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US sex therapist Ruth Westheimer, widely known as Dr Ruth and famous for her open and pioneering approach to the subjects of sex and partnership, has died at the age of 96. A psychologist and Holocaust survivor, she died on Friday evening, with her children Miriam and Joel present, her spokesman Pierre Lehu confirmed to dpa. She was born Karola Ruth Siegel into a Jewish family near Frankfurt in 1928 and was taken to Switzerland on a Kindertransport at the age of 10, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. She survived the Holocaust and became a US citizen in 1965, later regaining her Germ...
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Two entrepreneurs have been charged in Austria for allegedly trading in counterfeit slimming injection doses. They are accused of selling a total of 225 syringes for €205 each ($220), a spokeswoman for the regional court in the Upper Austrian town of Steyr said on Tuesday. The trial is due to take place there on September 16. The public prosecutor's office accuses the two men of offences against the Medicines Act and three counts of grossly negligent bodily harm following several incidents that occurred last October. The people concerned had received counterfeit versions of the diabetes inject...
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A rejuvenated Grand Palais, major new exhibitions and a suburb with high hopes for the 2024 Summer Olympics: Paris has been doing itself up for its biggest sporting event in years. This week we've shown how Paris is being transformed for the hundreds of thousands of visitors arriving during this very special summer. Also: Why tourism is driving growing numbers of people in Spain onto the streets in protest. Coman Hamilton,dpa trends & features \-------------------- TOP STORY: How Paris is reinventing itself for the Olympics Words: 948 Images: 9 Locals in Spain tell tourists to 'go home' as ove...
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German biotech company Curevac plans to cut almost one in three jobs as part of a corporate reorganization, it announced on Wednesday. The company plans to cut 30% of its jobs and reduce operating costs by a total of 30% from next year. Curevac also announced that it would sell the rights to its messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) flu and Covid-19 vaccines to the British pharmaceutical group GSK for up to €1.45 billion ($1.56 billion). Curevac is thus securing urgently needed funding after struggling with problems in clinical trials and patent disputes relating to its mRNA technology. According ...
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Hospitals were treating thousands of heatstroke victims in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi as another heatwave hit the climate-vulnerable nation, officials said on Wednesday. More than 1,700 people had been given medical aid in the southern province of Sindh as temperature climbed to 49 degrees Celsius, said Mehar Khursheed, spokeswoman for health department. More than 20 suspected heatstroke victims were brought to the hospitals dead in Karachi on Monday and Tuesday, police spokeswoman Summiya Syed said. Most of the dead were either chronic drug addicts or homeless people who died after ex...
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The top US health official has declared gun violence in the country a public health crisis. "Firearm violence is a public health crisis in America that poses a serious threat to the health and well-being of our country," Vivek Murthy said on Tuesday. About 50,000 people in the US die each year from gun-related injuries - self-inflicted or caused by others, according to health authorities. Injuries inflicted with guns are now the most common cause of death among children and young people. Murthy recommends a range of measures to counteract this, including providing more money for research and s...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has voiced his support for a review of the country's coronavirus policy and the efficacy of government efforts to limit the spread of the virus. In an interview with German public broadcaster ARD on Sunday, the Social Democrat (SPD) politician said he was most sympathetic to the suggestion of having citizens' councils deal with the issue. Then not only experts and lawmakers would be involved, but also citizens, he said. "I don't think that's a bad thing," Scholz said. As a "good experiment" by the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, this had already worked on...
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The penis has joined the list of places where scientists have discovered pieces of the increasingly omnipresent microplastic, tiny shards of plastic shed from carelessly discarded rubbish. Human foetuses and testicles are other places where these tiny pieces of plastic have recently been found. This week we've looked at their ever-growing presence and the potential threat they bring. We've also explained what you can do if you see someone getting a nose injury like Mbappé did at France's first Euro 2024 football match earlier this week. This and lots more to come on dpa trends. Coman Hamilton,...
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Two men collapsed in western Germany on Tuesday after smoking cigarettes containing an unknown substance which they are believed to have purchased from the same vendor as another person who fell ill over the weekend. The police said on Tuesday that paramedics had revived an unconscious 52-year-old man in the city of Duisburg who collapsed after smoking a cigarette laced with an unknown substance on Saturday evening. He is no longer in critical condition, according to the police. Two similar incidents on Tuesday saw a 43-year-old and a 45-year-old man collapse after smoking contaminated cigaret...
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Berlin has quite literally rolled out a green carpet for football fans around its central Brandenburg Gate this summer as it joins other cities hosting the 2024 Euros men's football championship. This week on dpa trends, we've been releasing travel guides on host cities like Leipzig, Dortmund, Munich and Frankfurt - everything football fans need to know about the stadium, where to find public screenings and what landmarks are most worth seeing between matches. Coman Hamilton,dpa trends & features \-------------------- EUROS 2024 - HOST CITY GUIDES: Berlin, a Euros guide: Green carpet rolled ou...
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