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Infant mortality rate rose 8% in wake of Texas abortion ban, study shows

In the wake of Texas' abortion ban, the state's infant death rate increased and more died of birth defects, a study published Monday shows.
Kids spend a lot of time outside in the summer. Here's how to deal with their common injuries

Kids spend a lot of time outside in the summer. Here's how to deal with their common injuries

For kids, summer can revolve around playgrounds, pools, bikes and just being outside. For parents, it can mean a litany of ouchies to take care of — including scrapes, sunburns and dehydration , pediatricians say.
'War in the operating room': Ukrainian eye surgeons to learn at University of Calgary

'War in the operating room': Ukrainian eye surgeons to learn at University of Calgary

CALGARY — Some scars can’t be hidden. It's why Dr. Olga Denysiuk is coming to Canada from the Ukraine war zone to learn more about saving and rebuilding smashed and damaged eyes.
Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate

Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The only three Republican women in the South Carolina Senate took on their party and stopped a total abortion ban from passing in their state last year. In return, they lost their jobs. Voters removed Sens.

Getting rid of poison ivy is a serious matter. What you should and shouldn't do

For all the time I spend digging, planting, pulling and weeding, one would think I’d have some poison ivy horror stories to tell, but I do not.
Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat

Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat

PHOENIX (AP) — Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him get rehydrated with an intravenous saline solution dripping from a bag hanging on a pole.
Are you proud to be Canadian? Poll suggests that feeling is dwindling, for some

Are you proud to be Canadian? Poll suggests that feeling is dwindling, for some

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the vast majority of Canadians are proud of their home and native land, but our sense of national pride is lower than it was a few years ago.
Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking? States split on mandating or prohibiting it

Should gun store sales get special credit card tracking? States split on mandating or prohibiting it

Beginning Monday, a California law will require credit card networks like Visa and Mastercard to provide banks with special retail codes that can be assigned to gun stores in order to track their sales.
For India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

For India's garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

JAMMU, India (AP) — The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people.
What to know about water safety before heading to the beach or pool this summer

What to know about water safety before heading to the beach or pool this summer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the country, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now is the time to review safety tips to keep children safe around water.
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