LONDON (AP) — A new law requiring professionals to report cases of female genital mutilation to police for those under 18 is being introduced in England and Wales, but some opponents of the practice warn the law could make girls reluctant to seek medical care.
LONDON (AP) — A new law requiring professionals to report cases of female genital mutilation to police for those under 18 is being introduced in England and Wales, but some opponents of the practice warn the law could make girls reluctant to seek medical care.
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Teachers and doctors in England and Wales must report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police or risk losing their jobs under a new regulation that comes into force on Saturday. FGM involves the total or partial removal of the clitoris and external genitalia. An estimated 137,000 women and girls in England and Wales are living with the effects of
By Magdalena Mis LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Teachers and doctors in England and Wales must report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police or risk losing their jobs under a new regulation that comes into force on Saturday. FGM involves the total or partial removal of the clitoris and external genitalia. An estimated 137,000 women and girls in England and Wales are living with the effects of
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare patients in violation of coverage requirements, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. The 457 hospitals are from 43 states, the Justice Department said. The settlement involves a type of device that detects and treats extremely fast, life-threatening heart rhythms, called fibrillations, by delivering a shock to
Hundreds of U.S. hospitals will pay a total of more than $250 million stemming from allegations that they implanted cardiac devices in Medicare patients in violation of coverage requirements, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. The 457 hospitals are from 43 states, the Justice Department said. The settlement involves a type of device that detects and treats extremely fast, life-threatening heart rhythms, called fibrillations, by delivering a shock to
Some factors related to a woman’s reproductive health — such as the age at which she had her first period or the age at which she gave birth to her first child — may be related to her risk of dying early, a new study suggests.In the study, the researchers asked about 323,0000 women from 10 European countries about their diets, lifestyles…
Some factors related to a woman’s reproductive health — such as the age at which she had her first period or the age at which she gave birth to her first child — may be related to her risk of dying early, a new study suggests.In the study, the researchers asked about 323,0000 women from 10 European countries about their diets, lifestyles…
ANKARA/GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations sent hundreds of boxes of “moldy” high-energy biscuits that were past their ‘sell-by’ date to besieged people in Syria this month, causing widespread food poisoning, according to a humanitarian watchdog on Friday. The U.N., which has gone to great lengths to get aid and supplies to 4.6 million Syrians living in hard-to-reach areas, helped trucks loaded with humanitarian aid reach the towns of Madaya
There are three games in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday as leaders Saracens host bottom club London Irish, Harlequins visit Bath and Gloucester face Worcester.