Club Drugs Strain Health System on Ibiza, Spain’s Party Island

Drug-related calls from nightclubs are driving Ibiza’s ambulance services to collapse, health workers say. It’s the latest example of tensions in Europe over tourism.

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Tariffs on China Aren’t Likely to Rescue U.S. Medical Gear Industry

The few U.S. companies that still make P.P.E. for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.

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Trump Cracks Down on Cuba and Its Medical Missions Around the World

The administration has begun to pull the U.S. visas of foreign officials in countries that pay the Cuban government for doctors and nurses.

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Recovering Pope Francis Surprises Pilgrims With a Public Appearance

Pope Francis was wheeled through a crowd that included health care workers from around the world, who had been told he was watching their Jubilee Mass on television.

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They Fought to Save Lives in Myanmar. The Earthquake Claimed Theirs.

Five friends defied the junta to care for people injured in the military coup. One returned from the battlefield to find his four friends among the dead in the March 28 earthquake.

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Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget. But nearly all of the agency’s money goes to hospitals, doctors and nursing homes.

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Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

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Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees

The job reductions would be a major escalation of the downsizing that has already occurred at the department, which provides health care and many other services to veterans.

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Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa

Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.

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In Israeli Video, Detainee Says Hamas Operates Out of Gaza Hospital

Facing international condemnation and pressure to free the chief of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Israel released a brief interrogation video backing up its claim that militants used the hospital as a base.

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