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As the federal government prepares to launch an ambitious initiative to end the HIV epidemic, the director of the Centers for Disease Control on Friday applauded an Alabama HIV clinic’s commitment to providing health services to rural communities. Director Robert Redfield met with state public health officials and toured the Medical Advocacy & Outreach clinic […]

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC’s Anne Soy reports from the Uganda-DR Congo border The World Health Organization has decided not to declare a global emergency over the Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO said Ebola was “very much an emergency” in the region, but it did

The Latest on the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The World Health Organization says the Ebola virus outbreak in Congo — which spread to Uganda this week — does not yet merit being declared a global emergency but is “an extraordinary event” of deep concern. The U.N. health agency

Image copyright Family photo Image caption Jamie Osborne’s mother Jackie Curtis said his death had torn her apart A mental health trust has been fined £200,000 after a “grossly psychotic” suicidal teenager in its care was found dead in his prison cell. Jamie Osborne, 19, took his own life on the hospital wing of Lewes

Lawyers suing over the toll of opioids asked a judge Friday to allow a structure for all 25,000 municipal and county governments in the U.S. to be paid — if a settlement can be reached with companies that make and distribute powerful prescription painkillers. The approach, if approved, would create dueling negotiating systems as state

Image copyright Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Image caption Two deaths occurred at Manchester Royal Infirmary Two more hospital patients have died in an outbreak of listeria linked to pre-packed sandwiches. Public Health England (PHE) said the victims were among nine patients affected in England. The death of two of patients from Manchester Royal Infirmary

The World Health Organization says it has opened its expert meeting to decide whether the Ebola outbreak in Congo — which spilled into Uganda this week — should be declared a global emergency. WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet on Friday the committee will “review and make recommendations regarding the Ebola outbreak.”

Image copyright BBC/Instagram Image caption Pauline Cafferkey gave birth to two baby boys in Glasgow on Tuesday Pauline Cafferkey, the Scottish nurse who survived the deadly Ebola virus, has given birth to twin sons. The 43-year-old worked as a volunteer in Sierra Leone, where an epidemic killed almost 4,000 people, in 2014. The father Robert

Image copyright Getty Images There were more than 200,000 abortions in England and Wales last year – the highest number ever recorded. Over the past 10 years, rates have been increasing among older women over 35 and decreasing in under 18s, figures from the Department of Health and Social Care show. Doctors said the figures

Image copyright Laura Worsley Image caption Ivy Worsley is now a healthy nine-month old girl A woman who suffered 13 miscarriages gave birth to a girl after pioneering work by a fertility expert. Eleven of Laura Worsley’s pregnancies ended in the first trimester but she also lost two boys at 17 and 20 weeks. Professor