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August 19, 2022
Strangers Turned Sisters After Women Share Same Liver from One Donor in Surgery Performed at Cleveland Clinic

When you ask Maria Contreras about the day she met her “sister,” she lights up like a firecracker. “Oh, my God, my heart started going ‘boom, boom, boom,’” exudes Maria, 54, a native of Puerto Rico who now lives in Cleveland, Ohio. “I was waiting so long for this moment to meet her that I hugged her, I kissed her and I jumped!”

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August 19, 2022
Cleveland Clinic Remains No. 1 Hospital in U.S. for Heart Care, in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals Rankings

For the 28th consecutive year, Cleveland Clinic is America’s No. 1 hospital for cardiology and heart surgery in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals rankings, while earning a Top 5 overall ranking for the 24th year in a row.

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April 18, 2019
HIV used to cure 'bubble boy' disease

US scientists say they used HIV to make a gene therapy that cured eight infants of severe combined immunodeficiency, or "bubble boy" disease.

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April 02, 2020
Coronavirus: Spain sees record rise in unemployment amid lockdown

Spain has cut almost 900,000 jobs since it imposed strict measures to fight the coronavirus, another sign of the economic impact of the outbreak in Europe's second worst-hit country...

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July 12, 2019
Cleveland Clinic First in North America to Deliver Baby from Deceased-Donor Uterine Transplant

For the first time in North America and the second time worldwide, Cleveland Clinic delivered a baby from a uterus that was transplanted from a deceased donor...

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June 08, 2022
SUSPECTED CASE OF MONKEYPOX: Health Minister says patient in isolation for tests after signs of virus detected

A FOREIGN national who recently travelled to The Bahamas is being closely monitored by health officials for suspected monkeypox, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville revealed yesterday.

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May 25, 2022
Food authority warns on peanut butter recall alert

THE Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority has advised the public to be on high alert after a number of Jif Peanut Butter products were recently recalled in the United States due to concerns about potential salmonella contamination.

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February 09, 2022
Dancehall concert hopes dashed by Ministry of Health

Two Dexta Daps concerts that were set to be held on New Providence and Grand Bahama this weekend have been canceled after the Ministry of Health denied its organizers permission to hold the event. The organizers said tickets will be fully refunded. The news came after Minister of Health Dr. Michael Darville told reporters yesterday ...
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December 30, 2021
Prime Minister Davis - End of Year Statement - 30th Dec 2021

Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning! I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas.

I want to give special thanks to those who spent some of their holiday helping others. There is no better way to celebrate the gift of God’s love.

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December 19, 2021
44 people test positive for COVID on Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas ship

Forty-four people on board Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas cruise that ended in Miami on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19, the cruise line said.

The cruise line also notified passengers on that sailing and on two others that a passenger who sailed on that ship during an earlier itinerary tested positive for the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

All passengers age 12 and older w...

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