4-year-old girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care
Deysi Vargas’ daughter was nearly 2½ when she took her first steps. The girl was a year delayed because she had spent most of her short life in a hospital ...
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Oil and gas have boomed in New Mexico. Its schools are contending with pollution’s effects
COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — On a Tuesday in March, Billton Werito drove his son Amari toward his house in Counselor, New Mexico, navigating the bumpy dirt road that winds through ...
Search efforts continue at the site of a China chemical plant explosion as fate of 6 missing unknown
BEIJING (AP) — Six people remained missing and search and rescue efforts continued Wednesday morning after an explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China shook nearby buildings, killing at ...
Sunshine Kids Connects Childhood Cancer Survivors
Before a recent trip to Beaver Creek, Colorado, 13-year-old Zoe Durias had never skied. But the cancer survivor is used to pushing through the discomfort. “It’s all about the ups ...
A leading medical group warns of a rise in cholera cases and new outbreak in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — A leading medical group warned on Tuesday of a rising number of cholera cases in war-torn Sudan as a new outbreak of the waterborne disease grips the ...
US aid kept many hungry Somali children alive. Now that money is disappearing
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The cries of distressed children filled the ward for the severely malnourished. Among the patients was 1-year-old Maka’il Mohamed. Doctors pressed his chest in a desperate ...
Renowned Everest guide says using xenon speeds climb and makes it safer, better for environment
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Using xenon gas treatment and the latest technology is making climbing Mount Everest not just faster but also better for the environment, cutting down garbage and ...
You should wear sunscreen even if you have darker skin. Here’s why
NEW YORK (AP) — People with darker skin still need to wear sunscreen — for more reasons than one. Too much ultraviolet exposure from the sun can lead to sunburn, ...
Woman Claims Doctor Removed the Wrong Organ During Surgery
A surgery cost a woman a healthy kidney. Wendy Rappaport claimed as much in a new lawsuit, accusing her surgeon and the Allina hospital system of medical malpractice and battery, according ...
Some Africans have long seen a big belly as a sign of wealth. It’s killing them
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In many African cultures, a big belly has long been seen as a sign of wealth. But this perception is proving deadly as deaths due to ...
