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Scientists from the Max-Planck Institute have taken a step forward in the fight against malaria. They have found a method to produce the active ingredient against the tropical disease, artemisinin, faster, more efficiently and therefore cheaper than so far from the plant summer odor (Artemisia annua) and also more environmentally friendly. 'This development has the potential to save millions of lives,' said director Peter Seeberger on Wednesday.

The health authority on East Java wants to vaccinate almost 11 million inhabitants between the ages of one and nineteen years old against diphtheria. The Indonesian province has been dealing with an epidemic of this disease for some time. The province has allocated over 5 million euros for the vaccination program, reports The Jakarta Post Post on Saturday.

The former Pope Benedict suffers from a disease of the nervous system, which means he increasingly has to use a wheelchair. That is what his brother Georg Ratzinger told the German magazine Neue Post.

The Danish prince Henrik died on Tuesday night in royal palace Fredensborg. The husband of Queen Magrethe has become 83. His deceased did not come unexpectedly. The prince, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, was hospitalized at the end of January.

The stock exchanges in New York are expected to open on Monday with considerable profits. Friday was already a clear recovery on Wall Street of the heavy price falls earlier in the week.

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are exposed to high risks during the rainy season. According to the United Nations, researchers concluded that at least 100,000 people should be moved because of threatening landslides and flooding in the monsoon season.

In the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais the state of emergency has been declared because of a deadly outbreak of yellow fever. The tropical disease has cost the lives of at least fifteen people since December.

EU Commissioner Karmenu Vella (Environment) calls for nine Member States because the air quality in their country remains below par. He has invited the environmental ministers for a meeting in Brussels Tuesday to remind them of fast action.

The 29-year-old Lauren Wasser who lost her right leg years ago due to the 'tampon disease', had to have her left leg amputated this week. 'My life is going to change enormously. Again, 'writes the American model on Instagram.

For no less than six years, a British woman thought she had a severe bowel disease, but she was astonished when she discovered the cause of her 'illness.' That turned out to be a nicely packaged bag of ketchup.

In Yemen, one million people have become infected with cholera. According to the Red Cross, 2226 patients have so far died from the disease. The bacterial infection can spread quickly if there is a lack of clean drinking water and food. Also, almost three hundred cases of diphtheria have been detected, 34 with fatal consequences.

Christine Keeler, a former call girl and fashion model, who had an affair with a British minister and a Russian secret agent in the 1960s, has passed away.

The missile tests of North Korea not only cause international tensions, but may also cause calamity in the country itself. Defectors (who have fled the country) claim that the high radiation to which the population is exposed has led to a deadly ghost disease.

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The pharmaceutical company Johnson \u0026 amp; Johnson launches a large-scale test of an AIDS vaccine. The American company will vaccinate 2,600 women in southern Africa. A mix of two developed vaccines is used for this.

The pulmonary plague epidemic in Madagascar is over. Premier Olivier Mahafaly stated on Monday that no new cases have been reported since the beginning of November. The deadliest variant of the plague broke out in the African island state at the end of August. Since then 2384 people have been infected, of whom 202 have died.

A British mother received compensation of 9 million pounds, about 10 million euros, because she had a baby with hereditary haemophilia haemophilia, while medical tests failed.

In a southern state of India the doctors have been stabbing for three days, and that has now resulted in a fatal victim. A girl named Puja (19) died according to Indian media because she could not reach a doctor.

Thousands of Christians in a desolate area in southeast China have to replace their images of Jesus in the living room for a photo of President Xi Jinping. The exchange is a prerequisite for government to be eligible for poverty reduction.

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on livestock farmers to stop using antibiotics in healthy animals because it increases the risk of resistant bacteria.

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Dozens of women accuse US director James Toback (72) of sexual cross-border behavior. He asked young women sexually-asked questions or masturbates in their presence, the newspaper reported Los Angeles Times.

Dozens of women accuse US director James Toback (72) of sexual cross-border behavior. He asked young women sexually-asked questions or masturbates in their presence, the newspaper reported Los Angeles Times.

At a benefit concert for the victims of the big hurricanes at College Station in Texas, the five last-time former presidents appeared on stage. Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, George H. W. Bush and his son George W. Bush have set up One America Appeal together.

The number of deaths caused by the recent outbreak of Madagascar pest has risen to 107. More than 1,100 people are infected with the disease. Nearly seven hundred of them are healed, said the Ministry of Health.

The US state policymakers of California have declared the state of emergency by an outbreak of hepatitis A, of which about 18 people died. Homeless people are caught in camps.

For the first time, an employee in Italy received leave from her employer for her pet's disease. The 53-year-old Anna from Rome works as a librarian at a Roman university. She lives with her pet Cucciola, a 12-year-old English setter who she has ever adopted as a little dog.

The German police, in collaboration with all emergency services, scientists and government crisis teams, have conducted a large-scale exercise in preparation for a biological terrorist attack. In this case with pest bacteria and the deadly poison ricin.

Anthony Weiner, former American congressman for the Democrats, has been sentenced by the New York court to 21 months of imprisonment for sexting with a minor. Weiner sent sexually explicit messages with his phone to a 15-year-old girl from the state of North Carolina.

The 37-year-old Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, named the 'heaviest woman in the world', has died of the effects of her weight.