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Auditor faults Pennsylvania agency over fees from Medicaid-funded prescriptions

Auditor faults Pennsylvania agency over fees from Medicaid-funded prescriptions

HARRISBURG, Pa.
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Auditor faults Pennsylvania agency over fees from Medicaid-funded prescriptions

HARRISBURG, Pa.
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Daycare in central Alberta closed due to E. coli outbreak

Daycare in central Alberta closed due to E. coli outbreak

BLACKFALDS, Alta. — A daycare in central Alberta has been temporarily shut due to an E. coli outbreak. Alberta Health says a child who attended the Aspen Lakes Discovery Centre in Blackfalds tested positive on Friday.
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A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch at the 2024 Paris Paralympics

PARIS — A look at 10 Canadian athletes to watch in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.
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Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Congresswomen press FDA on why a proposal to ban hair-straightening chemicals is delayed

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Donating a kidney is even safer now than thought, US study shows

Donating a kidney is even safer now than thought, US study shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday.
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Health insurance providers to fund street doctors and clinics to serve LA's homeless population

Health insurance providers to fund street doctors and clinics to serve LA's homeless population

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A public agency and private health insurance provider are teaming up to build a system of street doctors and clinics that will provide medical care to Los Angeles' homeless population, including routine preventive medicine, officia
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Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi slams premier's plan to transfer hospitals

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi slams premier's plan to transfer hospitals

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith needs to explain her plan to potentially transfer control of underperforming hospitals to third parties.
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US Justice Department says Kentucky may be violating federal law for lack of mental health services

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky is likely violating federal law for failing to provide community-based services to adults in Louisville with serious mental illness, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a report issued Tuesday.
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