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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced in the House of Commons today the new terms will be imposed by August 1, claiming the union representing doctors, the British Medical Association (BMA), had refused “point blank to discuss reforms, instead choosing to ballot for...

But Planned Parenthood rejected Bevin’s claims on Thursday, saying it had fully complied with instructions from the cabinet’s Office of Inspector General by opening the new clinic and beginning to offer abortions as part of the state’s standard licensure...

The Clinton campaign has begun to downplay expectations after a virtual tie in Iowa and a double-digit loss in New Hampshire, saying they always expected a long, drawn-out primary.

As of February 18, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported travel-related Zika virus infections in 21 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In January, Cosby’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the indecent assault charge amid allegations a prosecutor broke a promise not to press charges over his alleged encounter with Constand, arguing the prosecutor filed the new sexual assault charge against Cosby partly...

The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the immediate response from Republicans that there would be no replacement allowed under this president has at least done one thing: it’s reminded the traditional media that Republicans have been blocking President Obama...

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he hoped the government did not have to resort to the move, saying the contract on offer would mean “better care for patients”. Studies show that mortality rates are higher at weekends when staffing is reduced.

Health ministers and doctors’ leaders failed to agree about allowances for being on call before the contract was imposed.

“Today, CDC added the following destinations to the Zika virus travel notices: Aruba and Bonaire”. The World Bank said it was making United States dollars 150 million available “immediately” to the Latin America-Caribbean region to support countries...

It is understood the BMA put forward a proposal that would have seen doctors’ basic pay rise by about half the 11% offered by ministers in return for Saturday not to be treated as a normal working day.

What are the financial angles of covering low-interest rates and negative interest rates?

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazilian researchers said Monday that the discovery of Zika in the brains of babies with microcephaly adds to growing evidence of a link between the mosquito-transmitted virus and the birth defect. More than 200,000 army, navy and air force troops...

President Dilma Rousseff said the crisis would not compromise the Olympics Brazil is hosting in August, but critics have said the move would not helping reduce mosquito numbers or stop the spread of Zika.

Adults 18 to 60 years should be sleeping at least seven hours a night, according to the Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society, which are sleep-related professional associations.

But there have been reports of birth problems, including an apparent spike in microcephaly cases in Brazil, a defect in which a baby’s head is smaller than expected.