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Why is it so smoky outside? Canada wildfires lead to air-quality alerts in northeastern US
Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings...
Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills
WASHINGTON ((DailyNews)) — Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research suggests patches or...
Texas bans gender-affirming care for minors after governor signs bill
AUSTIN, Texas ((DailyNews)) — Texas has become the most populous state to ban gender-affirming care for minors after Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation...
Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws
ORLANDO, Fla. ((DailyNews)) — Dozens of transgender people in Florida have turned to crowdfunding appeals to help them leave the state after the...
Despite flags, Border Patrol staff didn’t review fragile 8-year-old girl’s file before she died
HARLINGEN, Texas ((DailyNews)) — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and...
US births in 2022 didn’t return to pre-pandemic levels
NEW YORK ((DailyNews)) — U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic,...
In Canada, each cigarette will get a warning label: ‘poison in every puff’
TORONTO ((DailyNews)) — Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes. The move...
Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says
Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause...
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says
ATLANTA ((DailyNews)) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday.Carter, now 95, remains at home with former President Jimmy...
Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections in rare cross-party move
CARSON CITY, Nev. ((DailyNews)) — Nevada’s Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion...