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For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families

For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip , blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
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Nine dead after SUV plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, man arrested

Nine dead after SUV plows through Vancouver Filipino festival, man arrested

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say nine people are dead after an SUV plowed through a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community Saturday night, leaving a trail of debris and victims in its wake.
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Rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa. A project seeks to change that

Rare diseases often go undiagnosed or untreated in parts of Africa. A project seeks to change that

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter’s gravesite.
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Fraser Health says visitor from Ontario is the latest case of measles in B.C.

Fraser Health says visitor from Ontario is the latest case of measles in B.C.

SURREY — Health authorities in British Columbia have confirmed another new case of measles infection in the province, this time with a visitor from Ontario.
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Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal genetic disease in the U.S.
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Farmstand chic? Décor is awash in fruit and vegetable motifs

Farmstand chic? Décor is awash in fruit and vegetable motifs

Interior designer and stylist Jonny Carmack has a “fruit room” in his Danbury, Connecticut, home.
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Alberta doctors association warns measles will rise, ramped-up health campaign needed

Alberta doctors association warns measles will rise, ramped-up health campaign needed

EDMONTON — As the number of measles cases in Alberta continues to rise, the organization representing its doctors says the government needs to ramp up public messaging and prevention.
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal death penalty charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal death penalty charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson .
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Transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people worry about measles exposure

Transplant recipients and other immunocompromised people worry about measles exposure

TORONTO — Laurie Miller, a 59-year-old heart transplant patient exposed to measles in Stratford, Ont., says her story speaks to the risks people who are immunocompromised face during an outbreak.
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New B.C. corrections unit offers involuntary care for mental health, addictions

New B.C. corrections unit offers involuntary care for mental health, addictions

British Columbia's premier says the ongoing toxic drug crisis in the province has led to a cohort of people with serious brain injuries who are too deep in their addiction and mental-health crisis to ask for help.
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