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Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali with more than …

FILE - A Culex tarsalis mosquito is shown at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District on Aug. 28, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Mosquitoes can carry viruses including dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika. Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, where officials are reporting new infections and deaths from the virus this week. Mali’s director general of health and public hygiene, Dr. Cheick Amadou Tidiane Traore, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday Dec. 6, 2023 that his department had counted 21 deaths and 600 cases of the virus as of Monday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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A young nurse suffered cardiac arrest while training on …

Andy Hoang, a recent nursing graduate, left, chats with clinical nurse supervisor Justina Terino in a cardiac training lab at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lebanon, N.H. Hoang, 23, started to feel dizzy and nauseous during a recent cardiac training session at the hospital and needed help immediately. Instead of practicing chest compressions on a mannequin in the simulated environment of their training, her four colleagues sprung into action and went to work on her. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Patients of color more often brace for unfair treatment …

FILE - A nurse checks the vitals of a 33-year-old woman in Shreveport, La., on Oct. 9, 2021. A survey by KFF, a health policy research group, released Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, shows 60% of Black patients said they prepare for insults or feel they have to be careful about their appearance in order to be treated fairly by health providers. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

German man accused of forming armed group to oppose COVID …

France’s parliament considers a ban on single-use e-cigarettes

Disposable electronic flavored electronic cigarette devices are displayed for sale at a tobacco shop in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, France, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The National Assembly in France is preparing for a pivotal vote on Monday night on a bill to ban single-use, disposable electronic cigarettes, commonly known as "puffs." Attracting teenagers with their sweet flavors, these devices are facing scrutiny for their environmental implications. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy …

Signs in the shape of grave headstones, with information on people who died from using OxyContin, line a security fence outside the Supreme Court Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Washington.The Supreme Court is wrestling with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic …

The Rev. Patrick Killilea gives communion to Meli Watanuki, at Mass on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Kalaupapa, Hawaii. In the 1800s, the peninsula was a settlement for banished leprosy patients, later called Hansen's disease. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

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Court pauses federal policy allowing abortion clinic …

FILE - People gather in the parking lot of the Hamilton County Board of Elections as people arrive for early in-person voting in Cincinnati, Nov. 2, 2023. A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 30 that a regulation allowing federal family planning grants for organizations that provide abortions will be paused, but only for Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Flu is on the rise while RSV infections may be peaking, …

FILE - A patient is given a flu vaccine Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. Seasonal flu continues to pick up steam in the U.S. But among respiratory viruses, COVID-19 remains the main cause of hospitalizations and deaths, health officials said Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

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West Virginia places anti-abortion pregnancy center …

FILE - A sign advertises free pregnancy tests and abortion information outside the Woman's Choice Pregnancy Resource Center in Charleston, W.Va., on June 17, 2022. A West Virginia coalition that helps support a network of anti-abortion pregnancy centers in the state is receiving $1 million in taxpayer dollars to distribute to organizations committed to encouraging people not to end their pregnancies. (AP Photo/Leah M. Willingham, File)

Don’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, …

FILE - Cantaloupes are displayed for sale in Virginia on July 28, 2017. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, said it was advising people to stop eating precut cantaloupe if they don't know where it came from due to a deadly outbreak of salmonella poisoning that continues to grow. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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South African company to start making vaginal rings …

FILE - A woman dances as she listens to music while attending a World AIDS Day commemoration at Nkosi's Haven in Johannesburg on Nov. 30, 2019 on the eve of World AIDS Day. AIDS experts said Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023 that an African-based company will start producing vaginal rings that protect against HIV within the next few years, potentially offering millions of women across the continent a cheap way to reduce their risk. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File)