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Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving

Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age.
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North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors

North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge said Wednesday he will decide soon whether to temporarily block a part of the state's revised abortion laws so doctors can perform the procedure to save a patient's life or health.
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Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix

Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix

RICHMOND, B.C. — British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than half in family medicine.
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Ohio prosecutor says he's duty bound to bring miscarriage case to a grand jury

Ohio prosecutor says he's duty bound to bring miscarriage case to a grand jury

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor says it is not within his power to drop a criminal charge against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home, regardless of the pressure being brought to bear by the national attention on her case.
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Regina hospitals break fire code over crowded hallways, action needed: emails

Regina hospitals break fire code over crowded hallways, action needed: emails

REGINA — Two hospitals in Saskatchewan's capital recently broke the fire code due to patients in beds crowding hallways, says a city fire inspector.
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Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings

PHOENIX (AP) — With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as “The Zone.
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Hospital that initially treated Irvo Otieno failed to meet care standards, investigation finds

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The hospital that initially treated a man who later died while being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital failed to meet care standards while he was in a mental health crisis, a state investigation found.
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Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state

Wisconsin prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared way for abortions to resume in state

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican district attorney has appealed a court ruling that determined that an 1849 Wisconsin law does not ban abortions , a decision that cleared the way for abortions to resume in the state.
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Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it's uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them

Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it's uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them

Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied.
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Health officials push to get schoolchildren vaccinated as more US parents opt out

Health officials push to get schoolchildren vaccinated as more US parents opt out

When Idaho had a rare measles outbreak a few months ago, health officials scrambled to keep it from spreading. In the end, 10 people, all in one family, were infected, all unvaccinated.
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