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Hoang Phuc Nguyen, a Vietnamese pilgrim, prays for Pope Francis at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Hoang Phuc Nguyen, a Vietnamese pilgrim, prays for Pope Francis at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 where Pope Francis is hospitalised since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises

FEB. 25, 2025

FILE - A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Busch, File)
FILE - A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Busch, File)

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Racial gap widened in deaths among US moms around the time of childbirth

FEB. 5, 2025

FILE - Smoke from the Palisades Fire rises over residences in Mandeville Canyon Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
FILE - Smoke from the Palisades Fire rises over residences in Mandeville Canyon Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Struggling with your mental health after surviving a disaster? Here’s how to look after yourself

FEB. 4, 2025

AP Illustration / Annie Ng
AP Illustration / Annie Ng

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Screen breaks and the right desk setup offer relief from work-related eye strain

JAN. 24, 2025

FILE - Pez candy, which contains red dye no. 3, is on display at a store in Lafayette, Calif., March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)
FILE - Pez candy, which contains red dye no. 3, is on display at a store in Lafayette, Calif., March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods

JAN. 15, 2025

Susan Scarbro bowls while wearing a mask in Little River, S.C. on Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)
Susan Scarbro bowls while wearing a mask in Little River, S.C. on Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

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Vulnerable Americans live in the shadow of COVID-19 as most move on

JAN. 15, 2025

FILE - ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio, left, and plaintiff Joaquin Carcano address reporters after a hearing, June 25, 2018, in Winston-Salem, N.C., on their lawsuit challenging the law that replaced North Carolina's
FILE - ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio, left, and plaintiff Joaquin Carcano address reporters after a hearing, June 25, 2018, in Winston-Salem, N.C., on their lawsuit challenging the law that replaced North Carolina's "bathroom bill." Carcano and other transgender plaintiffs argue the new law continues to discourage transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew, File)

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First transgender attorney to argue before the Supreme Court, challenging health care ban for minors

DEC. 2, 2024

Mohammad Mousawi, 8, a displaced boy from the southern suburb of Beirut who suffers from leukaemia, steps out the entrance of the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Mohammad Mousawi, 8, a displaced boy from the southern suburb of Beirut who suffers from leukaemia, steps out the entrance of the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Childhood cancer patients in Lebanon must battle disease while under fire

NOV. 26, 2024

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Assistant professor of information science Allison Koenecke, an author of a recent study that found hallucinations in a speech-to-text transcription tool, works in her office at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. The text preceded by "#Ground truth" shows what was actually said while the sentences preceded by ""text"" was how the transcription program interpreted the words. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one said

NOV. 1, 2024

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

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AP lands exclusive on Canadian doctors struggling with euthanizing vulnerable patients

OCT. 25, 2024

Nelly Shukuru, 51, hold the scarf she had planned on using to hang herself after spending three years displaced in the Lushagala camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Nelly Shukuru, 51, hold the scarf she had planned on using to hang herself after spending three years displaced in the Lushagala camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

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Years of war in Congo have created a dire mental health crisis. But little support is available

OCT. 16, 2024

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)

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Private forums show Canadian doctors struggle with euthanizing vulnerable patients

OCT. 16, 2024

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