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Louisiana’s surgeon general announced late Thursday that the state health department "will no longer promote mass vaccination ...

ROME — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened and was receiving drug therapy for a ...

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The Vatican says Pope Francis is running a mild fever and was in “fair” condition at Rome’s Gemelli hospital where he was ...

After suffering from bronchitis for more than a week and having difficulty breathing, Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's ...

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