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A fourth infant dies of the winter cold in Gaza as families share blankets in seaside tents
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A fourth infant has died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 months of war are huddled in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter arrives. Jomaa al-Batran, 20 days old, was...
Death toll from contaminated infant IV feeding bags in Mexico rises to 17
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico said Tuesday that a total of 17 children have died in central Mexico from suspected contamination of IV feeding bags after four more deaths were confirmed. David Kershenobich, the country’s public health secretary, said 16 of the victims...
A prematurely born baby snatched from a French maternity is doing well
PARIS (AP) — A prematurely born baby boy found in an Amsterdam hotel room after being abducted by his parents from a French maternity ward is doing well, a Belgian prosecutor said Saturday. The baby's 23-year-old father and 25-year-old mother were arrested, prosecutor Vincent Macq...
Premature baby taken from Paris region hospital found in Amsterdam and his parents were detained
AMSTERDAM (AP) — A prematurely born baby who was abducted from the maternity ward of a Paris-region hospital earlier this week has been found in an Amsterdam hotel, police in the Dutch capital said Friday. Amsterdam police released few details because the investigation was led by...
French police search for a 17-day-old baby abducted from maternity ward
PARIS (AP) — French authorities were hunting Tuesday for a 17-day-old prematurely born baby boy who was abducted from the maternity ward of a Paris-region hospital, with his parents identified as the chief suspects. Police issued an alert with appeals for information broadcast on...
Two Mississippi Delta health centers awarded competitive federal grant for maternal care
Two federally qualified health centers in the Delta will receive a total of $3.6 million over four years from the federal government to expand and strengthen their maternal health services. Federally qualified health centers are nonprofits that provide health care to under-insured...
Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment
BEIRUT (AP) — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen. About a dozen apartments had collapsed onto the hillside they once overlooked, burying more than 100...
