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Sessions: Attack Opioid Crisis from Every Angle
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was joined by several state attorneys general on Tuesday to discuss the Justice Department's commitment to ending the opioid epidemic in America.
Sessions announced the formation of the...
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Trump signs legislation to battle opioid crisis
President Donald Trump is signing bipartisan legislation to confront the opioid crisis _ the deadliest drug overdose epidemic in U.S. history.
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Outbreak of dengue fever in Pakistan kills 20
Pakistani health officials were battling an outbreak of dengue fever in the South Asian nation on Tuesday, a day after health officials confirmed over 10,000 cases and 20 deaths in recent months.
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Inside the ICU at a besieged New York hospital
Saint Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers has been besieged for weeks by the new coronavirus outbreak and is now seeing fewer patient but doctors and nurses there hestitate to say the worst is over.
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Why Contact-Tracing May Be the Key Weapon in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Apr.20 -- Dr. Crystal Watson, senior scholar and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, discusses the importance of contact-tracing technology in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. She speaks...
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ONLY ON AP 480 die in Iran alcohol poisonings
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WHO comment on experts meeting to discuss virus
The World Health Organization convened a group of experts on Tuesday to fast-track promising tests, drugs and vaccines to combat the virus that's spread from China to two dozen other countries.
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UN chief on virus, climate change, SSudan
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday it was clear there was a massive effort by China to contain the current virus outbreak and to avoid its propagation.
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Pasteur Institute make new virus test, work on vaccine
Scientists at the Pasteur Institute in Paris are among researchers leading worldwide efforts to understand and tackle the new coronavirus.
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Taiwan soldiers in virus cluster infection drill
New Taipei City's authorities conducted a drill to simulate the scenario before and after a community cluster infection of the new coronavirus.
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US, Mexico to curb border travel to control virus
Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that travel would be sharply restricted along their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus.
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US, Mexico to curb border travel to control virus
Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that travel would be sharply restricted along their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus.
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Apple, Google to harness phones for virus tracking
Apple and Google have launched a major joint effort to leverage smartphone technology to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Asymptomatic Cases May Transmit Virus: Harvard Physician
Jul.06 -- Abraar Karan, physician at Harvard Medical School as well as at Brigham and Women's Hospital, talks about the coronavirus pandemic. Global cases topped 11.4 million, deaths exceed 533,000, and the World Health Organization...
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World elders celebrate Mandela's 89th birthday
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1. Former South African President Nelson Mandela arriving on stage as attendees sing Happy Birthday
2. Mid of hall addressed by former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu
3. Mandela...
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BELGIUM: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EBOLA VIRUS
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An international conference on the Ebola virus is being held in Belgium.
Scientists from around the globe are assessing medical developments to counteract the deadly virus, which wastes away the muscles and causes...
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Red Cross briefing on swine flu outbreak
1. Wide of briefing
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dominique Praplan, Head of Health Department, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
"At this stage, the main role of the national societies and their...
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India - Gandhi Commemoration During Plague
Leading Indian political figures on Sunday (2/10) commemorated the
125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi.
Floral tributes were laid at Gandhi's shrine by officials, many
wearing facemasks due to the outbreak of...
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WRAP US First Lady meets president
1. US First Lady Laura Bush shakes hands with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo
2. Bush entourage and presidential officials sitting down in presidential villa
3. Close-up of Bush and Obasanjo sitting down
4. Bush and Obasanjo...
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The father of an NBC freelance journalist spoke to the Associated Press about his son's sense of pride for working in Liberia in the midst of a deadly Ebola epidemic. (Oct. 3)
The journalist diagnosed with Ebola in Liberia will be treated in Nebraska.
Ashoka Mukpo's father, Dr. Mitchell Levy, told The Associated Press on Friday that his son is scheduled to leave the capital of Monrovia on Sunday evening and...
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US president visits an Africa mired in AIDS catastrophe
1. Wide shot of farmland and buildings
2. Exterior of Good Shepard Hospital
3. Various of AIDS patients lying on hospital ward beds
4. Andrew Jele at bedside of patient
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andrew Jele, Good Shepard Hospital...
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EU urges European health authorities to be vigilant
1. Exterior of EU Commission
2. Medium shot of EU Commission
3. EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou at press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Markos Kyprianou, EU Health Commissioner:
"Since two weeks ago when we had the first...
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World Bank president in Sierra Leone; USAID chief meets Liberian president
Officials in Liberia and Sierra Leone on Wednesday renewed their commitment to battling the Ebola epidemic and eventually achieving a "zero cases" goal.
US officials in Monrovia said progress had been made but warned that health workers...