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As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements.
As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Communities ravaged by America's opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements.
New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution

New Delhi shuts schools and limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution

NEW DELHI (AP) — New Delhi's government shut primary schools and banned polluting vehicles and construction work in an attempt to reduce the worst haze and smog of the season , which has posed respiratory problems for people and enveloped monuments a
Death of a player from a skate to the neck reignites hockey's stubborn debate over protective gear

Death of a player from a skate to the neck reignites hockey's stubborn debate over protective gear

It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn't until 2013 that eye-protecting visors became mandatory — grandfathered in for veterans, of course. A handful of players still don't wear them.

California officials confirm 2 cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness rarely transmitted in US

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Two people in Southern California have come down with dengue fever without traveling outside the United States, where the mosquito-borne illness is rare, health officials said.
Following an Israeli airstrike, crowded Gaza hospital struggles to treat wounded children

Following an Israeli airstrike, crowded Gaza hospital struggles to treat wounded children

BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — The gray film covering the faces of children rushed to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza Thursday made it hard to distinguish between the living and the dead.
Volunteer medical students are trying to fill the health care gap for migrants in Chicago

Volunteer medical students are trying to fill the health care gap for migrants in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — ___Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing number of migrants arriving in Chicago without a place to live.
Alberta doctors 'trepidatious' about changes to already fragile health-care system

Alberta doctors 'trepidatious' about changes to already fragile health-care system

CALGARY — The new president of the Alberta Medical Association says doctors are apprehensive about expected changes to the province's health-care delivery system as they deal with ongoing pressures in clinics and hospitals. Dr.
'Political preferences' played role in N.B. COVID decisions, says top medical officer

'Political preferences' played role in N.B. COVID decisions, says top medical officer

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's outgoing chief medical health officer said Thursday that "political preferences" helped inform the decisions that were made at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr.

A Pennsylvania nurse is accused of killing 4 patients, injuring others with high doses of insulin

A registered nurse in Pennsylvania faces charges she administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients — including a 104-year-old — at health care facilities over the past three years, prosecutors announced Thursday.