Health
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Beer named for Pacific island nuke test site draws criticism
A Texas-based company is facing criticism for naming a beer after the location of nuclear tests that resulted in the…
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Newark fights push for more bottled water amid lead troubles
New Jersey’s largest city faced off in court Thursday against an environmental group seeking to force officials to expand the…
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Million-dollar opioid drug ring started small, No. 2 says
A man who prosecutors call the second-in-command of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring said Thursday the operation started small,…
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Police departments confront ‘epidemic’ in officer suicides
A rash of suicides by police officers has shaken the New York Police Department, leading the commissioner to declare a…
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Planned Parenthood sets exit from family planning program
Raising the stakes in a standoff over women’s health, Planned Parenthood said Wednesday it will leave the federal family planning…
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Tennessee lawmakers mull passing strict abortion ban
Tennessee lawmakers said Monday they are considering whether to seek one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans even as such…
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Missing dentures found stuck in throat 8 days after surgery
Here’s why it’s best to remove false teeth before surgery: You just might swallow them. A medical journal is reporting…
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What’s on school menus this fall? Trade mitigation
School lunch menus already have Meatless Mondays and Taco Tuesdays. Now some may get Trade Mitigation Thursdays. This fall, U.S.…
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Democratic hopefuls take aim at insurer and pharma profits
Sen. Bernie Sanders and other progressives seeking the Democratic presidential nomination are zeroing in on pharmaceutical and insurer profits, money…
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To boost workforce, medical schools try to sell rural life
On a field trip to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Ashish Bibireddy put on headphones and scrolled through a…
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