Pope Leo needs no further treatment after cancer surgery, doctors say
The 71-year-old leader of the Catholic Church has had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in surgery.
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Pope greeted by crowds in first major appearance since lung cancer surgery
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case amid widening regional outbreak
Kenyan health authorities say latest patient was likely exposed to the country’s first Ebola case.
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Food or medicine? The impossible choices facing Sudan’s chronically ill
Sudanese are facing growing costs of medicine caused by the country’s civil war.
Pope Leo returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery
Doctors say they are seeing ‘continued improvement’ after the US-born pope had a lump removed from his lung on Tuesday.
Kenya confirms four more Ebola cases, bringing total to seven
Three health workers who treated the country’s first Ebola patient are among the latest confirmed cases.
Why adults are going back to summer camp
Loneliness and burnout are sending adults around the world back to bunk beds and bonfires.
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As Israel blocks PA funding, the West Bank’s healthcare system is failing
Hospitals across the occupied West Bank have been hit by a funding shortage.
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Kenya records third Ebola case, linked to first patient who died
Nairobi says 65-year-old female patient in quarantine with Bundibugyo strain; no signs of community transmission.
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US records 4,410 measles cases as outbreak grows
The CDC reports 451 hospitalisations nationwide as health officials expand vaccination efforts.
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