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There is no cure known yet, and patients are only given supportive care. The Kozhikode Medical College has 136 patients and nearby Malappuram district 24 pa...

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FDA Warns Infant Teething Medications Are Unsafe

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Sleep in this weekend

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Poland hails its first Man Booker International victor

Still, the 56-year-old author counts among Poland's top writers. More than 100 books were submitted for the 2018 prize, which celebrates the best in transla...

North Korea demolishes nuke test site with series of blasts

The North did not invite worldwide nuclear weapons inspectors to the ceremony. "Whether the USA will meet us at a meeting room or encounter us at nuclear-to...

Judge: President Trump can't block critics on Twitter

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JJ Watt visits Santa Fe shooting survivors and nurses at hospital

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S.Korean journalists to visit DPRK for covering nuke test site dismantling

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GE to merge rail division with Wabtec

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Justice Department to examine Trump's claim of Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of campaign

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Baltimore County police officer shot

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Ebola Is Back. Here's How The New Outbreak Is Different From 2014

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FDA Approves First Non-Opioid For Management Of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms

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While physical exercise may stave off dementia , it does not delay mental decline in people after they've been diagnosed, a study in almost 500 people with t...

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The report, released on Wednesday and entitled "The 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects ", points out that the world will continue to urbanise in the...