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US health officials order quarantine for 2 passengers from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - U.S. health officials said Tuesday they have issued quarantine orders for two passengers from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak who are now at a hospital in Nebraska. The orders were signed by the Centers for Disease ...
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State Supreme Court hears arguments over Uber forced arbitration

(The Center Square) - Four years after two men - an Uber driver and a passenger - died in a car wreck on the Stevenson Expressway, a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the passenger's widow against Uber was heard by the Illinois Supreme Court ...
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Pritzker touts EV plant in Normal, Bailey says taxpayers bear the burden

(The Center Square) - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Rivian is the best electric vehicle maker in the world, but his Republican challenger says special tax breaks for multibillion-dollar companies don't work. ...
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As Ebola outbreak spreads in DRC and Uganda, what is risk to US?

(NEW YORK) -- A deadly Ebola outbreak is continuing to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, with officials on Tuesday saying there were more than 600 confirmed and suspected cases and more than 100 suspected deaths.The World Health Organization (WHO) declared ...
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Affordable Care Act enrollment projected to plunge by 5 million as costs spike, analysis shows

NEW YORK (AP) - Nationwide enrollment in the Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace could plummet by nearly 5 million people this year, shrinking the number of participants in the program by more than 20%, according to a new analysis from the healthcare research ...
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Cherokee Nation integrates culture into new treatment center built with opioid settlement funds

TALEQUAH, Okla. (AP) - Culture is vital for recovery. That's a lesson Juli Skinner, a citizen of the Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, learned during her time in foster care, years later working in child welfare and now, as the senior director of the Cherokee ...
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‘We’re working on it’: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Ebola, hantavirus response

(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News on Monday that his agency is working to address the recent hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks, marking the first time he's commented publicly on the Ebola outbreak since the Centers for ...
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China bans import of pigs, wild boar from the Philippines due to swine fever

BEIJING, May 19 (Reuters) - China has banned the import of pigs, wild boars and related products from the Philippines due to swine fever, a statement released by the General Administration of Customs showed. (Reporting by Shi Bu, Xiuhao Chen and Ryan WooEditing by ...
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WHO chief concerned at speed and scale of Ebola outbreak

GENEVA, May 19 (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization expressed deep concern on Tuesday at the speed and scale of the Ebola outbreak, as the number of cases rises. There have been at least 500 suspected cases and 130 suspected deaths from ...
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A mop, a broom and a calmer mind. Why some find mental health benefits in everyday tasks

NEW YORK (AP) - Amid spring cleaning season, it can be easy to dismiss housework as drudgery, so dreaded or anxiety-inducing that it's best delegated to others if at all possible. But experts from Zen monks to psychologists say there are mental health benefits to ...
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Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131 as outbreak spreads

By Erikas Mwisi BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19 (Reuters) - Twenty-six more suspected Ebola deaths were recorded in 24 hours in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Tuesday, and the head of the World Health Organization expressed deep concern about the ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Proposal would allow two-year, online car registration

(The Center Square) - Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie has filed legislation she says will make the vehicle registration process more efficient and accessible. McCombie said House Bill ...
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