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Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID …

FILE - COVID-19 antigen home tests indicating a positive result are photographed in New York, April 5, 2023. The Biden administration has announced that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app …

Kai Koerber showcases his app, Joy, on Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Berkeley, Calif. Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members on Valentine's Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and himself — struggle with returning to normal, he says he wanted to do something to help people manage their emotions on their own terms. The result was Joy, which uses artificial intelligence to suggest bite-sized mindfulness activities for people based on how they are feeling. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

England’s National Health Service operates on holiday-level …

Junior doctors and medical consultants stand on the picket line outside University College Hospital in London, amid their dispute with the government over pay, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Sacramento prosecutor sues California’s capital city over …

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho stands with supporters and victims of alleged crimes by homeless residents on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at a news conference announcing that his office is suing the city of Sacramento. A group of residents and business owners also filed a companion lawsuit against the city. The prosecutor had threatened in August to file charges against city officials if they didn't implement changes within 30 days. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg says Ho is politicizing the issue instead of being a partner with the city.. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

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Indiana attorney general sues hospital system over privacy …

FILE - Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita speaks in Schererville, Ind., Nov. 8, 2022. Indiana’s attorney general has sued the state’s largest hospital system, claiming it violated patient privacy laws when a doctor publicly shared the story of an Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. The lawsuit Friday Sept. 15 2023, marks Attorney General Rokita’s latest attempt to seek disciplinary legal action against Dr. Caitlin Bernard. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

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Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People …

Downtown Baker City, Ore., is seen on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. After more than a century, women in Baker City will no longer have access to a maternity center with the closure of St. Alphonsus' obstetrical unit, the only one of its kind in Baker County. (AP Photo/Kyle Green)

Donald Trump isn’t backing a national abortion ban. …

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at St. Anselm College, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Kansas will no longer change trans people’s birth …

FILE - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions from reporters during a news conference outside his office, Monday, May 1, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. Kansas will no longer change transgender people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities, the state health department said Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, citing a new law that prevents the state from legally recognizing those identities. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Big wins for organized labor and progressive causes …

The State Assembly chambers are shown in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday Sept. 15, 2023. California lawmakers finished their work for the year on Thursday. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high …

Golden Teacher mushrooms are displayed at Epic Healing Eugene, Oregon’s first licensed psilocybin service center, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Botulism outbreak tied to sardines served in Bordeaux …

The Tchin Thin wine bar is seen in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Thursday, Sept.14, 2023. A 32-year-old woman died in France and eight other people remained hospitalized Thursday after an apparent botulism outbreak linked to homemade sardine preserves and the wine bar in Bordeaux, according to regional health officials. At least 10 people who ate in the restaurant between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10 were hospitalized, most of them in intensive care or critical condition. All had consumed sardine preserves served by the restaurant, the Tchin Tchin Wine Bar. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)

Bangladesh is struggling to cope with a record dengue …

Dengue patients receive treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is causing more deaths from the mosquito-transmitted disease. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)