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Mpox outbreaks in Africa could be ended in 6 months, WHO chief says

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization believes the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa might be stopped in the next six months, and said Friday that the agency's first shipment of vaccines should arrive in Congo within days.
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Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract

Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract

MONTREAL — A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers dismissed the province's latest contract offer Friday and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19.
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Cannabis retailer Tokyo Smoke to close 29 stores amid creditor protection proceedings

Cannabis retailer Tokyo Smoke to close 29 stores amid creditor protection proceedings

TORONTO — Cannabis retailer Tokyo Smoke says it will be shuttering 29 of its stores as it seeks creditor protection. The closures are part of a restructuring the brand is carrying out under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act.
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Health authorities reach tentative deal with 9,000 workers in Nova Scotia

Health authorities reach tentative deal with 9,000 workers in Nova Scotia

HALIFAX — A tentative contract deal has been reached between Nova Scotia's health authorities and three unions representing about 9,000 health-care workers.
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Homicide investigators in Peel Region probing death of man in Brampton

Homicide investigators in Peel Region probing death of man in Brampton

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Peel Regional Police say their homicide bureau is investigating after a man died of a gunshot wound in Brampton, Ont., early Friday morning. Police say they responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle just before 1 a.m.
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Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm's closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say

Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm's closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say

AYER, Mass. (AP) — When Christina Hernon was 5, her throat swelled shut from an infection and her mother rushed her to a local Massachusetts hospital in the dead of night.
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Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before.
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Takeaways from AP report on perils of heatstroke for runners in a warming world

Takeaways from AP report on perils of heatstroke for runners in a warming world

As climate change reshapes the way humans live outdoors, it's affecting the way they play, too. That includes runners, who may find themselves in harm's way on a warming planet.
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Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Carolyn Baker, clad in a neon pink top and matching sunglasses, smiled as she ran the Falmouth Road Race on the shore of Cape Cod, looking around for friends as she neared the end of a race she’d completed more than a dozen times before.
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Poland eases abortion access with new guidelines for doctors under a restrictive law

Poland eases abortion access with new guidelines for doctors under a restrictive law

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Seeking to ease access to abortion for women needing to end a pregnancy for health reasons, Poland's government is issuing guidelines to doctors Friday that reaffirm the legality of such procedures, based on medical recommendati
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