Health News Headlines
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Berlusconi readmitted to Italian hospital for planned medical checks
Silvio Berlusconi's doctors say the former Italian premier was admitted to a Milan hospital for planned medical checks related to his chronic leukemia
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Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes
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A third day of smoky air gives millions in US East Coast, Canada a new view of wildfire threat
A thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke is looming over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day, and it’s expected to persist as long as the weekend
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Elevated walkway collapses in Texas beach city, injuring dozens
Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside city in Texas, with five flown to the hospital by helicopter
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NY attorney general files lawsuit against anti-abortion group known for blocking access to clinics
New York’s attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit against an anti-abortion group whose members have been arrested for blocking access to health care clinics in New York and other states
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Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, to leave post next week
Ashish Jha, the White House’s point person on the COVID-19 response, will depart from the administration next week
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Pope drinks liquids, makes brief call after surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue, repair hernia
The Vatican says Pope Francis' condition is stable and is following the regular post-operative course of recovery following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall
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How safe is the air? Here's how to check and what the numbers mean
The government is keeping tabs on air quality with a color-coded index as smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts south
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Lifesaving fentanyl test strips still illegal in some states under '70s-era war on drugs law
A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths
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Italian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister
A special Italian court has shut down a probe into whether the country’s former premier and former health minister caused unnecessary deaths by failing to extend a lockdown zone in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic
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