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Health care is key issue as Montana fills US House seat

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 8:00pm UTC

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Meagher County, Montana, may not be much different than the rest of the rural enclaves across America that voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump last fall....

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The Latest: Ethiopia's PM hails Tedros election as WHO chief

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 8:00pm UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- The Latest on the World Health Organizationamp;apos;s new chief (all times local):...

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Ethiopia's Tedros to be next leader of UN health agency

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 6:00pm UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- Africa, where deadly viruses such as HIV, Ebola and Zika emerged, has its first chief of the U.N. health agency....

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The Latest: New WHO chief: Top goal is universal health care

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 4:00pm UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- The Latest on the World Health Organizationamp;apos;s new chief (all times local):...

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Botulism outbreak tied to nacho cheese kills 1, sickens 9

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 4:00pm UTC

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese dip sold at a Northern California gas station has killed one man and left at least nine other people hospitalized, health officials said....

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Ethiopian wins race to be next leader of UN health agency

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 2:00pm UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a former Ethiopian minister of health, was elected as the next director-general of the World Health Organization on Tuesday, becoming the first non-medical doctor and the first African tapped to lead the U.N. health agency....

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Man dies after being sickened in apparent botulism outbreak

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 12:00pm UTC

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese dip sold at a Northern California gas station has killed one man and left at least nine other people hospitalized, health officials said....

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Race for UN health agency chief down to 2 candidates

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 12:00pm UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- The race to lead the World Health Organization was down to two candidates Tuesday after Pakistanamp;apos;s Dr. Sania Nishtar was eliminated in a first round of voting....

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WHO assembly set to choose next chief among 3 candidates

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 8:00am UTC

GENEVA (AP) -- Health ministers, diplomats and other high-level envoys are set to choose the next director-general of the World Health Organization among three finalists....

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AP Exclusive: Outgoing WHO head practiced art of appeasement

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 6:00am UTC

LONDON (AP) -- As the World Health Organization struggled to coordinate vaccine production during the 2009 swine flu pandemic, its director-general met with Vladimir Putin, then Russiaamp;apos;s prime minister, during an official visit to Moscow....

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Uncertainty grows as Trump delays a health care decision

AP Health News - Fetched: May 23rd, 2017, 4:00am UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Uncertainty over the future of health care is growing deeper for millions of Americans who buy their own policies....

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