Health
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US gov’t moves migrant kids after AP exposes bad treatment
The U.S. government has removed most children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas near the border with Mexico…
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California Legislature OKs health insurance mandate
The California Legislature voted Monday to tax people who refuse to buy health insurance, bringing back a key part of…
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Trump order aims to disclose ‘real’ costs for health care
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that calls for upfront disclosure by hospitals of actual prices for common…
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Nebraska slowly rolls out voter-approved Medicaid expansion
Marti Poll knows she should see a doctor. Sometimes she has a severe tightness in her chest. She also has…
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‘Michael Jackson drug’ still prompts curiosity from patients
It remains the most widely used anesthetic in U.S. hospitals, but many patients still remember propofol as the drug that…
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Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids
A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15,…
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The Latest: Missouri denies clinic’s abortion license
The Latest on a dispute between the Missouri state health department and a St. Louis clinic over the clinic’s license…
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Asian nations scramble to contain pig disease outbreaks
Asian nations are scrambling to contain the spread of highly contagious African swine fever, with Vietnam culling 2.5 million pigs…
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EPA defies climate warnings, gives coal plants a reprieve
Despite scientists’ increasingly urgent warnings, the Trump administration ordered a sweeping about-face Wednesday on Obama-era efforts to fight climate change,…
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The Latest: Rollback of Obama-era rule for coal-fired plants
The Latest on an environmental rule covering coal-fired power plants (all times local): 10:35 a.m. The Trump administration has rolled…
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