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Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift

MARIETTA, Ga.
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Quality ratings hit to key Medicare plan shakes Humana stock

Shares of Humana tumbled Wednesday after the health insurer said a Medicare Advantage quality rating drop will hurt future bonus payments the company receives.
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Hospitals mostly rebound after Helene knocked out power and flooded areas

Hospitals mostly rebound after Helene knocked out power and flooded areas

While hospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities, they were not unscathed.
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Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and keep killing for years to come

Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and keep killing for years to come

Hurricanes in the United States end up hundreds of times deadlier than the government calculates, contributing to more American deaths than car accidents or all the nation's wars, a new study said. The average storm hitting the U.S.
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Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment

Lebanon’s rescuers struggle to respond to Israeli offensive while under fire and using old equipment

BEIRUT (AP) — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen.
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Georgia attorney general appeals a judge's rollback of abortion ban

Georgia attorney general appeals a judge's rollback of abortion ban

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican attorney general has appealed a judge’s ruling that struck down the state’s abortion ban.
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Walmart employees to get expanded cancer treatment options with the Mayo Clinic

Walmart employees to get expanded cancer treatment options with the Mayo Clinic

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart's employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo Clinic through the retailer's insurance coverage.
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Walmart employees to get expanded cancer treatment options with the Mayo Clinic

Walmart employees to get expanded cancer treatment options with the Mayo Clinic

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart's employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo Clinic through the retailer's insurance coverage.
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Swine fever sweeps Italy's north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods

Swine fever sweeps Italy's north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods

CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli’s sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August.
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Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo's mpox outbreak

Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo's mpox outbreak

KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It's been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox , but as a sex worker, she said, she's still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma driving away people who've heard she had the virus.
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