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SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday they had slaughtered 1,800 animals following the first outbreak in the European Union of the highly contagious Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR). Last month the...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African department store chain Woolworths Holdings Ltd is recalling a frozen savory rice mix following a worldwide product recall issued by the Hungarian Food Safety Agency due to an outbreak...

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Babies who start on solids at three months sleep better than infants exclusively breastfed until six months of age, according to a new analysis of clinical trial data. The World Health...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – People with pale skin who are sensitive to the sun should use several sun-protective behaviors to avoid sunburn, according to a new study. Those who only used sunscreen had a higher...

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – Burned-out doctors are more likely to make major medical errors, regardless of workplace safety measures, new research shows. “Just trying to fix the setting of health care...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – More than 16 years after cleanup was completed at the site of the September 11, 2001 attack on New York City’s World Trade Center complex, many who worked at the disaster site...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Taking multivitamins and minerals does not reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease or associated deaths, according to a new review of existing research. “There is no scientific...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Together Pharma said on Tuesday it will set up a new company with Premier Dead Sea to sell cosmetics based on cannabis and Dead Sea minerals. The firm said the products would be based...

By Gene Emery (Reuters Health) – Hormones given to people to align their sex with their gender pose a significant risk of serious blood clots and stroke among transgender women, one of the largest studies of transgender...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – After a cardiac arrest in the hospital, older black patients don’t survive as long as older white patients, new data show. “The magnitude and persistence of the difference in...

By Will Boggs MD (Reuters Health) – Social behavior in the operating room is significantly affected by the mix of professional roles and the surgeon’s gender, according to researchers who observed 200 surgical...