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Archbishop Desmond Tutu attends the 2008 Freedom Awards at USC's Bovard Auditorium on September 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.. (Photo by Amy Graves/Getty Images for Freedom Awards)

Desmond Tutu hospitalized with infection

Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A South African foundation says retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has checked into a Cape Town hospital for treatment of a persistent infection...
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A child passes portraits of former president Nelson Mandela depicted in various stages of his life in a Soweto, South Africa, street Thursday, March, 28, 2013. 94-year-old Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been hit by a lung infection again and is in a hospital, the presidency said. Mandela, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times in recent months, including earlier this month when he underwent what authorities said was a scheduled medical test. The Nobel laureate is a revered figure in South Africa, which has honored his legacy of reconciliation by naming buildings and other places after him and printing his image on national banknotes. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa: Mandela discharged from the hospital

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a hospital on Saturday after an improvement in his health following treatment for pneumonia, the South African presidency said...
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Children play ball in front of a giant portrait of former president Nelson Mandela in a park in Soweto, South Africa, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Mandela remains in a hospital while he receives treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj says there are no updates on 94 year old Mandela since an official statement Saturday on his condition. That statement reported the anti-apartheid leader was breathing without difficulty after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Mandela visited in hospital by family

Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's presidential spokesman says former President Nelson Mandela spent Monday with family members in the hospital where he is being treated for a fifth day for a recurring lung infection that developed into pneumonia...
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Rapper Lil Wayne attends DIRECTV'S Seventh Annual Celebrity Beach Bowl at DTV SuperFan Stadium at Mardi Gras World on February 2, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Lil Wayne reveals he's epileptic

Bruna Nessif, E! Online
TODAY - Lil Wayne's recent medical emergency had everyone worried, but it wasn't exactly new territory for the rapper. During an interview with Power 106's DJ Felli Fel, Tunechi--who mentioned that he is "100 percent now"--revealed that he's epileptic and is "prone to seizures."...
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A child passes portraits of former president Nelson Mandela depicted in various stages of his life in a Soweto, South Africa, street Thursday, March, 28, 2013. 94-year-old Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been hit by a lung infection again and is in a hospital, the presidency said. Mandela, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times in recent months, including earlier this month when he underwent what authorities said was a scheduled medical test. The Nobel laureate is a revered figure in South Africa, which has honored his legacy of reconciliation by naming buildings and other places after him and printing his image on national banknotes. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Mandela responds well to treatment

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A lung infection that has plagued Nelson Mandela has struck again, prompting doctors to admit the 94-year-old former president to a hospital late at night...
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In this June 17, 2010 file photo, former South African President Nelson Mandela leaves the chapel after attending the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani Mandela in Johannesburg, South Africa. The South African presidency says Nelson Mandela was re-admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection Thursday March 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool, File)

Nelson Mandela returns to hospital

Christopher Torchia, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, the presidential spokesman said Thursday...
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Rapper Lil' Wayne performs onstage during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 21, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

Lil Wayne reportedly released from hospital

Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Lil Wayne is out of the hospital, according to his Young Money associate Mack Maine...
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Terminally-ill cancer patient Evonne Lee and husband Don Tyler.

Hospital throws wedding for dying patient

Lilly Workneh
VIDEO - Kentucky’s University Hospital helped stage a wedding ceremony for terminally-ill cancer patient Evonne Lee and her partner, Don Tyler...
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Sam Riddle, political director for the National Action Network, speaks outside Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, during a protest in response to an African-American nurse's claim that the hospital agreed to a man's request that no black nurses care for his newborn. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Lauren Justice)

Hospital allegedly granted request for no black nurses

Associated Press
FLINT, Mich. (AP) - An African-American nurse claims a Michigan hospital agreed to a man's request that no black nurses care for his newborn...
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Mandela released from the hospital

Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela was released Wednesday from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and having gallstones removed, a government spokesman said...
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