Tag: medical
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Kamala Harris questions Trump’s transparency after she releases medical report
GREENVILLE, N.C. — Vice President Kamala Harris suggested Sunday that former President Donald Trump is trying to return to the White House without revealing vital details about his health and policy plans that voters need to make an informed choice in the election. At a raucous rally in the battleground state of North Carolina, Harris…
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Harris releases medical report saying she’s fit for office; Trump has yet to provide specifics
Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday released a summary of her medical records from her White House physician, who deemed her to be “a healthy 59-year-old female who has a medical history notable for seasonal allergies and urticaria.” The physician, Joshua Simmons, added that she’s been treating her seasonal allergies with over-the-counter allergy medicines and…
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Opera featuring nuns, sex and a lot of blood leaves 18 needing medical treatment
Opera featuring nuns, sex and a lot of blood leaves 18 needing medical treatment
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Thousands of unclaimed bodies sent to Texas medical school — 1,800 names released
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. For five years, the unclaimed dead of Dallas and Tarrant counties were delivered to the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. There, the bodies were assessed based on their usefulness to medical…
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Stranded cancer survivor desperately searches for medical supplies in wake of Helene
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Stephen Bracciale left his home Friday morning and walked the streets of his hurricane-ravaged Pass-a-Grille neighborhood in St. Pete Beach, Florida, in search of a place to charge his phone and iPad. Bracciale, a 71-year-old diabetic who has survived bladder cancer, left his wife of nearly 50 years, their cats and dogs,…
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Texas lawmaker vows to ban medical research on unclaimed bodies after NBC News investigation
This article is part of “Dealing the Dead,” a series investigating the use of unclaimed bodies for medical research. A Texas state legislator is vowing to ban the use of unclaimed bodies for research in response to an NBC News investigation that found a local medical program obtained and studied hundreds of human specimens without…
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Texas medical program stops using unclaimed bodies following NBC News investigation
The Health Science Center also terminated its agreement with Dallas County, according to county Administrator Darryl Martin. He said the county had been planning to let the contract expire on Sept. 30 in light of NBC News’ findings. County officials had justified providing these bodies to the center because they had been marked as unclaimed…