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What kind of surgery is Pope Francis having, and …

FILE-- Pope Francis appears on a balcony of the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, July 11, 2021, where he was recovering from intestinal surgery, for the traditional Sunday blessing and Angelus prayer. The Vatican said Francis, 86, would be put under general anesthesia for the procedure Wednesday afternoon, June 07, 2023, and would be hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli hospital for several days. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)

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Court seeks compromise that might preserve preventive …

FILE - The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. A federal appeals court in New Orleans prepared to hear arguments Tuesday, June 6, 2023, on whether insurers can be required to provide coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prevention and certain types of cancer screening, under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in …

The city of Pottsville, Pa., is surrounded by smoke and haze from Canadian wildfires on Tuesday evening, June 6, 2023. (Jacqueline Dormer/ Republican-Herald via AP)

Abortion providers sue Kansas over longstanding waiting …

FILE - Zoe Schell, from Topeka, Kan., stands on the steps of the Kansas Statehouse during a rally to protest the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion, June 24, 2022, in Topeka. Abortion providers sued Kansas on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, challenging a new law requiring them to tell patients that an abortion medication can be stopped but also existing restrictions that include a decades-old requirement that patients wait 24 hours to terminate their pregnancies. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

HIV protection, cancer screenings could cost more if ‘Obamacare’ …

FILE - The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. A federal appeals court in New Orleans prepared to hear arguments Tuesday, June 6, 2023, on whether insurers can be required to provide coverage for certain types of preventive care, including HIV prevention and certain types of cancer screening, under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have …

FILE - This Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 photo shows a low-dose estrogen skin patch. Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms — and new research suggests whether they choose pills, patches or creams might matter for their blood pressure. The findings were published in the journal Hypertension on Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/File)

As legal gambling surges, some states want to teach teens …

Chips sit on a roulette table at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City N.J., on Feb. 22, 2019. With large numbers of high school students saying they are already gambling with friends or online before they are old enough to do so legally, several states are moving to require classes on the risks of gambling as part of high school curriculum. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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College student accused of setting fire to Wyoming’s …

FILE - This booking photo provided by the Platte County Sheriff's Office shows Lorna Roxanne Green on March 23, 2023 in Wheatland, Wyo. The college student who authorities say admitted setting fire to a building being turned into Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic is set to appear in federal court Friday, June 2, to enter a plea to an arson charge. (Platte County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will …

FILE - Supporters and opponents of a GOP-backed measure that would make it harder to amend the Ohio constitution packed the statehouse rotunda Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state's constitution will not be split into two separate issues — one about abortion, and one about all other reproductive care.(AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson, File)

Black men were likely underdiagnosed with lung problems …

FILE - An 8-year-old student blows into a spirometer held by a nurse outside an elementary school in Bel Nor, Mo., in May 2009. Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, researchers said in a study published in JAMA Network Open on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)

Supreme Court revives claims that SuperValu, Safeway …

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, on Nov. 5, 2020. The Supreme Court has unanimously revived whistleblower lawsuits claiming that supermarket and pharmacy chains SuperValu and Safeway overcharged government health-care programs for prescription drugs by hundreds of millions of dollars. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Government body warns of increased health threats …

FILE - This undated photo released Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, by National Institute of Infectious Diseases via Kyodo News, shows a tiger mosquito. Germany's disease control agency warned Thursday, June 1, 2023 that rising temperatures due to global warming will increase the likelihood of heat stroke, vector-borne illnesses and other health risks in the country. (AP Photo/National Institute of Infectious Diseases via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT

Court rules Austria can’t be held liable for early …

FILE - A giant advertising goggle reading the slogan 'relax, if you can' stands in Ischgl, Austria, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. An Austrian federal court says the state can’t be held liable for a COVID-19 infection in an outbreak at an Alpine ski resort as the pandemic hit Europe in early 2020. The Supreme Court of Justice on Thursday announced its verdict in a long-running legal battle involving a German resident who traveled to Ischgl on March 7, 2020 and visited several apres-ski venues before returning home six days later. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)