Sweden and Finland have moved to relax strict laws that govern the sale of alcohol, while preserving wider state monopolies
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HHS strengthens privacy of US reproductive health care data
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California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water
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US President Joe Biden just signed the largest executive order focused on women’s health
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The problem with California Prop 1
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Compensating compassion | Too few people donate their organs, dead or alive. How can we make it easier to donate, but avoid the abuses that some fear from cash payments?
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Aripiprazole (Abilify and generic brands): risk of pathological gambling
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It's one of the world's toughest anti-smoking laws. The Māori see a major flaw.
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Denmark is to restrict the sale of alcohol to under-eighteens and increase the price of suckable nicotine sachets, as their growing popularity is worrying health authorities
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Why the US never saves money on health care
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Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation
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There's hope for the US opioid crisis — but politics stands in the way
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Ministers set to ban single-use vapes in UK over child addiction fears
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This Obamacare disaster had a surprising turnaround
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Women who were denied emergency abortions file lawsuits in three states: Lawsuits want to clarify abortion ban exceptions for ‘medical emergencies’ in Idaho, Oklahoma and Tennessee
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Thousands donate to save Florida abortion clinic amid crippling state fines
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A single reform that could save 100,000 lives across the USA immediately
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Midwestern US cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats
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Private equity firms in US health insurance - the private-equity backed health insurer Friday Health Plans shut down under order by Colorado state regulators in July
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The UK NHS in crisis - evaluating radical alternatives
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2022 guidance from President Joe Biden's administration assures doctors they’ll be protected by US federal law for providing emergency abortion care even if their state bans the procedure
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Barriers to US transgender health care lead some to embrace a do-it-yourself approach
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White House launching $5 billion program to speed US coronavirus vaccines
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Covid backlash hobbles US public health and future pandemic response
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Critical incidents being declared across English hospitals
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Protesters openly urge Xi Jinping to resign over China Covid curbs
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Lawmakers in Finland have approved a legislative reform that will ease the process of getting an abortion in the country
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Food and Drug Administration clears path for hearing aids to be sold over the counter in the USA
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Did Sweden's controversial COVID strategy pay off? In many ways it did – but it let the elderly down
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White House declares mpox a public health emergency
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Adolescents in the US are chronically sleep-deprived, in part because most schools start too early. This summer, California will become the first state in the nation to require later start times.
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Shanghai, the next Xinjiang?
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Denmark has unveiled plans to ban the sale of cigarettes and nicotine products to any citizens born after 2010
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Daily glass of wine is bad for you, World Heart Federation says in new policy
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New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations
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George Washington and the first mass US military inoculation
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Tobacco firm Philip Morris calls for ban on cigarettes within decade
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PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all US insurance plans
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Mental health response teams yield better outcomes than police in NYC, data shows
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Joe Biden: “Great day for America;” Vaccinated can largely ditch masks
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US Food and Drug Administration to propose ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes, with industry likely to challenge
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Miscarriage bereavement leave bill passes unanimously in New Zealand Parliament
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Hiding COVID-19: How Donald Trump Administration guidance suppresses photography of the US pandemic
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Denmark's Minister of Agriculture has resigned over an illegal government order to cull the country's farmed mink – Mette Frederiksen also faced opposition calls to resign
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The German government's new coronavirus ad, subtitled in English
@Axel Antoni: The German Govt's latest Corona advert - now subtitled in English. Quite good. pic.twitter.com/nbRZIm9RcN
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Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country
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Japanese sex business operator sues state over virus cash handout snub
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United States House subcommittee releases coronavirus task force reports kept secret by the White House
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Why has the Republican response to the pandemic in the USA been so mind-bogglingly disastrous?
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