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Responsible pet lovers said they would be unfairly penalized by British government plans to crack down on “devil” dogs, The Sun reported Wednesday. Home Secretary Alan Johnson faced a furious backlash after he unveiled proposals including compulsory insurance and microchip implants for all pooches. He aimed to target thugs who …

MOSCOW – Russia has confirmed its first polio case in 13 years in an infant visiting from Tajikistan, but there is no immediate threat of a wider outbreak, the country’s main public health body said on Friday. The 9-month-old girl was diagnosed with the disease after arriving in the Siberian …

Genes that make women more susceptible to breast cancer don’t have any link to lifestyle factors that also raise their risk, a new study says. Some experts previously thought there might be dangerous interactions between breast cancer mutations and other risk factors for the disease, like taking hormone replacement therapy …