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Five people who work at a poultry farm in northeastern Colorado have tested positive for the bird flu, the Colorado public health department reported July 14. This brings the known number of U.S. cases to nine. The five…

SACRAMENTO — When then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called for nearly all Californians to buy health insurance or face a penalty, Anthony Wright slammed the 2007 proposal as “unwarranted, unworkable, and unwise” — one that would…

OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Rural regions like the one surrounding this southern Iowa town used to have a lot more babies, and many more places to give birth to them. At least 41 Iowa hospitals have shuttered their labor and delivery…

Nigeria school collapse kills at least 22 students as they take exams CBS NewsPlateau school collapse: Children killed and trapped in Nigeria BBC.comFirst a Crack in the Wall, Then His School Collapsed, Killing at Least 22 The New York…

The collapse of a school in Nigeria leaves 22 students dead NBC NewsPlateau school collapse: Children killed and trapped in Nigeria BBC.comFirst a Crack in the Wall, Then His School Collapsed, Killing at Least 22 The New York Times21…

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Plateau school collapse: Children killed and trapped in Nigeria BBC.comSchool collapse in northern Nigeria leaves 22 dead and more than 100 trapped Yahoo! VoicesFirst a Crack in the Wall, Then His School Collapsed, Killing at Least 22…

A lawsuit winding its way through the courts could undermine the power of federal agencies to mandate the services health insurance providers must cover. And that could threaten access to free birth control for millions of…

Jordan Rau, KFF Health News For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A retired truck driver, he had injured his spine in a fall on the job decades…

Few people want to go into a nursing home, but doing so can be the right choice if you or a loved one is physically or cognitively disabled or recovering from surgery. Unfortunately, homes vary greatly in quality, and many don’t…