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Widow Sues UPMC Mercy, Saying Husband Caught Legionnaires’ Disease During Hospital Stay

The complaint challenges the hospital’s reliance on Allegheny County testing that it says found no Legionella pneumophila.

Former CIA Director James Woolsey Dies at 84

Sleep Timing and Nighttime Darkness Seen as Key to Health

State Takes Over Probe After Death and Hospitalizations Linked to Novi DaVita Dialysis Center

Ruth Moschner Reveals Past Malignant Skin Cancer

Basque Doctors Threaten Indefinite Strike Over Demand for New Estatuto Marco

Hospital Trust Fined After Chemo Patient Infected by Contaminated Shower Head

France Begins Reimbursing Wegovy and Mounjaro for Severe Obesity

Cleaning Fluid Contamination Caused 400 False Colon Cancer Positives in Málaga

Patients Call for Judge-Led Inquiry into County Durham and Darlington Breast Service Failings

Woman Dies in Ribeirão das Neves UPA After Recording Videos Alleging No Doctors

Court Orders Nine Months' Preventive Detention for Two Doctors in Death of 7‑Year‑Old

Four Doctors Sent to Trial Over Andrea Purgatori’s Death

More Than One-Third of Adults in Germany Report Regular Sleep Problems, RKI Data Shows

Japan Tightens Online Monitoring After Unauthorized Sales of Diabetes Drug Manjaro

World Fertility Day Highlights One-in-Six Infertility Rate and Calls for Earlier Care

Coroner Rules Neglect Contributed to Student Libby Instone’s Death

Osaka Police Refer Three Over Illegal Social‑media Sales of Eli Lilly’s Manjaro

Organ Donations Rise Early in 2026 as DSO Pushes for Presumed Consent

Brazil Medical Council Bans PMMA Fillers Nationwide