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At least 17 deadly swine flu cases reported in Russia

At least 17 deadly swine flu cases reported in Russia

Jan 19, – “Five people have died from the H1N1 virus in Saint Petersburg,” the spokeswoman for local health authorities, Maria Khitarishvili, told AFP on Tuesday. “Identification procedures for three other flu-related deaths have yet to be completed.” At least 17 people have died of swine flu in Russia since last month, according to AFP […]

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Rebel rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen city- medics

Rebel rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen city- medics

Aug 24, – The bodies of those killed, including seven women and four children, were taken overnight to the morgue at a public hospital in Taez, said the medical officials. Iran-backed rebels in Yemen fired rockets into a residential district of Taez, killing 14 civilians, mostly women and children, officials said Monday, as battles raged […]

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Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner in coma- lawyer

Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner in coma- lawyer

Aug 14, – “I was informed yesterday evening by the (Israeli) hospital where he is being held that he had fallen into a coma,” Jamil al-Khatib, the attorney of detainee Mohammed Allan, told AFP. A Palestinian held by Israel without trial has slipped into a coma after a nearly two-month hunger strike, his lawyer said […]

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Brain damage ‘very common’ after intensive care

Brain damage ‘very common’ after intensive care

Oct 03, –  The problem is ‘very common,’ with a condition known as delirium affecting about three-quarters of those treated in the ICU and subsequent brain damage enduring for at least a year in up to one in three of them, said the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Many people hospitalised in […]

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