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Florida agencies are accused in a lawsuit of sending confusing Medicaid termination notices

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Three Florida residents filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that state agencies aren't adequately notifying low-income and disabled people that their public health insurance is ending .
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Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires

Patients in B.C. long-term care homes and N.W.T. hospitals displaced by wildfires

Nearly 900 seniors have been forced out of care facilities in a wildfire-ravaged region of British Columbia while the province has joined Alberta in receiving medical evacuees from the Northwest Territories, where thousands of residents have escaped
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Dangerous fungus is becoming more prevalent. Scientists believe climate change could be to blame

SEATTLE (AP) — In 2016, hospitals in New York state identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States.
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No harmful levels of PCBs found at Wyoming nuclear missile base as Air Force investigates cancers

No harmful levels of PCBs found at Wyoming nuclear missile base as Air Force investigates cancers

WASHINGTON (AP) — No harmful levels of carcinogenic PCBs were found inside the missile launch facilities at F.E.
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FDA approves RSV vaccine for moms-to-be to guard their newborns

FDA approves RSV vaccine for moms-to-be to guard their newborns

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday approved the first RSV vaccine for pregnant women so their babies will be born with protection against the scary respiratory infection.
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Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says

Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says

MONTGOMERY, Ala.
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Teva to pay $225M to settle cholesterol drug price-fixing charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — The generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals agreed Monday to pay $225 million to settle price-fixing charges related to sales of a major cholesterol-lowering drug. The U.S.
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Virginia judge largely sides with ex-patients in hospital's effort to pare down lawsuit abuse claims

RICHMOND, Va.
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Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender minors

Judge blocks Georgia ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender minors

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge has blocked the state of Georgia from enforcing part of a new law that bans doctors from starting hormone therapy for transgender people under the age of 18. In a ruling issued Sunday, U.S.
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Alberta Opposition urges audit of failed provincial lab testing privatization plan

Alberta Opposition urges audit of failed provincial lab testing privatization plan

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP is asking the auditor general to investigate the province’s failed attempt to privatize community lab testing.
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