Doctors say pneumonia in anyone can be serious, but for someone of the pope’s age, it’s potentially life-threatening.
Maria Cheng - Associated Press
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Explainer: What kind of surgery did Pope Francis have?
Here’s a look at what we know about the operation and what the pope’s doctors will be watching out for.
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‘Pope’s hospital’ put children at risk as it chased profits
The mission of the Vatican hospital is “today more aimed at profit than on caring for children,” according to a report from the AP.
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Britain approves making babies from 3 people’s DNA
The new procedures are intended to fix problems linked to mitochondria, the energy-producing structures outside a cell’s nucleus.
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WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread
The U.N. agency took the rare step despite a lack of definitive evidence proving the mosquito-borne virus is causing a surge in babies born with brain defects and abnormally small heads in Brazil and following a 2013-14 outbreak in French Polynesia.