Health Headlines
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Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
The prime minister of Thailand says he wants to outlaw the cannabis over concerns the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increased crimes
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Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs
President Joe Biden is pushing proposals to help families pay for child care, preschool and elder care while he's running for reelection this year
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Louisiana lawmakers reject adding exceptions of rape and incest to abortion ban
Despite pleas from Democrats and gut-wrenching testimony from doctors and rape survivors, a GOP-controlled legislative committee rejected a bill that would have added cases of rape and incest as exceptions to Louisiana’s abortion ban
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Harvey Weinstein is back at NYC's Rikers Island jail after hospital stay
One-time movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was returned to a New York City jail in what his publicist said was a move resulting from a published report saying he was getting VIP treatment during his 10-day stay at a hospital
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Judge: Alabama groups can sue over threat of prosecution for helping with abortion travel
A federal judge says abortion rights advocates can proceed with lawsuits against Alabama’s attorney general over his threats to prosecute people who help women travel to another state to terminate pregnancies
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A doctor whose views on COVID-19 vaccinations drew complaints has her medical license reinstated
An Ohio doctor who drew national attention when she told state legislators that COVID-19 vaccines made people magnetic has had her medical license reinstated
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Judge dismisses lawsuit by mother who said school hid teen's gender expression
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen’s gender expression without consulting her
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A knife attack at a Chinese hospital kills 2 people and injures 21. The motive is unclear
A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China has killed two people and injured 21 others
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For a Louisiana lawmaker, exempting incest and rape from the state's abortion ban is personal
Democratic state Rep. Delisha Boyd is fighting an uphill battle in her attempt to pass a bill that would exempt cases of rape and incest from Louisiana's near-total abortion ban
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Medicare and Social Security go-broke dates are pushed back in a 'measure of good news'
The go-broke dates for benefit programs Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report
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