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Takeaways from AP report on President Javier Milei’s dramatic cuts to Argentine health care

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina used to have an extensive, free public health system that pretty much ensured that everybody who couldn’t afford private insurance was covered for everything. But in the year-and-a-half since President Javier Milei rode to power on a promise ...
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Argentines reel from health care cutbacks as President Milei’s state overhaul mirrors Trump’s

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — To outsiders, the Facebook group chat reads like a snarl of nonsensical emojis and letters. To uninsured Argentine cancer patients, it’s a lifeline. The surreptitious network connects advocates who have spare drugs to Argentines with cancer who lost access to ...
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Older adults in the US are increasingly dying from unintentional falls

NEW YORK (AP) — Older U.S. adults are increasingly dying from unintentional falls, according to a new federal report published Wednesday, with white people accounting for the vast majority of the deaths. From 2003 to 2023, death rates from falls rose more than 70% ...
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A judge could advance Purdue Pharma’s $7B opioid settlement after all 50 states back it

All 50 U.S. states have agreed to the OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma ’s latest plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids. A judge on Wednesday is being asked to clear the way for local governments and individual victims to vote on ...
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Caris Life raises $494 million in US IPO

(Reuters) -Caris Life Sciences raised $494.1 million in its Nasdaq initial public offering, the cancer diagnostic firm said on Tuesday, amid a rebound in the IPO market. Investors have shown renewed interest in U.S. IPOs in recent weeks, following a prolonged slowdown triggered by uncertainties ...
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China pharma projects disrupted by Sino-US tensions

By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Drug research and development firms in China including WuXi AppTec and WuXi Biologics are changing project plans, stockpiling supplies and discussing testing locally, said sources with knowledge of the matter, as they seek to mitigate the impact of U.S.-China trade ...
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Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure

(OHIO) -- Republican lawmakers in Ohio are planning on introducing a bill on Wednesday that would ban almost all abortions and criminalize the procedure.The "Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act" would overturn the amendment to the Ohio constitution, voted on in 2023, that establishes "an ...
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Trump administration blocked from cutting local health funding for four municipalities

A federal court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from clawing back millions in public health funding from four Democrat-led municipalities in GOP-governed states. It’s the second such federal ruling to reinstate public health funding for several states. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington, ...
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General Mills to remove artificial colors from all its US cereals and foods

(Reuters) -General Mills said on Tuesday it would remove artificial colors from its full U.S. retail portfolio by the end of 2027. The Cheerios maker also said it would remove synthetic dyes from all its U.S. cereals and foods served in K-12 schools by summer ...
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Japan suspends imports of fertile eggs, day-old chicks from two Brazilian states

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Japan suspended imports of fertile eggs and day-old chicks coming from the Brazilian states of Goias and Mato Grosso after bird flu cases in subsistence farms had been reported in both states, the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. In a statement, ...
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WeightWatchers to exit process to cut $1.15 billion debt next week

(Reuters) -WW International, formerly known as WeightWatchers, is on track to exit its financial reorganization to cut $1.15 billion in debt next week as part of its bankruptcy process, the weight management firm said on Tuesday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT WeightWatchers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ...
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UK parliament votes to decriminalise abortion, repeal Victorian-era law

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s parliament voted on Tuesday to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales to stop a growing number of women from being investigated by police for terminating pregnancies under legislation dating back to the mid-19th century. Abortions have been legal in England ...
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