B.C. field coroners get $32 an hour to face scenes of death. Some say it’s not enough
They work on gruesome scenes of death, sometimes traversing rough terrain to access bodies in various states of decomposition. They […]
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Research on gene therapy for rare inherited disease reduces costly, regular treatment
HALIFAX — A researcher says the experimental use of gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder is saving almost as
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Rural hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans’ $1 trillion Medicaid cut
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area’s aging farmers
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Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues
Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international doctors who were set to start their medical training
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Missouri judge again blocks many of the state’s anti-abortion laws
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge blocked many of the state’s abortion restrictions Thursday, reimposing a preliminary injunction
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The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill in a milestone for his second-term agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s big multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage
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A look at what will happen to food assistance under Trump’s big tax cut bill, by the numbers
President Donald Trump ’s big tax cut bill will overhaul a common food assistance program for lower-income people by forcing
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EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a “declaration of dissent” with its
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Fears in Massachusetts that Trump’s bill could unravel health safety net
BOSTON (AP) — In the state that served as the model for Obamacare , advocates and health care workers fear
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Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday issued a landmark advisory opinion linking governments’ human