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German hospital uses graphic image to promote safe fireworks

BERLIN (AP) — A German hospital is using a graphic picture of a mangled hand to warn people against buying or using illegal firecrackers.

Factbox: Trump to meet heads of Carlyle Group, Marvel, World Jewish Congress

(Reuters) - Republican U.S. President-elect Donald Trump resumed meetings at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, following the Christmas holiday as he prepares to take over the White House from Democrat Barack Obama on Jan. 20.

Gay rights groups brave abuse, violence to fight HIV in Cameroon

By Anne Mireille Nzouankeu YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in a circle with several other young men in a charity's offices in Cameroon's capital, Fleur listens intently to the speaker talk about gay sex before slowly

Vera Rubin, pioneering U.S. dark matter astronomer, dies at 88

Rubin died on Sunday at an assisted living facility in Princeton, New Jersey, and had suffered from dementia for several years, Allan Rubin, a geosciences professor at Princeton University, said in an email. Rubin, a Philadelphia native,

Rugby-World Rugby criticises handling of North concussion

By Ken Ferris LONDON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - World rugby's ruling body has criticised the handling of the concussion suffered by Northampton's George North against Leicester this month, saying that he should have left the field immediately

Back pain tied to increased fall risk for older men

By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – - Back pain is the most common type of pain older men complain of, and it could signal a greater risk of falling, even for people with no other disabilities, according

Teva to pay U.S. government $519 million over foreign bribery charges

The settlement with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission relates to conduct in Ukraine, Mexico and a guilty plea by a subsidiary in Russia, and followed a voluntary investigation, Teva said. Details

Sales executive pleads guilty in fatal meningitis outbreak

BOSTON (AP) — Two men facing multiple murder charges stemming from a national meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people will be tried separately, a federal judge has ruled.

Sex exists to avoid disease, study shows

From an evolutionary perspective, sexual reproduction could be seen as a non-starter. Compared to cloning, which also exists in Nature, it's a major waste of time and energy. Others, like the Komodo dragon, can work it

Brain changes seen in pregnancy, may help preparing for baby

NEW YORK (AP) — Pregnancy affects not only a woman's body: It changes parts of her brain too, a new study says.