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			<title><![CDATA[ There's new guidance on menopause symptoms like hot flashes. What women need to know]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:06:35 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[For the first time in a dozen years, a leading OB-GYN group has updated its guidance on managing hot flashes, night sweats, sleep changes and other disruptive symptoms that often come along with menopause]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congo's Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:25:16 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Deaths in Congo's Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the disease spreads relentlessly]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ As a measles outbreak hits Pennsylvania Amish country, more show openness to vaccines]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:41:51 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Lancaster County in Pennsylvania has been the epicenter of the nation's worst measles outbreak in 35 years]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Judge blocks Trump administration's Medicaid rule forcing sick recipients to prove frailty]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:32:16 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A federal judge has ruled that chronically ill people on Medicaid won&rsquo;t be bound by new work requirement rules that the latest Trump administration guidance requires in order to qualify for &ldquo;medically frail&rdquo; exemptions]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Experts warn of wider spread as Ebola outbreak reaches plateau]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:10:20 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Ebola outbreak in Congo passed a grim milestone this week &mdash; 10,000 confirmed cases &mdash; and spurred questions about whether health authorities are losing their ability to contain it]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A village chief in Congo works to overcome Ebola prejudice even as the disease kills his relatives]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 01:20:49 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A village chief in eastern Congo faces a tough battle against Ebola]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoke from LA fires exposed millions of people to high levels of toxic heavy metals, study says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:49:01 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[During the peak of the 2025 Los Angeles fires, approximately 7 million residents were exposed to airborne lead concentrations over 24 hours that exceeded 80 times the normal background level, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:11:52 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Congo&rsquo;s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has topped 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ With tighter checks for flesh-eating screwworm, a border crossing reopens]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:54:42 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Stockyards in New Mexico that had closed due to the New World screwworm outbreak are bustling again]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Attackers kill nurse, severely injure health worker responding to Ebola case in Congo]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:57:01 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization reports that a nurse has been killed and a health worker severely injured in an attack while responding to an Ebola alert in Congo]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Uganda tightens Ebola border controls and requires returnees from Congo to pay for quarantine]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/uganda-tightens-ebola-border-controls-requires-returnees-congo-137556309]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 14:10:15 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Uganda is reinforcing existing border controls requiring citizens returning from Congo to undergo 21 days of quarantine at their own expense, the Health Ministry said Sunday, as investigators examine how a woman who traveled from Uganda to Nigeria cont...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Climate change blamed for two-thirds of heat deaths in Europe]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/europes-killer-heat-summer-claims-50000-lives-climate-137494487]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:54:04 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, a record high amount, a new study finds]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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			<title><![CDATA[ mRNA cancer vaccine helps reduce chances of melanoma patients' tumors returning]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/mrna-cancer-vaccine-helps-reduce-chances-melanoma-patients-137493012]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:52:45 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is helping significantly reduce the chances that melanoma patients' tumors return]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>14</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ First Ebola patients in Nigeria and Kenya might have crossed paths at Uganda airport]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/ebola-patients-nigeria-kenya-crossed-paths-uganda-airport-137482132]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/ebola-patients-nigeria-kenya-crossed-paths-uganda-airport-137482132]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:08:56 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>15</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Africa CDC calls Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records first case]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/africa-cdc-calls-ebola-crisis-summit-nigeria-records-137440882]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:42:15 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has invited health ministers to an &ldquo;extraordinary virtual meeting&rdquo; as Ebola spreads across the continent]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>16</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Ebola has spread from Congo to 4 other countries. A look at where things stand]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/ebola-spread-congo-4-countries-things-stand-137440178]]></link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:16:18 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it&rsquo;s active]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>17</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Congo’s Ebola outbreak leaves grieving families struggling with fear and stigma]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-ebola-outbreak-leaves-grieving-families-struggling-fear-137437141]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-ebola-outbreak-leaves-grieving-families-struggling-fear-137437141]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:58:28 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is taking a psychological toll on families dealing with loss, fear and stigma]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>18</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ How the US organ transplant system works and what to ask to improve your chances]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/us-organ-transplant-system-works-improve-chances-137420571]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/us-organ-transplant-system-works-improve-chances-137420571]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:54:29 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[There are ways patients can try to improve their chances of getting organ transplants]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>19</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Nigeria confirms Ebola case in Abuja as woman who arrived from Uganda tests positive]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/nigeria-confirms-ebola-case-abuja-woman-arrived-uganda-137431821]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/nigeria-confirms-ebola-case-abuja-woman-arrived-uganda-137431821]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:58:29 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman arriving from Uganda tested positive]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>20</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Kenya’s Ebola cases hit 8, with no community transmission yet]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/kenyas-ebola-cases-hit-8-community-transmission-137369043]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/kenyas-ebola-cases-hit-8-community-transmission-137369043]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:22:20 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>21</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak spreads to eighth province]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-fast-moving-ebola-outbreak-spreads-eighth-province-137363687]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/congos-fast-moving-ebola-outbreak-spreads-eighth-province-137363687]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:48:51 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[The Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread to an eighth province]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>22</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Pope Leo tells faithful in St. Peter's Square he will gradually resume duties after cancer surgery]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/faithful-gather-pope-leo-back-sunday-blessing-after-137358394]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/faithful-gather-pope-leo-back-sunday-blessing-after-137358394]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 03:46:13 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV has thanked the faithful in St. Peter&rsquo;s Square for their prayers after his hospitalization for lung surgery]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>23</media:keywords>
			<title><![CDATA[ Equatorial Guinea is expanding an ambitious malaria elimination plan]]></title>
                <link><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/equatorial-guinea-expanding-ambitious-malaria-elimination-plan-137368776]]></link>
			<guid><![CDATA[https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/equatorial-guinea-expanding-ambitious-malaria-elimination-plan-137368776]]></guid>
            
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:46:15 -0400</pubDate>
                <description><![CDATA[Equatorial Guinea has tackled malaria with a successful strategy on Bioko Island]]></description>
                    <category>Health</category>
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                <media:keywords>24</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>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:05:43 -0500</pubDate>
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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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