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| Jul.25 |
U.S. Senate |
Obamacare: US senators vote in favour of debating repeal
| Jul.24 |
Washington |
Trump plea for unity on showdown healthcare vote
| Jul.17 |
U.S. Senate |
Republicans oppose healthcare to leave party without majority 2 more Rep. senators have said they oppose their party's replacement for Obamacare, making it impossible for the bill to pass in its current...
| May.5 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate Republicans doubtful of American Health Care Act
| May.4 |
Washington |
Obamacare is 'dead' says Trump after healthcare victory 
President Trump has declared Obamacare 'dead' after the Republican healthcare bill was narrowly passed by the lower chamber of Congress | |
| Mar.24 |
Washington |
Trump blames Democrats for failed healthcare bill The bill was withdrawn because it did not have enough support to pass in Congress. The last-minute retraction is seen as a huge blow to the president | |
| Mar.23 |
Washington |
US healthcare bill: Trump issues vote ultimatum
US President Donald Trump has demanded a make-or-break Friday vote on a new health care bill in the House of Representatives
| Mar.13 |
Washington |
Trump healthcare plan 'will strip insurance from 14 million'
| Mar.7 |
U.S. Congress |
Republican knives out for their party's health bill
| Jan.4 |
Washington |
Obama urges fellow Democrats to fight for Obamacare The president has urged fellow Democrats to fight for his healthcare bill, as the incoming Trump team vowed to make a repeal of the law a pr...
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| Nov.11 |
USA |
Trump likes main Obamacare provisions 'very much' US President-elect Donald Trump has said he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama's healthcare bill
| Apr.13 |
China |
China to punish 357 over vaccine scandal
| Feb.16 |
Washington |
Excitement at new cancer treatment
| Feb.13 |
Queensland |
Australian hospital refuses to discharge asylum baby
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| Dec.21 |
Washington |
US FDA partially lifts gay men blood donation ban |
| Nov.23 |
New York |
Pfizer, Allergan’s $160 billion deal |
| Aug.18 |
Washington |
'Female Viagra' approved by US drug agency |
| Jul.31 |
Guinea |
Ebola vaccine is 'potential game-changer'
| Jun.25 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
Obamacare preserved in US Supreme Court ruling |
| Apr.15 |
Houston |
First quintuplet sisters born in US |
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| Dec.23 |
China |
Chinese doctors punished for 'surgery selfies' |
| Nov.15 |
U. S. Midwest |
Sierra Leone surgeon in US for Ebola treatment |
| Nov.12 |
Central India |
India sterilisation doctor held |
| Oct.20 |
Poland |
Man walks again after transplant |
| Oct.12 |
Liberia |
Liberia strike threat over Ebola |
| Jul.11 |
USA |
US labs 'mishandled deadly germs' |
| Apr.1 |
Washington |
Obama healthcare 'here to stay' |
| Mar.31 |
USA |
'Obamacare' enrolment deadline looms as interest spikes |
| Mar.27 |
Washington |
'Obamacare' sign-ups top six million |
| Feb.25 |
Uganda |
Uganda health services 'are for all' |
| Feb.5 |
USA |
CVS to halt tobacco sales
CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the US, will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, its chief executive has...
| Feb.4 |
U.S. Congress |
'Obamacare' will reduce US workforce
President Barack Obama's health law will cut the US workforce by the equivalent of more than two million workers, a congressional watchdog s...
| Jan.29 |
Toronto |
Bieber surrenders to Toronto police |
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| Dec.24 |
Washington |
'Obamacare' help offered amid rush |
| Nov.27 |
Brussels |
Lawmakers back allowing minors to request euthanasia
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Washington |
New delay for US health law website
| Nov.14 |
Washington |
Obama announces healthcare law fix
| Oct.30 |
Washington |
Obama pledges to 'fix' healthcare
US President Barack Obama has accepted 'full responsibility' for ensuring the troubled healthcare website gets fixed
| Oct.1 |
USA |
'Obamacare' launches amid shutdown A central provision of President Obama's healthcare reform law has taken effect, having survived Republicans' years-long effort to undermine it | |
| Sep.25 |
U.S. Senate |
Senator in second day of health law speech
| Mar.3 |
Mississippi |
HIV baby 'cured' by treatment
| Feb.3 |
England |
Malala recovering after surgery
| Jan.30 |
England |
Malala Yousafzai to get plate placed in her skull
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| Jul.2 |
USA |
GlaxoSmithKline 'guilty of fraud'
| Jan.26 |
Southern France |
PIP breast implant boss charged
Jean-Claude Mas, 72, the owner of a French breast implant maker that sparked a safety scare, has been charged with 'involuntary injury'
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| May.1 |
USA |
Children's cold, allergy medicine recalled
| Mar.21 |
House of Representatives |
U.S. House passes health care vote 
The House passed the Senate's health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences with the Senate bill
The compromise bill drafted by top Democrats will cost $940 billion over the next 10 years, cuts the deficit by $138 billion during that period. It would reduce the deficit by another $1.2 trillion in the following decade
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| Mar.19 |
Washington |
Obama hails 'historic' healthcare vote US President has described a congressional vote on healthcare reform due on Sunday as a 'historic' moment in a century-long struggle
| Feb.25 |
Washington |
Healthcare summit fails to reach accord
| Feb.22 |
Washington |
Obama pushes to revive healthcare reform
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| Dec.24 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate passes healthcare reform bill
The bill aims to cover 31 million uninsured Americans and could lead to the biggest change in US healthcare in decades
| Nov.21 |
U.S. Senate |
Healthcare bill passes first Senate hurdle
| Nov.20 |
London |
Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria
| Nov.7 |
House of Representatives |
US House backs healthcare reforms
The House has backed, in a 220-215 vote, a healthcare bill in a step towards reforms promised by President Obama, despite strong opposition
| Oct.13 |
U.S. Senate |
Senate panel passes health bill
A Senate committee has approved a bill to reform healthcare, a key step in President Barack Obama's attempt to overhaul the system
| Sep.23 |
Thailand |
HIV/Aids trial offer vaccine hope An experimental HIV vaccine has cut the risk of infection by a third in a major trial by the Thai government and US military
| Sep.9 |
U.S. Congress |
Obama urges action on healthcare 
US President has made one of the most critical speeches of his presidency, as he faced Congress over his plans for healthcare reform. He said that failure to introduce reform had led the... | |
| Aug.16 |
Washington |
Obama may soften healthcare plan
| Jul.22 |
Washington |
Obama defends health care reforms President Obama has defended his plans for health reform in a news conference broadcast live in the US
| Jan.26 |
Los Angeles |
Woman gives birth to octuplets Woman has given birth to the 6 boys and 2 girls, becoming just the second person recorded to have deliver a set of living octuplets
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| Nov.19 |
England |
Woman given windpipe created in lab |
| Jan.29 |
New Delhi |
Police broken organ-trafficking scheme Police have broken up what they call a global organ-trafficking scheme and are hunting its alleged mastermind, doctor Amit Kumar
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| Nov.6 |
Southern India |
Girl separated from twin
| Jul.3 |
United Kingdom |
Terror suspects all linked to Health Service |
| Jun.4 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria sues drugs giant Pfizer |
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| Sep.27 |
France |
Zero-gravity surgery 'a success' |
| Jul.26 |
London |
Glaxo has bird flu 'breakthrough' |
| Feb.6 |
France |
Face patient wants 'normal life' |
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| Dec.2 |
France |
Face transplant woman thanks team
Map of Amiens France The woman thanked her doctors when she awoke 24 hours after her surgery
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| Oct.12 |
Italy |
Twins joined at temple separated |
| Aug.8 |
South Africa |
S. Africa to distribute AIDS drugs
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| Jul.8 |
USA |
$36 million AIDS vaccine trial |
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| Nov.25 |
Boston |
Human embryo clone created Advanced Cell Technology aim is to use the embryo as a source of stem cells
| Aug.15 |
Melbourne |
Stem cell breakthrough |
| Aug.10 |
Washington |
Bush OKs limited stem cell funding |
| Aug.7 |
Washington |
Human cloning conference
| Mar.21 |
Netherlands |
Foot-and-mouth reaches Netherlands |
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| Nov.28 |
Netherlands |
Euthanasia legalized