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The Toronto skyline is seen from Wards Island in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)
The Toronto skyline is seen from Wards Island in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Angie Wang)

Health

Private forums show Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients

OCT. 16, 2024

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Health

What ‘training to failure’ means and how to incorporate it into your workout

OCT. 14, 2024

Condom Use
Condoms and other sexual wellness items are made available to students at the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Education

Condoms aren’t a fact of life for young Americans. They’re an afterthought

OCT. 4, 2024

APTOPIX Congo Mpox Outbreak Epicenter
Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

COVID-19

AP journalists are the first to show what’s happening in an mpox epicenter in Congo

SEPT. 27, 2024

APTOPIX Congo Mpox Outbreak Epicenter
Emile Miango, 2, who has mpox, lies in the hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Kamituga, South Kivu province, which is the epicenter of the world’s latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo

A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

SEPT. 19, 2024

Be Well-Menopause Dental
FILE - A dentist holds a model of teeth and a toothbrush in Seattle on Aug. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Health

Menopause can bring on dental problems, but you can protect your mouth

SEPT. 16, 2024

Immigration-Hospitals
FILE - A sign is displayed outside a hospital in Miami, on July 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Government

Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas will try it next

SEPT. 16, 2024

South Africa Health Train
A patient eyes are tested for lenses to be made for a new pair of glasses outside the Phelophepa eye clinic carriage, in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Africa

How a traveling ‘health train’ has become an essential source of free care in South Africa

SEPT. 12, 2024

US-MED–Drug Inspections
(AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

COVID-19

Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds

SEPT. 6, 2024

Teen Vaping
FILE - Elf Bar and Esco Bar flavored disposable vaping devices are displayed in Washington on Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

drugs

Teen vaping hits 10-year low in the US

SEPT. 5, 2024

Paris Paralympics Athlete Nutrition
Pierre Bigot, a local sous chef, dries spinach in the kitchen of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee's High Performance Center's kitchen on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. The USOPC brought in staff from Colorado and also hired local chefs to work in the kitchen. (AP Photo/Nathalee Simoneau)

Disabilities

Paralympians face nuanced nutrition challenges. Dietitians seek solutions

SEPT. 4, 2024

Maternal Mortality-Government Programs
Areana Coles receives an ultrasound during a prenatal visit at the Oklahoma State University obstetrics and gynecology clinic in Tulsa, Okla., on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

COVID-19

America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs

SEPT. 4, 2024

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