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5 countries in East and southern Africa have anthrax …

FILE - Cattle roam in Samburu County, Kenya, on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Five countries in East and southern Africa are in the midst of outbreaks of the anthrax disease, with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year, the World Health Organization said Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Anthrax usually affects livestock like cattle, sheep and goats as well as wild herbivores. Humans can be infected if they are exposed to the animals or contaminated animal products. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

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Asia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security, …

FILE - A farmer fertilizes rice seedlings in fields located along a highway in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 13, 2017. Hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia, with 55 million more people undernourished in 2022 than before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization says in a report issued Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, on food security in the region. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

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A pregnant Texas woman asked a court for permission to …

This image provided by Kate Cox shows Kate Cox. A Texas judge has given the pregnant woman whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the state’s ban that took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. It was unclear Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 how quickly or whether Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, will be able to obtain an abortion. State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble says she will grant a temporary restraining order that will allow Cox to have an abortion. (Kate Cox via AP)

Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court’s order allowing …

This image provided by Kate Cox shows Kate Cox. A Texas judge has given the pregnant woman whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis permission to get an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to the state’s ban that took effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. It was unclear Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023 how quickly or whether Kate Cox, a 31-year-old mother of two from the Dallas area, will be able to obtain an abortion. State District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble says she will grant a temporary restraining order that will allow Cox to have an abortion. (Kate Cox via AP)

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Pregnant woman in Kentucky sues for the right to get an …

FILE - Escort volunteers line up outside the EMW Women's Surgical Center, on Monday, July 17, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, challenging the state's sweeping abortion ban, saying the right to terminate a pregnancy is crucial for people to "control their lives.” The suit, filed in state court in Louisville, says Kentucky's near-total prohibition against abortion violates the plaintiff's rights to privacy and self-determination under the state constitution. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

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Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms …

FILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. Annual mammograms are now recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries including the United States. Now a large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good. The findings were being discussed Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Lawmakers seek action against Elf Bar and other fruity …

FILE - An Elf Bar disposable vaping pod device and a health warning on its packaging is displayed, Monday, June 26, 2023, in Washington. U.S. lawmakers are demanding information on federal efforts to stop the recent influx of kid-appealing electronic cigarettes from China. A letter sent Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, by a congressional committee investigating Chinese policies called attention to “the extreme proliferation of illicit vaping products.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Census Bureau wants to change how it asks about disabilities. …

FILE - Maureen Reid, left, and her guide dog, Gaston, cross the intersection of Wood Street and Roosevelt Avenue with Sandy Murillo, center, and Geovanni Bahena, relying on an audible signal for the blind, on April 26, 2023, in Chicago. The U.S. Census Bureau wants to change how it asks people about disabilities, and some advocates are complaining that they were not consulted enough on what amounts to a major overhaul in how disabilities would be defined by the federal government. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)

Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling …

FILE - Mary Burnham Curtis, a senior forensic scientist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, holds a dried totoaba fish bladder, among more than 500 that authorities have seized at Calexico border crossings since February, at news conference April 24, 2013, in San Diego. A health company called The Blue Formula sells a powder containing collagen taken from the fish online to countries including the U.S. and China, but on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, a coalition of environmental groups said exporting totoaba or its parts violates an international convention on trading endangered species. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)

Maternal mortality rate is much higher for Black …

Ex-UK leader Boris Johnson rejects notion he wanted …

Britain's former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives for the COVID Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Two babies infected with dangerous bacteria sometimes …

Asian Davis, 33, of Sikeston, Mo., cradles her 8-month-old daughter Mira White during an interview on Oct. 3, 2023, in St. Louis. Davis and her lawyers say Mira suffered brain damage in March after developing bacterial meningitis tied to powdered infant formula contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii, a germ known to cause severe disease in young babies. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)