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'Read this e-mail immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work

'Read this e-mail immediately': CDC tells about 180 fired employees to come back to work

NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's top public health agency says about 180 employees who were laid off two weeks ago can come back to work.
Marines and soldiers discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine show limited interest in rejoining

Marines and soldiers discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine show limited interest in rejoining

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 650 Marines and Army soldiers who were forced out of the military for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine have so far expressed interest in returning to the force under an executive order from President Donald Trump , offic
Alberta Mountie charged with punching person during mental health call

Alberta Mountie charged with punching person during mental health call

FT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. — An Alberta Mountie has been charged and placed on administrative duties after a person was punched during a mental health call. Const. Justin Forster is facing one count of assault causing bodily harm.
Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration's plans to cut the VA's budget

Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration's plans to cut the VA's budget

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Stephen Watson served in the Marines for 22 years and receives care through the Department of Veterans Affairs for a traumatic brain injury.
Trump nominee to lead National Institutes of Health questioned on funding cuts, vaccines

Trump nominee to lead National Institutes of Health questioned on funding cuts, vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — A health economist who once famously clashed with officials at the National Institutes of Health and now is the nominee to lead the agency faced questions from senators from both parties Wednesday about drastic funding cuts and rese
Novo Nordisk cuts Wegovy prices, following similar move by Zepbound-maker Eli Lilly

Novo Nordisk cuts Wegovy prices, following similar move by Zepbound-maker Eli Lilly

Makers of the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound are cutting prices for people without insurance . Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said Wednesday that it will drop prices 23% for all doses of Wegovy.
The world has moved on. But those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 feel stuck in time

The world has moved on. But those who lost loved ones to COVID-19 feel stuck in time

It’s been almost five years, but family members of Canadians who died of COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic often feel as if they are frozen in 2020.
Five years after COVID upended tourism, the industry's revival is still up in the air

Five years after COVID upended tourism, the industry's revival is still up in the air

MONTREAL — Michael Hale still recalls the moment COVID-19 upended his world.
World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina

World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina

A bucktoothed llama that spends his days comforting chronically ill children at a North Carolina camp founded by NASCAR royalty has been crowned the world’s oldest llama in captivity.
Judge orders longer-term nationwide block on Trump orders on transgender youth health care

Judge orders longer-term nationwide block on Trump orders on transgender youth health care

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge extended a nationwide block Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s executive orders halting federal funding for providers of gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19.
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