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A 3-year-old girl dies after inflatable castle tossed into air in Montreal park
MONTREAL — A 3-year-old girl has died after she was seriously injured over the weekend…
New details released on Texas Children’s Hospital’s planned detransition clinic
Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by…
Africa is the deadliest place in the world to have a baby, while its population booms
BIRAO, Central African Republic (AP) — The agony began for Maude Ahmad Fadala shortly after…
Kenyan president defends US Ebola quarantine center amid protests
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto has defended the establishment of an Ebola…
Extreme weather can whip up anxiety. A safety plan can help
ATLANTA (AP) — Hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other extreme weather can also kick up storms…
The methodology of an AP-KFF Health News investigation into medical neglect at ICE detention centers
KFF Health News and The Associated Press sifted through thousands of immigration habeas corpus claims…
Takeaways from AP-KFF investigation into allegations of medical neglect by detainees in ICE custody
An investigation by KFF Health News and The Associated Press has found that hundreds of…
As Congo grapples with Ebola, volunteers cook meals to support patients
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — For feverish patients in an Ebola outbreak with no approved medicine…
From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth…
From festering infections to untreated cancer, ICE detainees across the US describe medical neglect
An Albanian man’s pain grew so unbearable, he said, he pulled out his own tooth…
In the news today: LeBlanc visits Washington, Saskatchewan shooting, Canucks coach
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Suspect arrested after one killed, one hurt in northeast Saskatchewan shooting: RCMP
PELICAN NARROWS — Mounties in Saskatchewan say a suspect was arrested late Monday after a…
Brown, cloudy water possible in Metro Vancouver as workers’ pickets expand: union
VANCOUVER — Striking Metro Vancouver workers have expanded labour action to cover the region’s watersheds…
Invasive mosquitoes and brain-swelling virus detected in B.C.’s Sea-to-Sky region
VANCOUVER — Health officials in British Columbia say invasive mosquitoes and a virus that can…
Congolese Montrealers have plans upended by Canada’s Ebola travel restrictions
MONTREAL — An international student from the Democratic Republic of Congo says she was blocked…
Ebola cases in Congo near 300 as more joyful stories from recovered medical workers emerge
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 282 cases of Ebola disease have been confirmed in…
Hundreds of youths protest outside Kenya’s Ebola quarantine center for US citizens
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday…
Why your co-worker might be listening to music tuned to 432 hertz
NEW YORK (AP) — Yoselin Sanchez has been in chronic pain since she was born…
WHO chief reports 5 Ebola recoveries as a new treatment center opens in eastern Congo
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola virus,…
You should be dancing, yeah. Moving to music offers all kinds of benefits as you age
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Carol Ross can’t stop smiling at dance practice as she shouts…
Claude Lemieux’s brain will be donated to Boston University’s CTE Center, his family says
Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the…
WHO chief visits epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as cases outpace response
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern…
Most new moms get the baby blues. But it could be something more serious: postpartum depression
Moments after Jenna Carberg gave birth to her daughter, doctors put the baby on her…
As Ebola scourges Congo, experts warn of link to eating wild animals
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The vendors of wild meat at the sprawling Masina Market in…