Police in Uganda are investigating the fatal assault on soccer star David Owori during a robbery incident near his home in Kampala.
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UK: Surgeon Struck-off Following Botched Op
A doctor who botched an operation so badly it was described as “not compatible with life” has been struck off the medical register.
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UK: NHS Reports Reveal Shocking Rise In Racism As Patients Refuse Treated By Non-white Staff
NHS staff have been called “dirty foreigners” and “monkeys” amid a “noticeable” and “unacceptable” rise in racism from patients, an NHS survey has found.
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FRANCE: Parliament Passes Assisted Dying Bill For Terminally Ill Adults
After years of debate, French MPs have voted to adopt a bill to establish a right to assisted dying for some adults suffering from an incurable condition under strict rules.
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UK: Black Men To Benefit From Prostate Cancer Screening Trial
Tens of thousands more black men aged 45-74 are to be invited for prostate cancer checks as part of an ongoing trial in the UK to find better ways of testing for the disease.
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Two Foreign Nationals Charged For Misrepresenting Virus Found On Them At U.S. Airport
A pair of National Institute of Health (NIH) researchers have been charged after allegedly trying to smuggle a deadly virus into an American airport.
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DR CONGO: Ebola Makeshift Treatment Centres Set Ablaze As Protesters Demand Access To Bodies Of Dead Relatives
Violence has erupted in eastern DR Congo’s Ituri province after tensions linked to the handling of victims of the latest Ebola outbreak sparked unrest.
Protesters in the town of Rwampara wanted to recover the bodies of relatives who died of Ebola to bury them. When they were denied, they set the hospital on fire, according to local reports.
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DR CONGO: US Doctor Who Contracted Ebola In DRC Flown To Germany For Treatment
An American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been flown to Germany for treatment, along his wife and four children, as the World Health Organization warned of the “scale and speed” of the outbreak.
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HANTAVIRUS: WHO Chief Warns Countries To Prepare For More Cases
The head of the World Health Organization has told countries to prepare for more hantavirus cases as authorities in Paris said a French woman who contracted the virus onboard the cruise ship MV Hondius had the most severe form of the disease and had been put on a ventilator.
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ZAMBIA: HIV Infection Rise As Deadline For Continued Funding For Mineral Access Lapses
The deadline for Zambia to agree to the US’s terms that grants preferential rights over mineral supplies – including copper, cobalt and lithium, or risk losing HIV treatment funding for 1.3 million citizens lapsed on the last day in April 2026.
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