A new law in Brazil has come into force under which employers can be fined if they fail to register their domestic workers.
It is part of new measures to provide basic protection for some seven million domestic workers long excluded from Brazil's stringent labour laws.
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Minister Norman Baker wants end to UK animal tests
By Brian Wheeler
Political reporter
The minister in charge of regulating animal experiments in the UK has said he wants to see an end to all testing.
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Disponível em: <http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-28580792>. Acesso em: 31 jul. 2014.
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First womb-transplant baby born
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News
A woman in Sweden has given birth to a baby boy using a transplanted womb, in a medical first, doctors report.
The 36-year-old mother, who was born without a uterus, received a donated womb from a friend in her 60s.
The British medical journal The Lancet says the baby was born prematurely in September weighing 1.8kg (3.9lb). The father said his son was "amazing".
Cancer treatment and birth defects are the main reasons women can be left without a functioning womb.
If they want a child of their own, their only option is surrogacy.
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Vegetative patients show glimmers of consciousness
By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News
Scientists have uncovered hidden signatures in the brains of people in vegetative states that suggest they may have a glimmer of consciousness.
Doctors normally consider these patients - who have severe brain injuries - to be unaware of the world around them although they appear awake.
Researchers hope their work will help identify those who are actually conscious, but unable to communicate.
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Eliminating malaria: how close can we get?
Bill Gates’s ambitious vision for wiping malaria off the world map is not only possible but it is the strategic approach we should take
Ambition and innovation have driven progress throughout the history of humankind. Both are fundamental pillars of the strategic vision Bill Gates articulated for ending malaria on Sunday, when he addressed the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Thanks to more than a decade of dramatic progress in reducing cases of and deaths from malaria, such an ambitious goal – to remove malaria from the whole planet – backed by investment and innovation in the tools and solutions we use to fight the world’s oldest disease, is something we can conceivably achieve in our lifetimes.
Disponível em: <http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/povertymatters/ 2014/nov/03/eliminating-malaria-bill-gates-vaccines>. Acesso em: 16 out. 2014.
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The organisers of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have dismissed concerns about water pollution in the bay where sailing events will be held.
Brazilian officials said recent tests show that the waters in Guanabara Bay meet international standards.
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