Health Headlines
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Workers take their quest to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos to a higher court
Workers seeking to ban smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos are asking an appeals court to consider their request, saying a lower court judge who dismissed their lawsuit did so in error
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Autopsy performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but cause not yet revealed
An autopsy has been performed on rapper Rich Homie Quan, but his cause of death won’t be given until further tests are completed
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Texas sues to stop a rule that shields the medical records of women who seek abortions elsewhere
Texas is suing to try to block a federal rule that shields the medical records of women from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to get an abortion where it is legal
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Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers
The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency says, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022
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WHO and Africa CDC launch a response plan to the mpox outbreak
The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have launched a continent-wide response plan to the outbreak of mpox
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Hundreds of places in the US said racism was a public health crisis. What's changed?
More than 200 cities and counties declared racism was a public health crisis in the past few years, mostly after George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis in May 2020
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How to talk with kids about school shootings and other traumatic events
The U.S. is dealing with another school shooting: Two students and two teachers were killed at a school in Georgia
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Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns
A deadly shooting at a Georgia high school has stirred debate about laws encouraging the safe storage of guns
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Hottest summer on record could lead to the warmest year ever measured
The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record
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Abortion rights questions are on ballots in 9 states. Will they tilt elections?
Abortion rights questions are on the ballot in nine U.S. states in November and could help draw more voters to the polls
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