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Loretta Ford, ‘Mother’ of the Nurse Practitioner Field, Dies at 104
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Nurse in Uganda dies from Ebola virus in first outbreak since 2022
After the first Ebola death in Uganda in years, a senior health official says authorities in the African nation are "in full control of the situation."CBS News - 7h -
Trump’s Federal Buyout Memo Has Echoes of Musk’s 2022 Twitter Purge
A new memo offering “deferred resignation” to all federal employees seems to be taking its strategy from Musk’s chaotic Twitter takeover.Inc. - 1d -
Tuberculosis outbreak that has killed 2 in Kansas grows
Tuberculosis cases linked to an ongoing outbreak in the Kansas City area continue to climb. The outbreak, which began a year ago, killed two people in 2024.NBC News - 1d -
9 highlights from JD Vance's first interview since taking office
Vice President JD Vance spoke to "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" in his first interview since taking office.CBS News - 4d -
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier
After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer.The New York Times - 5d -
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, dies at 104
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.NBC News - Jan. 23 -
Leeds nurse has head tumour removed by keyhole surgery in UK first
Experts in Leeds say new technology now allows them to reach previously "inoperable" tumours.BBC News - Jan. 20
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