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WebBy JEFFREY COLLINS May 26, 2023 GMT. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge put South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold …

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US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after omicron, starts …

(8 days ago) WebA U.S. study suggests 1 in 10 people are getting long COVID after an omicron infection, a lower estimate than earlier in the pandemic. The National Institutes …

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President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies on May 11

(1 days ago) WebThen-President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar first declared a public health emergency on Jan. 31, 2020, and Trump later …

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COVID pill Paxlovid gets full FDA approval after more than a year …

(5 days ago) WebPaxlovid is the fourth drug for COVID-19 to receive full FDA approval and the first one that is a pill. The previously approved therapies are IV or injectable drugs, …

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5 takeaways from AP's series on health disparities impacting Black

(4 days ago) WebBy KAT STAFFORD May 23, 2023 GMT. The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans. …

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STDs are on the rise. This morning-after-style pill may help

(2 days ago) WebNew data details the nation’s worsening tide of sexually transmitted infections, but health officials are hoping an old drug will help the fight. The Centers for …

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Food poisoning outbreaks tied to sick workers, CDC says AP News

(7 days ago) WebFederal health officials say people who worked with food while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of food poisoning outbreaks from restaurants with a …

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Buzzworthy: Honeybee health blooming at federal facilities across …

(4 days ago) Web17 hours ago · Buzzworthy: Honeybee health blooming at federal facilities across the country. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal …

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New nasal spray to reverse fentanyl and other opioid overdoses …

(9 days ago) WebU.S. health regulators have approved a new nasal spray to reverse overdoses due to fentanyl and other powerful opioids. Those drugs are currently the …

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4th death, more vision loss cases linked to tainted eyedrops

(3 days ago) WebU.S. health officials are reporting another death and several more cases of vision loss linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria. The government …

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Arizona State University to create a medical school in response to

(9 days ago) WebTEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State University will establish its own medical school amid an ongoing shortage of health care workers across the state. University …

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When states limit care, some trans people do it themselves

(5 days ago) WebVivent Health provides HIV-focused and LGBTQ+ friendly health care in St. Louis, Kansas City and other states. “Do-it-yourself hormone replacement therapy” has …

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Saving the farm: Heartland clergy train to prevent agriculture …

(4 days ago) WebIncreasingly aware of agricultural workers’ struggles with mental health, states such as Minnesota and South Dakota, a few miles west of Worth’s farm, are …

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Drug for rare form of ALS approved by FDA AP News

(1 days ago) WebU.S. health regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind drug for a rare form of Lou Gehrig’s disease. The Food and Drug Administration approved Biogen's infused …

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College student accused of setting fire to Wyoming's only …

(6 days ago) Web1 day ago · Before Wellspring opened, only one other clinic in Wyoming — a women’s health center in Jackson, some 250 miles (400 kilometers) away — provided medication …

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Nebraska legislative session wraps with tax cuts, contentious trans

(3 days ago) Web1 day ago · TRANS HEALTH AND ABORTION: Easily the most contentious bill of the 2023 session, the bill will prevent people under 19 from receiving gender-affirming surgery and …

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Urologist accused of patient sex abuse, including of minors

(5 days ago) WebA New York-area doctor has been charged with the yearslong sexual abuse of multiple patients, including two males who authorities say were initially attacked before …

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Churchill Downs implements safety, performance standards to …

(Just Now) Web2 days ago · Horse racing’s oversight authority and Churchill Downs have each announced additional safety and health initiatives in the wake of 12 recent deaths since late April at …

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Nigerian doctors begin 5-day strike, leaving many without health …

(4 days ago) WebMany patients in Nigeria are left without health care as the association of doctors in government hospitals began a five-day strike to demand better conditions for …

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English doctors’ strike could be catastrophic, official says

(4 days ago) WebBritain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system. One official said the strike Tuesday by doctors early in …

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US inflation slows to 6.4%, but price pressures re-emerge

(1 days ago) WebWASHINGTON (AP) — The pace of consumer price increases eased again in January compared with a year earlier, the latest sign that the high inflation that has …

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'Torso Killer' pleads guilty in 1974 cold-case murders AP News

(6 days ago) WebOn Tuesday, Richard Cottingham, 74, sat in a wheelchair in beige prison scrubs as he pleaded guilty to kidnapping the teenage girls and raping them for days …

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Prosecutor in case of Virginia man killed at psychiatric hospital

(1 days ago) Web22 hours ago · 21 minutes ago. DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — The state prosecutor handling the case against 10 people charged in the death of a Virginia man who was pinned to the …

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Chervon recalls nearly 90,000 hedge trimmers after laceration …

(Just Now) Web2 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 90,000 hedge trimmers are being recalled because of a laceration hazard that has caused multiple injuries, the U.S. Consumer Product …

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Delta Air Lines hit with lawsuit over claims of carbon neutrality

(2 days ago) WebA consumer class action lawsuit filed Tuesday claims Delta Air Lines inaccurately billed itself as the world’s “first carbon-neutral airline” and should pay …

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Florida baby left inside hot car dies while parents are at church

(6 days ago) Web5 minutes ago. PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — An 11-month-old baby died after being left alone in a hot car while her parents were inside a church for services along …

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