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Alberta cabinet minister calls for health minister to be removed amid scandal

Alberta cabinet minister calls for health minister to be removed amid scandal

EDMONTON — Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is facing a renewed call to step down over allegations of high-level corruption in health contracts -- but this time the call is coming from one of her own cabinet colleagues.
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HHS is losing thousands of workers under Trump administration probationary job cuts

Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency's roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired Friday under the Trump administration’s move to get rid of nearly all probationary employees , according to an audio reco
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New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws

New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws

DALLAS (AP) — A New York doctor's alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State's shield law against the two conservative states' abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country.
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Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years

The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state's worst in nearly 30 years.
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Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth

Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth

SEATTLE (AP) — A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump’s executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. U.S.
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Cats in Oregon euthanized after eating raw pet food tainted with bird flu

At least two cats in Oregon were euthanized this month after eating raw pet food contaminated with bird flu , prompting agriculture officials to issue a public health alert Friday about the products.
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A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote

A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote

TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progressive Conservatives Feb.
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Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years

The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state's worst in nearly 30 years.
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Flu cases continue to rise across Canada, public health agency data show

Flu cases continue to rise across Canada, public health agency data show

TORONTO — Flu cases are continuing to rise across the country, public health data show, with Quebec, B.C. and the territories particularly hard hit as vulnerable patients seek help at hospitals.
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Major Michigan insurer in talks to settle lawsuits over fired workers and COVID-19 vaccine

Major Michigan insurer in talks to settle lawsuits over fired workers and COVID-19 vaccine

DETROIT (AP) — A major Michigan insurance company is in talks to possibly settle more than 100 lawsuits by employees who were fired after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination, court records show.
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