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An NHS trust is reviewing up to 10,000 breast cancer cases after 20 women were found to have had unnecessary mastectomies, with 315 of 514 reviewed cases showing harm. The trust's chief executive apologized and a consultant was suspended while police investigate possible criminal offenses.
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A Berkeley homeless encampment linked to a leptospirosis outbreak is being cleared after officials declared it a fire and health hazard. The article reports that two RV residents were infected, one died, and court orders and lawsuits previously blocked full removal.
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A feature on Blackburn, Lancashire, describes how the town became Europe's vape capital, with more e-cigarette shops per person than anywhere else in Britain and a booming local industry. It highlights concerns over youth vaping, including schoolchildren using drug-infused e-cigarettes and girls vaping instead of eating, against a backdrop of child poverty and post-industrial decline.
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President Trump announced that all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and DC have opted into his 'most favored nations' drug pricing initiative for Medicaid. The article reports administration claims that the program will save states billions and quotes Trump, RFK Jr., and Dr. Mehmet Oz praising it, while dismissing left-wing critics and blue states that resisted.
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A California gym owner argues Gavin Newsom's stated regret over COVID lockdowns is far too late, describing how 58 weeks of closure, capacity limits, and an SBA loan based on pre-pandemic revenue devastated her business. She blames state policy rather than the virus alone and says the repayment terms leave small businesses with bankruptcy or closure as the only exits.
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The opinion piece argues that judges are improperly removing children from parents who refuse to gender-affirm them, blaming pro-transition advocacy groups for judicial training that treats refusal as imminent harm. It calls for federal and court oversight of judicial education on gender identity and compares current practices to eugenics-era sterilization.
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Four Muslim doctors, backed by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, sued Illinois over its assisted suicide law, arguing it forces them to inform patients about a practice their faith forbids. Illinois allows doctors to opt out of performing assisted suicide but requires them to tell terminal patients about the option, and a recent Catholic challenge led to a limited injunction.
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NYPD officers rescued a woman who had climbed onto the Brooklyn Bridge cables and appeared ready to jump. Video showed police tethered to the bridge as helicopters hovered overhead during the rescue. The woman was taken to Bellevue for a psychological evaluation.
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The White House announced that Medicaid programs in all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico will receive lower prescription drug prices negotiated under Trump's most-favored-nation deals with pharmaceutical companies. The administration says the move will save states billions, and several governors are expected to join Trump for the announcement. The article notes healthcare costs are central to the 2026 midterms and mentions that Republicans previously cut federal Medicaid spending by $1 trillion.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers, led by Republican state Rep. Russ Diamond, are opposing a 502-page rewrite of state public health rules, calling it 'COVID 2.0' and warning it could grant officials sweeping police powers, home entry, and surveillance. The article urges public comments before the deadline and centers almost entirely on the critics' claims.
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Four Muslim physicians sued Illinois officials, arguing that the state's new assisted-suicide law violates their religious beliefs by requiring them to provide patients with information about aid in dying and to facilitate access in some cases. The law allows terminally ill adults to obtain life-ending medication but says physicians are not required to participate; the lawsuit seeks to block the challenged provisions or have them declared unconstitutional.
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An op-ed argues that the unapproved weight-loss drug retatrutide is being smuggled from China and sold illicitly to American teenagers through TikTok, spas, and mail, with the FDA responding only with warning letters. It urges federal regulators to use existing import and detention authority to shut down the black market, citing intercepted shipments and warnings from 34 state attorneys general.