two-day lockdown Thursday as authorities launched an unprecedented mass vaccination campaign to contain a deadly measles outbreak that has devastated the Pacific...

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  Year 2019 sees boom in successful gene therapy

  Agence France-Presse. Washington | Updated at 02:45pm on December 05, 2019

  In the summer, a mother in Nashville with a seemingly incurable genetic disorder finally found an end to her suffering — by editing her genome....

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  Early treating cholesterol reduce heart attack risk: study

  Agence France-Presse . Paris | Updated at 03:58pm on December 04, 2019

  Treating younger people with high cholesterol levels may help reduce their risk of heart attack or stroke in later life, a study showed on Wednesday....

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  Take efforts to fight cervical cancer: Rwandan minister

  Xinhua . Kigali | Updated at 03:55pm on December 04, 2019

  Rwandan health minister Diane Gashumba on Tuesday called on all African countries to make joint efforts to fight against cervical cancer in the continent. There...

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  Unvaccinated to show red flags in Samoa

  Agence France-Presse  . Wellington | Updated at 03:53pm on December 04, 2019

  Authorities in Samoa asked unvaccinated families to display a red flag outside their homes on Wednesday to help a mass immunisation drive aimed at halting...