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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) 鈥� Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo鈥檚 health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.

MONTREAL 鈥� Ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre on Friday, Annie Ross, a mechanical engineering professor at Polytechnique Montr茅al, said she often thinks of those who lived through the tragedy but still suffer silently. On Dec.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) 鈥� Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 years ago resulted in the death of thousands.

Efforts to reduce the nation's persistently high maternal mortality rates involve state panels of experts that investigate and learn from each mother's death .

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) 鈥� Authorities in Sierra Leone on Thursday started a nationwide rollout of the single-dose Ebola vaccine, the first such campaign in West Africa where a deadly outbreak 10 years ago resulted in the death of thousands.

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) 鈥� Congo鈥檚 health minister said Thursday the government is on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people, nearly half of which were children.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A gunman killed UnitedHealthcare鈥檚 CEO on Wednesday in a 鈥渂razen, targeted attack鈥� outside a Manhattan hotel where the health insurer was holding its investor conference, police said, setting off a massive search for the fleeing assai

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) 鈥� Abortion-rights advocates on Wednesday asked a judge to overturn Missouri鈥檚 near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment .

EDMONTON 鈥� The latest checkup on famed Edmonton elephant Lucy finds her in good shape ahead of her 50th birthday 鈥� but not healthy enough to be relocated to join a herd.

WINNIPEG 鈥� The Manitoba government has chosen a location for the province's first proposed supervised drug consumption site, but critics say there are safety concerns for the surrounding area that includes a high school and child-care centre.