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GENEVA - During Wednesday's World Health Organization briefing on COVID-19, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for funding to fight the...
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BRUSSELS - In 2019, 8.4 percent of EU adults consumed alcohol every day, according to figures released by Eurostat on Friday. Portugal had the...
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