Zaterdag 15 november 2025
MSF revives rescue mission in Mediterranean after new disaster kills 42
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Last week, a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, killing at least 42 people. The incident was the latest in a series of disasters that have killed more than a thousand people in the Mediterranean this year. Humanitarian group MSF - or
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Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concern
• 10:28
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Japan's new prime minister says she only gets two to four hours of sleep every night. Sanae Takaichi faces criticism for setting a bad example, as her government also mulls raising the upper limit on overtime work. Report by Mélodie Sforza, Himari Semans
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Woensdag 12 november 2025
Why are lung cancer rates rising among young, fit women who have never smoked?
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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 20% of new cases in the United States are in people who never smoked, with young women making up the majority of the cases. Experts believe the rise in non-smoking cases is largely driven by rad
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Period poverty: The fight for menstrual hygiene in Pakistan
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Pakistan is one of the worst affected countries by period poverty. According to UNICEF, nearly 44 percent of girls lack access to the minimum resources needed to manage their periods, whether at home, at school or at work. Limited access to menstrual hyg
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Zondag 9 november 2025
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Woensdag 5 november 2025
Vrijdag 31 oktober 2025
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Dinsdag 28 oktober 2025
Maandag 27 oktober 2025
mRNA Covid vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumours
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It’s a promising medical discovery that could help researchers fight cancer. New research published in the journal Nature has found that patients with some forms of advanced cancer who received a COVID mRNA vaccine lived significantly longer than those w
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mRNA Covid vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors
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It’s a promising medical discovery that could help researchers fight cancer. New research published in the journal “Nature” found that patients with some forms of advanced cancer who received a COVID mRNA vaccine lived significantly longer than those who
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Zaterdag 18 oktober 2025
Gazan doctors struggle to identify bodies despite ceasefire
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Since the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas started, both sides are carrying out Donald Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza. Israel is releasing the bodies of Palestinians killed during the conflict in exchange for the Israeli hostages being handed back
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Tunisia: Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils
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Police rained tear gas on crowds and several demonstrators and riot police were injured in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes as thousands of people marched Wednesday to protest worsening air pollution from a phosphate-processing plant. The protest desc
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Vrijdag 17 oktober 2025
Home but forever changed, Israel's freed hostages begin the long road to recovery
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After two years held in captivity by Hamas in Gaza, Israel’s last living hostages were freed on Monday and reunited with their families. Frail but finally home, they are now beginning the difficult process of healing their deep physical and mental wounds
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The vagina business: The rise of femtech
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It's an industry tipped to be worth more than a trillion dollars in the coming decade. Femtech refers to technology-driven solutions for women's health, covering areas such as reproductive health, pregnancy care and menopause management. Marina Gerner, t
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Donderdag 16 oktober 2025
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Argentina: New setback for Milei as Congress overturns spending vetoes
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Argentina's struggling President Javier Milei suffered a new setback Thursday as Congress overturned his vetoes of laws increasing funding for public universities and pediatric care. Story by Daniel Quinlan.
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Morocco's youth-led protests demand better schools and hospitals
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Youth-led demonstrators in Morocco took to the streets on Thursday for a sixth straight night despite fears of more violence after police killed three people the night before. Story by Eliza Herbert.
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Donderdag 2 oktober 2025
Woensdag 1 oktober 2025
US Senate rejects bid to end government shutdown, Democrats hold firm on healthcare
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A vote to end a US government shutdown failed Wednesday, as Democrats in the Senate held firm to the party’s demands to fund health care subsidies that President Donald Trump and Republicans refuse to provide.
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The story of the pink ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Have you ever wondered how October became the month to raise awareness about breast cancer? Or why people wear pink ribbons for Breast Cancer Awareness Month? We take a look at that history. We also dive into the number of women who get diagnosed every y
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'Pink October': Breast cancer awareness month this October
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Solange Mougin, France24 journalist, has more.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Top oncologist on how AI is allowing personalised treatment
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One of Europe's leading oncologists has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how huge advances in technology are helping women who have and are recovering from breast cancer. Doctor Joana Ribeiro from the Gustave Roussy Institute says that, for example, a new AI-ba
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Breast Cancer: more than 2 millions women diagnosed each year
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, but early detection saves lives. Through events, information campaigns, and symbolic pink ribbons, Octobre Rose encourages everyone—especially women over 50—to get regular screenings and supp
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US government shutdown: Is health care under threat in the United States ?
• 10:11
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The US government began shutting down after midnight on Wednesday after Congress failed to agree a stopgap budget, halting operations at federal agencies and sidelining hundreds of thousands of workers. In exchange for their votes, Democrats had demanded
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"Octobre Rose", the French name for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Every October, the world turns pink for "Octobre Rose", the French name for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year marks the 32nd edition of the global campaign, running until October 31st, with a strong focus on raising awareness about early detection
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Dinsdag 30 september 2025
Zondag 28 september 2025
Gaza: An American nurse films hospital destruction
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🏥 As Israeli troops bear down, the health care system in Gaza City is coming under fire and being pushed toward collapse.
⛑️Vaughan is a nurse from Seattle. She volunteered through the Palestinian Australian New Zealand Medical Association in July, and
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An American nurse in Gaza City films a hospital's collapse as Israeli forces surround it
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As Israeli troops bear down, the health care system in Gaza City is coming under fire and being pushed toward collapse. Nearly two weeks into Israel’s latest ground offensive on Gaza’s largest city, two clinics were destroyed by airstrikes, two hospitals
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Zaterdag 27 september 2025
A chance to end the global HIV epidemic: low-cost preventative drug to roll out on 2027
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Generic versions of a groundbreaking injectable HIV-prevention drug should be available for $40 a year in more than 100 countries from 2027, according to Unitaid and the Gates Foundation. The two organisations have entered into separate agreements with I
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HIV-prevention drug to be available for $40 a year from 2027
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Infectious disease experts have hailed a move that will see a highly effective HIV prevention drug be sold at just 40 dollars a year in low and middle income countries. Deals with Indian drug manufacturers will see generic versions of the highly effectiv
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USA: Republicans cancel talks meant to avoid US government shutdown
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are “marching the country” into a government shutdown over their refusal to meet with Democrats and strike a deal to save health care funding from cuts. This shu
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USA: Democrats says Trump is marching the country into a government shutdown
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are “marching the country” into a government shutdown over their refusal to meet with Democrats and strike a deal to save health care funding from cuts. This shu
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Donderdag 25 september 2025
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'Utterly reckless': public health expert slams Trump's comments on paracetamol
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Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Lawrence Gostin, Director
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Fact-checking Trump's claims of a link between Tylenol and autism
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US President Donald Trump has made sweeping statements urging Americans not to use the over-the-counter painkiller acetaminophen (paracetamol) during pregnancy, saying it had links to autism. But he provided little scientific evidence to back this up. He
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Spray it ain't so: Studies ring alarm bells about France's pesticide problems
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How dirty are the clouds above France? What about that vineyard down the road: is it poisoning homes? To what extent is agriculture contaminating France's water, air and land? Multiple studies have been released this month in France that ring alarm bells
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Woensdag 17 september 2025
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Florida set to become first US state to ban all childhood vaccine mandates
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Florida plans to scrap vaccine mandates, becoming the first US state to end long-standing requirements protecting schoolchildren and adults from infectious diseases. State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move Wednesday, denouncing existing ru
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Gretchen Rubin on the keys to adulthood and better living
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In this edition of Entre Nous we speak to author Gretchen Rubin. Her latest book "Secrets of Adulthood" came out earlier this year. The number one New York Times bestselling author of "The Happiness Project" and "Better Than Before" also hosts the "Happi
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Woensdag 3 september 2025
Putin says he discussed longevity, immortality with Xi Jinping
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Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic on Wednesday discussing human longevity in a brief exchange that touched on living to 150 years old and even the prospect of “immortality.” The unscripted conversation took place right bef
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Amid safety concerns, can India remain the 'pharmacy of the world'?
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As the world's second-largest producer of medication, India is facing increasing scrutiny over drug quality following deadly incidents involving Indian products. Is India's race to remain the "pharmacy of the world" coming at the cost of human lives? FRA
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Rumors of Trump’s health decline persist despite denial
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False claims about US President Donald Trump's health continue to spread online despite the president's dismissal of the rumours at a White House press conference on Tuesday. Posts with manipulated images and out-of-context photos have gone viral, with t
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An expat's tale of healing in Paris: Author Robin Allison Davis on surviving cancer
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In this edition of Entre Nous we meet Robin Allison Davis, the author of the new book "Surviving Paris". Robin is one of thousands of American expats living in the French capital, but the start of her story was anything but a romantic fairy tale like "Em
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Dinsdag 2 september 2025
Zondag 31 augustus 2025
Donderdag 28 augustus 2025
'We're at the most dangerous moment for science in America', public health law expert says
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FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Lawrence Gostin, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on National and Global Health Law, about CDC Director Susan Monarez's firing by US President Donald Trump. He says that the latest development is "a very dan
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US health agency’s Susan Monarez fired
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Health scientist and longtime civil servant Susan Monarez was fired from her short-lived role as head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the White House confirmed Wednesday. Monarez said she had refused to sign off on what she de
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Woensdag 27 augustus 2025
Nigerian firm revolutionises the world of prosthetics with bionic arms
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And finally, a prosthetics firm in Nigeria has created a breakthrough that's changing the lives of amputees -- bionic arms. In the state of Aqua Ibom, the company's humanoid bionic arms are not only functional and humanlike to match Nigerians' skin tones
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EU approves new injection for preventing HIV infection
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The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Gilead Sciences' twice-yearly injection for preventing HIV infection, the company said on Tuesday. Story by Eliza Herbert.
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Dinsdag 26 augustus 2025
France hands back human remains to Madagascar 127 years after colonial massacre
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France has formally returned 3 colonial-era skulls to Madagscar -- one of which is believed to belong to a Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops during a massacre in 1897.His skull then taken back to Paris as a trophy, and placed in the archive
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The fight over Asia's rivers: China and India rush to build mega-dams
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India and China are racing to build mega-dams along major rivers that would massively affect water supplies to both countries. The source of that water is a glacier in Tibet, which supplies millions of people with water downstream - and there are high po
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