Health
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Canada frets over FDA allowing Florida to import prescription drugs
Canada is vowing to safeguard its drug supply after the Food and Drug Administration last week authorized Florida's plan to import cheaper drugs en...
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GOP-led panel grills Dr. Fauci on COVID lockdowns, masks and support for Chinese research
A House panel examining the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci behind closed doors Monday, but lawmakers...
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House Dem: Defense secretary has 'duty to keep the public informed' after undisclosed medical leave
A top House Democrat on Sunday criticized Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who waited several days before disclosing to the White House and to the...
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Roy Calne, a surgeon who led Europe's first liver transplant, has died aged 93
Roy Calne, a pioneer of organ transplantation who led Europe's first liver transplant operation in 1968, has died aged 93.
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Ohio Gov. DeWine's order banning transgender surgeries for minors fails to derail veto override push
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued an emergency order to ban gender-transition surgeries for minors, a move that failed to derail Republican legislators...
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Supreme Court sides with Idaho in challenge to state's strict abortion law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked a lower court ruling that had upended Idaho's strict abortion law in a case that's shaping up as a test of...
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Flu, COVID infections got worse over the holidays, CDC says
The flu season in the U.S. is getting worse but it's too soon to tell how much holiday gatherings contributed to a likely spike in illnesses.
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61-year-old with schizophrenia still missing weeks after St. Louis nursing home shut down
A 61-year-old man with schizophrenia is still missing three weeks after the St. Louis nursing home where he lived abruptly closed.
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Mystery dog illness shutters Prince George's County animal shelter
The public animal shelter in Maryland's Prince George's County has closed indefinitely and halted adoptions to combat a mysterious dog illness...
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Florida gets OK to import drugs from Canada
The Food and Drug Administration is authorizing a plan to let Florida buy medication in bulk from Canada, making it the first state to gain...
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Medical negligence caused death of former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, attorney says
The family of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson said Thursday that the trailblazing Texas congresswoman, who died over the weekend at age 89,...
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Terminally ill Connecticut woman ends her life on her own terms, in Vermont
A Connecticut woman who pushed for expanded access to Vermont's law that allows people who are terminally ill to receive lethal medication to end...