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Montana court says bison transfer legal
The relocation of Yellowstone National Park bison to tribal lands in Montana can resume, under a Wednesday ruling from the state's Supreme Court that revives a stalled conservation initiative for the animals. Bison, also known as buffalo, once numbered in the tens of millions across North America, before overhunting drove ...
Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in US
A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family." The puppy was dropped off at the animal shelter last ...
Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in Ohio
A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family." The puppy was dropped off at the animal shelter last ...
Brewer signs health cost transparency bill
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill requiring hospitals and doctors to post the prices of their most common procedures and changing the way the state's Medicaid program determines what to pay hospitals. The bill Brewer signed Wednesday will allow the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System to pay hospitals ...
E. Ore. heart patient gets help, needs transplant
Just four months after she was rushed to Ohio for emergency heart surgery, Susie Arroyo feels better than she has in years. In March, Cincinnati Children's Hospital placed a device in Arroyo's left ventricle that helps it pump blood to the rest of her body. She was the first woman ...
2nd rabid skunk found in St. Cloud
St. Cloud health officials confirm a second skunk with rabies has been found in the city. St. Cloud Health Director Lisa Schreifels says the skunk had not had any human or animal contact. Schreifels says the skunk found this week was acting lethargic. Animal control officials were able to capture ...
Officials: Urban Outfitters pulls pill glasses
Retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. has responded to a multi-state campaign and stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles, political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky said Wednesday. The state's top leaders, including Gov. Steve Beshear and Republican U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, chairman of the powerful ...
HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls
A vaccine against a cervical cancer virus cut infections in teen girls by half in the first study to measure the shot's impact since it came on the market. The results impressed health experts and a top government top health official called them striking. The research released Wednesday echoes studies ...
Pa. girl who fought for lung transplant improving
The mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation led to debate over how organs are allocated says she's improving after her double-lung transplant. Janet Murnaghan (MUR'-nuh-han) says on her Facebook page her daughter Sarah was moved on Wednesday from a heavy-duty breathing machine ...
Privatization backed for LSU's Bogalusa hospital
Another LSU hospital privatization contract with missing financial details received approval Wednesday from the university system's Board of Supervisors, this one to turn over management of the rural Bogalusa hospital next year. The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, which operates four private hospitals in Louisiana, will take control ...
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