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30 people in hospital for suspected food poisoning in NW China

XI'AN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- About 30 people have been hospitalized after eating at a restaurant in Foping County, Shaanxi Province, northwest China, on Monday morning.

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MERS infections in S.Korea keep rising to 35 in two weeks

​The number of South Koreans diagnosed with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) kept rising to 35 Thursday since the first patient was tested positive on May 20, the health ministry said.

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China's war against cancer

​A five-storey gray building within the southeast corner of Beijing's Second Ring Road is one of the city's burgeoning "cancer hotels".

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Xinhua Insight: An App today can keep the doctor away?

​Gong Xiaoming, an obstetrician at a public hospital in Shanghai, usually sees up to 30 outpatients a day, but when he writes an article about uterine fibroids it can easily draw tens of thousands clicks within a day on his microblog.

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Suicide bombing most lethal weapon in Afghanistan

​Laying on hospital bed in Kabul and is unable to talk, the man is among the several victims of a suicide bombing which rattled Afghan eastern Paktika province on Sunday and had been shifted to Kabul for medical treatment.

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Another Ebola patient discharged from U.S. hospital

​An unidentified Ebola patient who was treated at the Emory University Hospital in Atlanta has been released, the hospital said Monday.

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Ebola watch list shrinks as U.S. authorities ratchet up response

The first group of people monitored for Ebola in the United States will clear the three-week observation period midnight Sunday, with none exhibiting symptoms, as the federal authorities and Pentagon are ratcheting up responses to fight the deadly disease.

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British Ebola sufferer treated with experimental drug

​The first British Ebola patient, a 29-year-old male nurse named as William Pooley, has been treated with the experimental drug ZMapp in a London hospital.

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One dead, 2 wounded in shooting in Philadelphia

One person was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting incident Thursday afternoon at a hospital in suburbs of Philadelphia, U.S. State of Pennsylvania, according to reports of CBS.

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2 Chinese killed, over 100 hospitalized in Vietnam's riot

At least two Chinese nationals have been killed and over 100 Chinese hospitalized after rioters attacked Chinese companies in Vietnam, sources told Xinhua on Thursday.

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Two sick U.S. hospital workers cleared of MERS infection

Two workers at a Florida hospital who fell ill after caring for the second case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus in the U.S. have been cleared of infection, a spokesman for the hospital said Wednesday.

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Beijing nurses serve mentally ill with expertise

Though China's Mental Health Law, which went into effect in May 2013, raised the profile of patients with mental illness, few in the country are as familiar with their daily struggles as the nurses who care for them.

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Two dead, 30 hospitalized in kindergarten food poisoning

Suspected food poisoning in a rural kindergarten in southwest China's Yunnan Province killed two pupils and left 30 hospitalized on Wednesday, local authorities said.

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Singapore hospital offers discount to emergency patients who see GPs first

A hospital in Singapore started offering a 50 percent discount on Monday to emergency patients who see a general practitioner first.

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China jails hospital official in baby selling

A Chinese hospital official involved in a baby trafficking case has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for dereliction of duty, a court announced on Friday.

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China jails hospital official in baby selling case

A Chinese hospital official involved in a baby trafficking case has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for dereliction of duty, a court announced on Friday.

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Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush remains hospitalized

Former U.S. first lady Barbara Bush remains hospitalized in Houston for treatment of a respiratory-related ailment Thursday, a family spokesman said.