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Vermont breast milk donor center to open next month
ESSEX, Vt. (AP) – A breast milk donor center is slated to open at a yoga…
Dry conditions fuel salmon die-off on Oregon coast
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Fishing for fall chinook is now banned in multiple rivers on Oregon’s…
US Sen. Reed says bill will help prevent veteran suicides
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed said he believes legislation that recently cleared the…
National Park Service takes unprecedented step to save bats
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) – In the summer of 2019, the near-silence of a secluded, mossy hollow…
Grants help fire departments purchase cancer-prevention gear
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – More than 170 fire departments across Massachusetts are sharing $920,000 in state…
Big Pharma empire behind OxyContin now selling overdose cure
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new…
Henry returns to lineup for Titans’ showdown with Texans
Derrick Henry is active for the Tennessee Titans’ showdown with the Houston Texans after a sore…
Child killed, 3 others injured in a Phoenix apartment fire
PHOENIX (AP) – Authorities say a 4-year-old child is dead and three other people are hospitalized…
Missouri agency requests state money to fight fatal disease
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri agency has asked the state for more funding to…
Health officials urge flu shots as virus becomes widespread
PROVIDENCE, R.I (AP) – There has been one flu-related death and 24 hospitalizations in Rhode Island…
Inmate’s suicide shows need for reforms, advocates say
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The final two months of Cachin Anderson’s life in New York’s prison…
Grad overcomes cancer to achieve dream of playing in NFL
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) – Anyone who’s ever put on a helmet and shoulder pads in their…
Sackler-owned opioid maker goes global with OD treatment
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new…
Dolphins WRs Parker, Wilson cleared from concussion protocol
MIAMI (AP) – Receivers DeVante Parker and Albert Wilson were cleared from the concussion protocol Saturday…
Mississippi vows further appeal after loss on abortion ban
Mississippi’s outgoing governor vowed Saturday to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Mississippi’s ban on…
Man convicted of sex crimes for posing as medical researcher
PROVO, Utah (AP) – A Provo man has been jailed pending sentencing after being convicted of…
Legionnaires’ cases may be linked to Chicago-area hospital
WINFIELD, Ill. (AP) – State health officials are investigating whether three cases of Legionnaires’ disease are…
Indiana resisting marijuana trend of neighboring states
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana’s Republican Statehouse leaders are firmly against taking any steps toward following neighboring…
South Alabama researchers to aid in study of West Nile virus
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Researchers from the University of South Alabama are working on a study…