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Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot

Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot

A combination shot for flu and COVID-19 using messenger RNA generated antibodies in a study, but U.S. government regulators want to see data on whether the new vaccine protects people from getting sick.
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Bill Gates meets Indonesian leader to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives

Bill Gates meets Indonesian leader to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Bill Gates was in Indonesia on Wednesday to discuss health and sustainable development initiatives with the leader of the world’s fourth most populous country.
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Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program

Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration, has been named to oversee the agency’s program for vaccines and biotech drugs. FDA Commissioner Dr.
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Quebec to set 150-metre limit between schools and supervised injection sites

Quebec to set 150-metre limit between schools and supervised injection sites

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would ensure a minimum 150-metre distance between supervised injection sites and schools and daycares.
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What customers can expect as Rite Aid closes or sells all its drugstores

What customers can expect as Rite Aid closes or sells all its drugstores

Rite Aid customers can expect their local store to close or change ownership in the next few months, as the struggling drugstore chain goes through another bankruptcy filing .
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How Utah dentists are preparing patients for the first statewide fluoride ban

How Utah dentists are preparing patients for the first statewide fluoride ban

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they're bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state's most
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Halifax adult contracts measles after U.S. travel; first case in N.S. since 2023

Halifax adult contracts measles after U.S. travel; first case in N.S. since 2023

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health says an adult in Halifax contracted measles after they travelled to the U.S. – marking the first recorded measles infection in the province since 2023. Dr.
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Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings

Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spencer Goidel, a 33-year-old federal worker in Boca Raton, Florida, with autism, knew what he could be losing when he got laid off from his job as an equal employment opportunity specialist at the IRS.
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A GOP Nebraska bill would criminalize hemp-based THC. Opponents say it could make grandma a felon

A GOP Nebraska bill would criminalize hemp-based THC. Opponents say it could make grandma a felon

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Kind Life Dispensary has been offering cannabinoid gummies, tinctures, ointments, now even canned beverages for seven years as one of the first businesses in Nebraska to offer such products.
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Columbia, New York-Presbyterian Hospital settle hundreds of sex abuse claims involving ex-doctor

Columbia, New York-Presbyterian Hospital settle hundreds of sex abuse claims involving ex-doctor

Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have agreed to a $750 million settlement of hundreds of sexual abuse claims by patients of disgraced and imprisoned former gynecologist Robert Hadden, bringing total legal payouts in civil cases
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