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FinanceRussia detains top doctors at Siberian hospital after nine babies die
FinanceRussia opens negligence probe after nine babies die in same Siberian hospital
HeadlinesSoccer-Spanish keeper Ramirez, 19, dies after on-field collision
HeadlinesHeatwaves in Spain caused 1,180 deaths in past two months, ministry says
Drowning deaths in France spiked by 58% during heat wave, authorities say
Date: July 11, 2025
PARIS (Reuters) -France's public health authority said on Friday that more than 100 people had died from drowning between June 1 and July 2 this year, an increase of 58% over the same period last year...
Ireland to begin excavation of mass grave at Church-run Mother and Baby home
Date: July 7, 2025
By Clodagh Kilcoyne TUAM, Ireland (Reuters) -A team of forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts will next week begin excavating and trying to identify the remains of around 800 infants who died...
Insurer Aegon books $400 million hit from higher US mortality
Date: August 22, 2024
By Olivier Sorgho and Dimitri Rhodes (Reuters) – Dutch insurer Aegon booked a charge of around $400 million in the first half of 2024 to reflect higher death-related insurance claims in its key U.S. market, it said on Thursday. “We expect that many people had, during the COVID years, not sought medical treatment, and...
England had 4,500 heat-related deaths during record-breaking 2022 – official data
Date: September 22, 2023
England had 4,500 heat-related deaths during record-breaking 2022 – official data LONDON (Reuters) – There were an estimated 4,507 heat-related deaths in England in 2022, according to an official study on climate-related mortality published on Friday which showed some signs of an increase in deaths linked to hot weather. Britain recorded its hottest day ever...
‘The ICU is full’: medical staff on frontline of China’s COVID fight say hospitals are ‘overwhelmed’
Date: December 26, 2022
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this. Patients are arriving at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; almost all are elderly and many are very unwell with COVID and pneumonia symptoms, he said. Bernstein’s account reflects...
Inadequate sanitation costs India the equivalent of 6.4 per cent of GDP
Date: December 30, 2010
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