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New mental health program offers an alternative to jail in Walla Walla County – Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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Opinion | Seeking Cures for Chronic Illness – The New York Times
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Prenatal nutrition program gains additional funding – Whitehorse Star
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Texas Abortion Law Complicates Care for Risky Pregnancies – The New York Times
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Brazilian woman kills pregnant friend and steals baby from womb – New York Post
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US officials say Merck Covid pill effective but questions remain over pregnancy – The Guardian
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News in Brief 26 November 2021
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193 countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
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Separation anxiety: how to manage your pet’s mental health as post-lockdown routines resume – The Guardian
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‘Wellness warriors’: how Victoria’s vaccine mandate sparked divisions in progressive Brunswick – The Guardian
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UN expert welcomes India plan to repeal farm laws that sparked deadly protests
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New research casts fresh doubt on a common procedure that promises to increase the odds of IVF
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Paraplegic man is first person to be allowed to die by assisted suicide in Italy
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Over half of general practices in England would quit primary care networks, indicative ballot shows
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Driving down embedded emissions from medical nitrous oxide
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Triggers for treaty negotiations: could lessons from environmental protection inform a prospective pandemic treaty?
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Opinion: The pandemic has deeply affected many people with eating disorders
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STAT+: ‘Start at the top’: Women in biotech on how to break down barriers in the industry
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Violence against refugee women surged in 2020, but grassroots solutions can help tackle scourge
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Jessie J shares news of pregnancy loss – CNN
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News in Brief 25 November 2021
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193 countries adopt the first global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
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Adverts for cosmetic surgery targeting teenagers to be banned from next year
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