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Feeding a baby.
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Most Dutch baby and child foods loaded with sugar, study finds
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Teenage boy eating a burger and drinking a soft drink while sitting with a laptop in a food court
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Half of Dutch children drink 16.5 glasses of sugary soft drinks per week
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Ambulance
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Ambulances at schoolyards as illegal THC vapes spark wave of student health emergencies
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Pills
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Antibiotic pill against STI's increasingly popular despite risk of antibiotic resistance
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A small child with a measles rash
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Measles clusters are not connected; number of infections dropped compared to last week
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A brown rat in a green bin
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Rat population in Amsterdam will keep growing due to climate change
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Rainbow flag flying at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam in protest against the Nashville declaration, 7 Jan 2019
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Less than half of Amsterdam young people accept homosexuality
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Modern apartments in Amsterdam
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Tenants in newer rentals have worst living environment in Amsterdam: study
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A vehicle from the GGD Amsterdam health service in Amsterdam Oost. 8 December 2020
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Amsterdam sexual health counselor suspected of sexually pursuing his patients
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Sunny King's Day in Amsterdam, 27 April 2017
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Ethnicity plays a role in depression, diabetes, heart problems: Amsterdam researchers
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Ecstasy pills
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Health services flooded with requests to test drugs
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Drugging a drink
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Needle spiking: Amsterdam authorities pledge rapid response to suspected druggings
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A sign thanking people for getting tested for coronavirus at the GGD Amsterdam Noord location. 13 May 2022
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Fears of a summer Covid wave; Dutch Health Min. not yet worried
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A positive result on a rapid coronavirus test. November 6, 2021
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'Strong increase' of newest omicron variants in Amsterdam
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Rat
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Amsterdam bans feeding animals in fight against rat plague
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Amsterdam Flag
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Omicron variant responsible for 91% of Amsterdam coronavirus infections
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A GGD facility in Amsterdam Noord providing coronavirus tests and Covid-19 vaccines. 11 Nov. 2021
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Omicron responsible for 80 percent of Amsterdam coronavirus infections
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Vials of Covid-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. March 21, 2021
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Long queues as website again shows doctors with leftover Covid vaccine doses
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A GGD facility in Amsterdam Noord providing coronavirus tests and Covid-19 vaccines. 11 Nov. 2021
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Omicron causing 60% of Amsterdam Covid cases; OMT studying hospitalization rate
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Cropped view of doctor in latex gloves holding syringe and vaccine on blurred foreground near patient
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Covid vacinations being given without appointment in Amsterdam
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Music festival
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Hundreds of Covid vaccinations canceled over festival on injection site
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The GGD coronavirus test center in Amsterdam Noord. 24 March 2021
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Delta variant responsible for 40% of new coronavirus infections in Amsterdam
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The GGD coronavirus test and vaccination center at RAI in Amsterdam, 23 February 2021
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Amsterdam care worker given two different vaccines
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Test tube with sample and covid
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Amsterdam to introduce rapid breath test, other locations will follow