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Uganda confirms 7 Ebola cases, races to halt outbreak

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda confirmed seven Ebola infections Thursday as authorities try to track down 43 contacts of known Ebola patients two days after authorities in the East African country announced an outbreak of the contagious disease.
Your Good Health: How to combat heart risks of atrial fibrillation

Your Good Health: How to combat heart risks of atrial fibrillation

Stroke and heart failure are two concerns with AFib
Taiwan plans to end quarantine requirement for arrivals

Taiwan plans to end quarantine requirement for arrivals

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is considering an end to its quarantine requirement for all arrivals in mid-October, the Central Epidemic Command Center said Thursday.
COVID-19 vaccine uptake for young Ontario children lower than experts had expected

COVID-19 vaccine uptake for young Ontario children lower than experts had expected

TORONTO — The number of children under the age of five getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in Ontario is even lower than the relatively small numbers many experts had expected.
Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children

Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Dozens of women holding babies rushed to take their places on wooden benches at a clinic in Zimbabwe while a nurse took a separate group of anxious mothers and their children through a back door and into another room.
Escalation of war, nuclear threats show Putin 'failing and flailing,' says Trudeau

Escalation of war, nuclear threats show Putin 'failing and flailing,' says Trudeau

UNITED NATIONS — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Russia's "flailing and failing" president Wednesday, joining a chorus of global outrage aimed at what he described as Vladimir Putin's panic-stricken escalation of a collapsing war in Ukraine.
Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories

Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories

OTTAWA — The government was motivated to reconsider COVID-19 restrictions at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s border because of the growing popularity of new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, MPs from his caucus said Wednesday.
Gates Foundation prods UN, honors inspiration as Goalkeepers

Gates Foundation prods UN, honors inspiration as Goalkeepers

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates combined characteristic optimism with sobering questions about persistent gender inequality and hunger at an event focused on reaching global development goals that the Gateses' foundation convened

Nevada wants feds to declare mothballed nuke dump plan dead

LAS VEGAS (AP) — After a decade in limbo, Nevada is pressing U.S. nuclear regulators to finally kill a mothballed proposal to entomb the nation’s most radioactive waste beneath a windswept volcanic ridge north of Las Vegas.

Florida man pleads guilty to $7.2M COVID-19 relief fraud

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man who fled the U.S. and was eventually arrested in Croatia has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $7.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. Don V.