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In South Africa's richest area, mother-to-baby HIV transmission is a concern despite free prevention

In South Africa's richest area, mother-to-baby HIV transmission is a concern despite free prevention

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — It's a worrying question for health officials in one of the richest and most developed areas of the African continent: Why are babies being born with HIV when free medication is available to prevent mother-to-child trans
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Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep

Young girls are using anti-aging products they see on social media. The harm is more than skin deep

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles.
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3 days, 640,000 children, 1.3M doses. The plan to vaccinate Gaza's young against polio

JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N.
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Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again

Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime.
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Drug possession is a crime in Oregon once again as law rolling back decriminalization takes effect

Drug possession is a crime in Oregon once again as law rolling back decriminalization takes effect

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime.
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Two women dead, two men critical in apparent group overdose at Vancouver Island beach

Two women dead, two men critical in apparent group overdose at Vancouver Island beach

METCHOSIN, B.C. — Two women are dead and two men are in critical condition after what police say was a suspected group drug overdose at a Vancouver Island beach parking area.
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Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers

Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
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Judge allows smoking to continue in Atlantic City casinos, dealing blow to workers

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
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Trump wants to make the GOP a 'leader' on IVF. Republicans' actions make that a tough sell

Trump wants to make the GOP a 'leader' on IVF. Republicans' actions make that a tough sell

CHICAGO (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's vow to promote in vitro fertilization by forcing health insurance companies or the federal government to pay for the treatments is at odds with the actions of much of his own party.
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Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says

Measures to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska can appear on November ballot, official says

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A group seeking to legalize marijuana for medical use in Nebraska has gathered enough signatures to get the issue before voters in November, the state’s top election official said Friday.
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