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Doctor who received one of the last known doses of experimental Ebola drug dies
A Liberian doctor who received one of the last known doses of an experimental Ebola drug has died, officials said on Monday.
Dr. Abraham Borbor, the deputy chief medical doctor at Liberia's largest hospital, had received ZMapp.
Dr....
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One week after swine flu first broke out at a private school in New York City, 16 more New Yorkers likely have the virus and several more are expected to be confirmed at a city public school.
HEADLINE: Swine flu cases expected at NYC public school
One week after swine flu first broke out at a private school in New York City, 16 more New Yorkers likely have the virus and several more are expected to be confirmed at a city...
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Merck & Co. will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in what is believed to be the largest drug settlement ever. The AP's Bonny Ghosh reports.
HEADLINE: Merck announces $4.85 billion Vioxx settlement
CAPTION: Merck & Co. said Friday it will pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of state and federal lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in one of the largest drug settlements...
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Doctors reaching out to flooded areas
1. Wide of Dr Monthatip Pinjvechagarn (in green jacket) climbing into boat with her team of two nurses (in purple jackets)
2. Close of hand controlling boat engine
3. Various of Pinjvechagarn and nurses sailing down river
4. Wide of...
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SOUTH AFRICA: MEETING TO DISCUSS DOES HIV CAUSE AIDS
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Scientists from around the world began meeting in South Africa on Saturday to discuss the controversial issue of whether the HIV causes AIDS.
President Thabo Mbeki called the meeting after reading the views of a scientist...
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Preview ahead of Sunday's World AIDS Day
1. Wide shot of cyclists in yellow Red Cross jackets gathered at Worker's Stadium
2. Chinese Red Cross representative giving a speech
3. Wide shot of cyclists listening to speech
4. Cyclists applause, International Red Cross and Crescent...
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Retro-viral treatment begins for Aids sufferers
Johannesburg, Gauteng Province - March 30, 2004
1. Cotlands home for AIDS orphans
2. Corridor, nurse with a little boy
3. Orphans at Cotlands sitting in lounge
4. Sick child
5. Rosary above sick child''s bed
6. Close up of rosary
7....
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First marijuana planted for medical use in Chile
A Chilean municipality planted the country's first medical marijuana on Wednesday as part of a pilot program aimed to help ease the pain of cancer patients.
The 850 seeds were imported from the Netherlands, and oil extracted from about...
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News conference ahead of International AIDS Conference
1. Wide of young people gathered for Centro Banamex AIDS Youth Conference, zoom in to sign
2. Various of people gathered for conference
3. Wide of news conference
4. Cutaway to media
5. Wide of conference
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Anuar...
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Private health clinics call on government to declare emergency due to lack of medicine
Private health centres in Venezuela asked the government on Wednesday to declare a humanitarian emergency to deal with the shortage of medical supplies, drugs and equipment.
The Venezuelan Association of Hospitals and Clinics (AVCH) said...
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SOUTH AFRICA: HELP IN THE TREATMENT OF AIDS
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South Africa's Health Minister announced on Friday her acceptance of a pharmaceutical company's offer of free anti-retroviral drugs to help in the treatment of Aids suffers in hospital.
While this did not answer all the...
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Palestinian family split as one family member stranded at border crossing
1. Wide of Gaza streets
2. People sitting outside Abu Mohammad Jaber's Falafel shop
3. Various of Abu Mohammad Jaber working in shop
4. Abu Mohammad walking into home
5. Tilt down from ceiling to Abu Mohammad's family sitting on...
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Brazilian government to go ahead with controversial AIDS drug
Rio de Janeiro - September 5, 2001
1. Wide shot of exterior of Far-Manguinhos laboratory
2. Close shot of Far-Manguinhos sign
3. Various shots scientists working in lab
4. Set up shot of Maria Fernanda Concalves Macedo, Chemical...
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President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh says he can cure AIDS
1. Mid of people waiting to be treated
2. SOUNDBITE : (English) Yahya Jammeh, Gambian President
"I am not here to prove to anybody anything. I am here to cure the HIV patients and Gambians for that matter. And people are coming to be...
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Seoul to send aid and doctors to battle Swine flu in the North
1. Medium of South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung entering briefing room
2. Wide of briefing
3. Close of reporters
4. Close of Chun
5. Medium of reporters
6. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Chun Hae-sung, South Korean...
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LA County District Atty. Steve Cooley wants to shutter clinics that sell pot for profit. This is the latest salvo in a long conflict over whether medical marijuana is having its intended effect or is being abused by the larger population. (Oct. 19)
HEADLINE: LA's top prosecutor vows to target pot shops
CAPTION: LA County District Atty. Steve Cooley wants to shutter clinics that sell pot for profit. This is the latest salvo in a long conflict over whether medical marijuana is having...
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Press conference by Milosevic's lawyer Tomanovic
1. Wide shot of Slobodan Milosevic's legal team before press conference
2. Mid shot of legal team
3. SOUNDBITE (Serbian): Zdenko Tomanovic, Member of Milosevic's legal team:
"On Saturday at around 10:30am, Slobodan Milosevic's wife...
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Fake doctor treat people fearful of hospital; opposition claim no confidence in health system
Some residents of Guinea's capital city are avoiding hospitals and doctors, despite the growing risk of the Ebola virus in the region, opting instead to be checked out by unqualified practitioners on the street.
Armed only with a blood...
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Patients left in limbo by continuing strike by pharmacists
1. Wide of protest march by chemists through central Valencia
2. Mid of protesting chemists carrying coffin reading (Spanish) "RIP Health Service in Valencia"
3. Mid of demonstrators with horns and whistles, carrying placards
4. Wide of...
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FM confirms he got Milosevic's letter on health concerns
1. Lavrov entering the news briefing
3. Cutaway of reporters
4. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister:
"The letter (from Milosevic's lawyer) is addressed not to me personally, but to the Foreign Ministry. It...
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Former president signs Aids drugs agreement
1. Former US president Bill Clinton and Gao Qiang, Chinese Executive Vice Minister of Health, walks in
2. Clinton shaking hands with delegates, including members of the Clinton Foundation
3. Wide shot of photo op
4. Close up of Clinton...
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Patients treated with ZMapp vaccine allowed to leave treatment centre
Two Ebola patients treated with the experimental drug ZMapp were allowed to leave a treatment centre in Liberia on Saturday after testing negative for the disease.
Congolese doctor Senga Omeonga and Liberian physician's assistant Kyndy...
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Antartica - Expedition In The Antartic
"You have to be psychologically disturbed to spend 45 days in the
Antarctic," according to the leader of a three-man Siberian/Slovak
expedition whose members have done just that. Although the team failed to break a world record by...
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FILE of an AIDS hospital in Brazil, in light of WTO decision on medicines
1. Exterior of Gaffree-Guinle Hospital
2. Hospital sign
3. AIDS ward in the hospital
4. Elderly AIDS patient
5. Close-up of patient drinking water
6. Pan from AIDS ward to wide of patient being examined by doctor
7. Close-up of patient...