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US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter.
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Nova Scotia buys motel to help ease housing shortages faced by health-care workers

Nova Scotia buys motel to help ease housing shortages faced by health-care workers

LUNENBURG, N.S. — The Nova Scotia government has purchased a motel to house health-care workers recruited to work on the province’s South Shore.
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Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

Patients need doctors who look like them. Can medicine diversify without affirmative action?

DETROIT (AP) — Dr. Starling Tolliver knew she wanted to become a doctor. Yet, as a Black girl growing up in Akron, Ohio, it was a dream that felt out of reach. She rarely saw doctors who looked like her.
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Alberta premier asks ministers for 'full assessment' of E. coli outbreak in Calgary

Alberta premier asks ministers for 'full assessment' of E. coli outbreak in Calgary

CALGARY — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's asked her health minister, as well as her children and family services minister, to "do a full assessment" of an E. coli outbreak linked to Calgary daycares.
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House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is 'paralyzing' the Pentagon by blocking promotions

House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is 'paralyzing' the Pentagon by blocking promotions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is slamming a fellow Republican in the Senate for waging an unprecedented attempt to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions .
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Food recalls are pretty common for things like rocks, insects and plastic

Food recalls are pretty common for things like rocks, insects and plastic

Rocks in Trader Joe’s cookies . Insects in its broccoli-cheese soup . Pieces of plastic in Banquet frozen chicken strips. In recent weeks, U.S.
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Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, UN drug agency says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday.
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Teen's death leads to outpouring of concern over spicy chip challenge as sales are halted

Teen's death leads to outpouring of concern over spicy chip challenge as sales are halted

WORCESTER, Mass.
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Updated COVID shots are coming. They're part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses

Updated COVID shots are coming. They're part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses

WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another scary virus called RSV are rolling out to older adults and pregnant women .
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Calgary daycares linked to E. coli outbreak to reopen, lawsuit being considered

Calgary daycares linked to E. coli outbreak to reopen, lawsuit being considered

CALGARY — The Calgary daycares linked to an E. coli outbreak could reopen early next week as a potential class-action lawsuit is being considered by some parents whose children were infected.
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