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Editorial Roundup: Florida
Tampa Bay Times. March 24, 2024. Editorial: Florida school principals whipsawed on book bans Florida, which leads the nation in school book bans, is sending mixed messages to school principals. Pity the thousands of public school principals who labor in...
Republican lawmaker says Kentucky's newly passed shield bill protects IVF services
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky legislation shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability was written broadly enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services, a Republican lawmaker said Friday as the bill won final passage. The measure, which now goes to...
Editorial Roundup: New England
Boston Globe. March 20, 2024. Editorial: Massachusetts needs more nurses and should ease path for out-of-state workers Most neighboring states, and 41 US jurisdictions in total, let nurses licensed in one state practice in the others. Joining that compact would give...
Tennessee nurse practitioner known as 'Rock Doc' gets 20 years for illegally prescribing opioids
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself the “Rock Doc” has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing thousands of doses of opioids including oxycodone and fentanyl in return for money and sex, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. ...
Today in History: March 11, massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan kill nearly 20,000
Today in History Today is Monday, March 11, the 71st day of 2024. There are 295 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing...
West Virginia medical professionals condemn bill that prohibits care to at-risk transgender youth
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hundreds of medical professionals in West Virginia have signed a letter condemning a bill advancing in the House of Delegates that would bar transgender youth at risk for suicide from accessing medical interventions such as hormone therapy. The bill before...
Georgia university town is shaken by the killing of a nursing student who was out on a run
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The killing of a nursing student in Georgia who was out running has shaken the university town of Athens. Laken Hope Riley, 22, who was studying nursing at Augusta University, went out for a run Thursday morning. After a friend told police she had not returned,...
Editorial Roundup: Mississippi
Greenwood Commonwealth. February 20, 2024. Editorial: Keep An Eye On These Three Bills We’ll know in a couple of weeks, specifically by a March 5 deadline, how serious Mississippi lawmakers are about addressing the problems of unwanted pregnancies and holding...
Morocco arrests 30 people suspected of trafficking newborns, report says
FES, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan authorities arrested 30 people this week in the city of Fes on multiple charges as part of a wide-ranging case involving blackmail, threats and trafficking of newborn babies. The North African country's state-run news agency, MAP, reported on Wednesday...
Community health centers serve 1 in 11 Americans. They're a safety net under stress
NEW YORK (AP) — Elisa Reyes has come to Plaza del Sol Family Health Center for doctor’s appointments for more than a decade. Though she moved away a while ago, the 33-year-old keeps returning, even if it means a two-hour roundtrip bus ride. That’s because her two children see...
