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Wildfires across the United States and Canada -- fueled by record heat and dry conditions -- could severely impact the health of millions of people. Smoke from wildfires in several Canadian provinces,

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Trapped at work: Immigrant health care workers can face harsh working conditions and ...

Nurses and other health care workers who have been brought to the U.S. from overseas to fill thousands of vacant jobs say in some instances they’ve been subjected to unsafe working conditions, wage theft and threats of tens of thousands of dollars in debt if they quit or are fired.

AstraZeneca's Tagrisso slashes death risk in certain post-surgery lung cancer patients

AstraZeneca's lung cancer therapy, Tagrisso, cut the risk of death by more than half in patients with a certain form of lung cancer who were diagnosed early enough to have their tumour surgically removed,

FDA to allow imports of cancer drug from China amid ongoing shortage

The US Food and Drug Administration is working with Chinese drugmaker Qilu Pharmaceutical to import the cancer medication cisplatin to boost supply amid an ongoing shortage.

Weight loss surgeries on the rise among kids and teens, study finds: ‘Altering the anatomy’

A growing number of kids and teens are turning to weight loss surgery amid rising rates of pediatric obesity, according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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