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			<title><![CDATA[ How international supermarkets can break up a dinner rut without costing a fortune]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:06:18 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[When kitchen burnout hits, figuring out what to make for dinner every day can feel like an impossible task]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health zones]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:46:40 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ She was a pain specialist to top athletes. Her opioid prescribing alarmed the DEA]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:44:29 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Joan Rubinger overcame a catastrophic biking accident that left her paralyzed to become an influential pain-relief specialist helping top-tier athletes get back on the field after acute and chronic injuries]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Beloved New Orleans hospital, wracked by floods and grief in Hurricane Katrina, to get a makeover]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 06:50:18 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A beloved New Orleans hospital building where doctors and nurses heroically treated patients without electricity after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is poised for redevelopment]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congo begins vaccinations to fight the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:47:45 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Congo has started vaccinating people against Ebola to combat the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ US officials tie cyclospora outbreak involving iceberg lettuce to 3 more states]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:52:18 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[U.S. officials have confirmed cases of a parasitic illness tied to lettuce in three more states]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Closing arguments are set to begin in Lindsay Clancy's trial in the killings of her 3 children]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:46:24 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Closing arguments are set to begin in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children in 2023]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ FDA approves landmark pancreatic cancer drug that's shown to improve survival]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:18:45 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[U.S. health officials have approved a groundbreaking pancreatic cancer drug that offers a new approach to treating the deadly form of cancer]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Kenyan mother dies after bleeding for hours after childbirth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:37:43 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The white sand beaches of one of Kenya's most popular tourist areas line a region with one of the country's highest rates of deaths around childbirth]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 8-year-old Louisiana girl dies from rare brain-eating amoeba found in warm freshwater]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:38:24 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[An 8-year-old girl in Louisiana has died after being infected by an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba that is found in warm freshwater]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Economists don't expect reopening the US to Mexican cattle imports to reduce high beef prices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:54:19 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The U.S. is reopening a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce near-record-high beef prices]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ As the Clancy case highlights postpartum psychosis, a mom stricken by it shares her story of hope]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:26:23 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[About two weeks after giving birth, Bridget Mar&iacute;a Chesterton was curled up on the bathroom floor, saying things that made little sense]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>13</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Mobility tests can offer insights, but they aren't a crystal ball]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/mobility-tests-offer-insights-crystal-ball-135862301]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/mobility-tests-offer-insights-crystal-ball-135862301]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:33:04 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Strength and mobility tests are often touted as measurements of healthy aging and even predictors of longevity, but they&rsquo;re no crystal ball]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>14</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ In Benin, malnutrition and misinformed views contribute to widespread stunting in children]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/benin-malnutrition-misinformed-views-contribute-widespread-stunting-children-135829009]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/benin-malnutrition-misinformed-views-contribute-widespread-stunting-children-135829009]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:14:12 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[In Benin, stunting affects a third of children under 5 due to malnutrition, despite abundant resources]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>15</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Moderna shares surge after it says its experimental mRNA cancer treatment passed a key test]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/moderna-shares-surge-after-experimental-mrna-cancer-treatment-135776280]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/moderna-shares-surge-after-experimental-mrna-cancer-treatment-135776280]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:40:07 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Moderna shares more than doubled after announcing initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>16</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-ebola-outbreak-reaches-5000-cases-outpaces-response-135763513]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-ebola-outbreak-reaches-5000-cases-outpaces-response-135763513]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:30:58 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases as responders warn it is spreading at an unprecedented speed outpacing efforts to slow it in one of the country&rsquo;s remotest regions]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>17</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers' efforts to contain Ebola]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/mobile-gold-miners-eastern-congo-complicate-health-workers-135762599]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/mobile-gold-miners-eastern-congo-complicate-health-workers-135762599]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:49:31 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Eleven-year-old Isaac Batisa searches for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo to help feed his family]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>18</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records ]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/fauci-adviser-pleads-guilty-plotting-conceal-covid-19-135756114]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/fauci-adviser-pleads-guilty-plotting-conceal-covid-19-135756114]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:21:16 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A former senior adviser to infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to plotting to conceal federal records related to research on the origins of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>19</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/donor-fatigue-guts-demining-asia-active-conflicts-draw-135728806]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/donor-fatigue-guts-demining-asia-active-conflicts-draw-135728806]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:44:57 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>20</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/vitamin-helpful-measles-replacement-vaccination-119568173]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/vitamin-helpful-measles-replacement-vaccination-119568173]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:05:43 -0500</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[
This is a MedPage Today story.

Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients with measles  --  not just severe cases  --  but experts warn that this shouldn't be seen as a replacement for vaccination.

In a recent opinion piece for Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote that studies support the administration of vitamin A &quot;under the supervision of a physician for those with mild, moderate, and severe infection&quot; and that it can reduce mortality from the disease.

He also indicated that the CDC had recently broadened its recommendation to use vitamin A in all measles cases, not just severe disease.

While Kennedy appeared to support measles vaccination in that opinion piece  --  he wrote that vaccines &quot;contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons&quot;  --  he also noted that the choice to vaccinate is a personal one.

Taken together, experts...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Historic Strike Involving Thousands of Oregon Healthcare Workers Comes to an End]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/historic-strike-involving-thousands-oregon-healthcare-workers-end-119223915]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/historic-strike-involving-thousands-oregon-healthcare-workers-end-119223915]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:05:43 -0500</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[
This is a MedPage Today story.

A strike involving nearly 5,000 healthcare workers at Providence Health in Oregon, which began Jan. 10, has come to an end.

Late Monday, eight RN bargaining units voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts and end the strike, which was believed to be the largest involving healthcare workers, and the first involving physicians, in the state's history, according to the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), which represented the workers.

Among the key provisions in the contracts were that nurses will receive wage increases ranging from 20% to 42% over the life of the contract, with an immediate 16% to 22% raise upon ratification, and that patient acuity will be factored into staffing plans.

&quot;As RNs, we believe that these contracts will lead to greater recruitment and retention of frontline nurses as wages become more aligned with other health systems, and we have staffing language that will allow us to spend more time with the patients that need the most...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Doctor Stabbed in Chest; 'Hypnotic' Doc Faces Second Hearing; Nurse Assaulted]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/doctor-stabbed-chest-hypnotic-doc-faces-hearing-nurse-119057323]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/doctor-stabbed-chest-hypnotic-doc-faces-hearing-nurse-119057323]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:05:45 -0500</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[
This is a MedPage Today story.

A patient at Provident Hospital in Chicago allegedly stabbed an emergency physician in the chest. (FOX 32)

A physician in the U.K. is facing a second hearing over sexual misconduct allegations that he talked to female patients in a &quot;hypnotic way.&quot; (BBC News)

A Florida nurse may lose her eyesight after a patient allegedly attacked her and broke nearly every bone in her face. A 33-year-old man has been arrested in the attack. (WFLA, NBC Miami)

Nebraska family physician Jacob Smith, MD, has been accused of distributing child pornography. (KOLN)

Missouri physician Sonny Saggar, MD, was sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for healthcare fraud, after billing federal payers for doctor visits that were actually performed by assistant physicians. (KSDK)

Five-year-old Thomas Cooper's mother watched in horror as he burned to death in a hyperbaric chamber that went up in flames. The family plans to take legal action in the coming weeks. (Detroit Free...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Here's the Extent of the Fallout From Trump's HHS Purge]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/extent-fallout-trumps-hhs-purge-118980280]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/extent-fallout-trumps-hhs-purge-118980280]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:05:44 -0500</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[
This is a MedPage Today story.

Thousands of employees of federal health agencies have been let go in a chaotic and slow-rolling Trump administration purge over the holiday weekend.

While the total number of dismissed employees appears to be smaller than originally expected, the changes sowed confusion as some staffers received termination notices over the weekend, while others waited for expected firings that never came. This includes members of CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service, a 2-year fellowship program that trains the next generation of &quot;disease detectives.&quot;

One employee from an agency within HHS who asked to remain anonymous described &quot;chaos and confusion&quot; as leadership &quot;tries to sort this all out.&quot;

Initial reports suggested about 5,200 employees across HHS agencies  --  among about 80,000 total employees  --  would be let go, but on Tuesday the totals were unclear. The focus was on &quot;probationary&quot; employees, or those generally within the first year of their...]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Doctor wanted: Small town offers big perks to attract a physician]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/doctor-wanted-small-town-offers-big-perks-attract-118880326]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/doctor-wanted-small-town-offers-big-perks-attract-118880326]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 03:29:58 -0500</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[
This is a MedPage Today story.

HAVANA, Fla.  --  For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years.

But that ended in December when Mark Newberry, MD, retired. To attract a new doctor, Havana leaders took out want ads in local newspapers, posted notices on social media, and sweetened the pot with a rent-free medical office equipped with an x-ray, an ultrasound machine, and a bone density scanner  --  all owned by the town.

Local leaders hope the recruitment campaign will help attract candidates amid a nationwide shortage of doctors.

&quot;This is important for our community,&quot; said Kendrah Wilkerson, Havana's town manager, &quot;in the same way that parks are important and good future planning is important.&quot;

According to a Florida Department of Health report, doctor shortages affect all or part of nearly every county, but less populous counties, such as Gadsden, where Havana is located, have the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Ad Attacks Cleveland Clinic for Being Too 'Woke']]></title>
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Cleveland Clinic officials fired back at a conservative organization's &quot;Woke Alert&quot; attack ad that asked if the large health system was &quot;the wokest hospital in America,&quot; saying the ad's claims are &quot;riddled with inaccuracies and lies.&quot;

The ad, by Consumers' Research, says clinic officials &quot;prioritize care based on skin color, perform child sex changes, push transgender propaganda on vulnerable kids, insert DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] into everything they do, and spend millions on climate activism.&quot;

The organization also seized on a sentence in a 2023 statement from clinic CEO Tom Mihaljevic, MD, in which he said &quot;providing high-quality healthcare is only part of our mission.&quot; Consumers' Research said Mihaljevic's statement is evidence &quot;the Cleveland Clinic is prioritizing woke policies over patients.&quot;

The 30-second ad, titled &quot;Exposed,&quot; is reportedly running on mobile billboards at the Ohio state capitol building, the Cleveland Clinic's...]]></description>
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