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Why Doctors in Thailand Fear KFC

✇NYT - World
By: Max Kim
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 Times

Dr. Thanat Tantinam, a surgeon who works at Vajira Hospital in Bangkok, recently conducted a study to test a popular medical superstition involving KFC.
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An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth

✇NYT - Home Page
By: Stephanie Nolen and Taiwo Aina
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 Times

Husaina Balarabe with her newborn, Aabid, in the maternity ward at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, in September.
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An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth

✇NYT - World
By: Stephanie Nolen and Taiwo Aina
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 Times

Husaina Balarabe with her newborn, Aabid, in the maternity ward at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, in September.
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Clinical Trial Indicates A.I. Chatbots Could Aid Urgent Care

✇NYT - Technology
By: Cade Metz
Nearly 100 patients discussed their maladies with a Google bot, called AMIE, before meeting with physicians.

© Kaoly Gutierrez for The New York Times

After scheduling a visit with the hospital’s urgent care facility, the patients discussed their ailments with a Google chatbot before meeting with their doctors.
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