Why Doctors in Thailand Fear KFC NYT - World By: Max Kim 4 November 2026 at 10:01 In a country where superstitions are as imaginative as they are many, physicians have come to fear a jinx involving Kentucky Fried Chicken. © Lauren DeCicca for The New York TimesDr. Thanat Tantinam, a surgeon who works at Vajira Hospital in Bangkok, recently conducted a study to test a popular medical superstition involving KFC.
An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth NYT - World By: Stephanie Nolen and Taiwo Aina 3 November 2026 at 16:35 The maternal drape, as it is called, is helping to solve one of the world’s most intractable health problems. © Taiwo Aina for The New York TimesHusaina Balarabe with her newborn, Aabid, in the maternity ward at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, in September.
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