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A clinical trial found that after spending time with a dog, young patients reported a larger decrease in their anxiety.

The patients’ parents also perceived significantly reduced anxiety in their kids.

Managing kids’ anxiety and pain while receiving emergency medical care is a key part of the treatment plan.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully took off Friday night from NASA 's Kennedy Space Center .

It is on a mission to deliver four new astronauts to the International Space Station .

The new team is scheduled to arrive at the station on Saturday .

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore will finally be able to return to Earth at some point on or shortly after March 19 .

The pair have been stranded in orbit since June 5 , with many claiming Williams and Wilmore were left on the ISS for political reasons.

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Dr. Rochelle Walensky calls for stronger, nationwide guidance on infant measles vaccine doses for measles prevention.

CDC currently recommends people receive two vaccine doses, the first at ages 12 to 15 months and the second between 4 and 6 years old .

Texas health officials have also recommended early vaccination for infants living in outbreak areas.

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Barbershops and salons are regarded in the Black community as safe, sacred spaces.

When those refuges are violated by gun violence, an unspoken bond is broken.

A 2020 study found that exposure to gun killings was linked to higher levels of depression, suicidal ideation.

In 2024 , there were about 20 shootings in the police district that includes Four Corners , five of them fatal.

Most of the victims were Black men, according to a KFF Health News analysis of Boston Police Department data.

Recovering from the trauma of witnessing gun violence is often more difficult for onlookers when they still live and work where the shootings happened.

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Guest column: Wetlands are our community's unsung heroes

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Canada has lost 70 per cent of its ponds, bogs, swamps, salt marshes, estuaries and other wetlands in southern areas where most people live.

Eric Cleland : Wetlands clean water by filtering out sediments, excess nutrients, pesticides, fertilizers and heavy metals.

They also help regulate water runoff throughout the year , storing water during high precipitation periods and releasing it during drought and dry periods.

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Addenbrooke's hospital has extended a temporary helpline for families concerned about their care.

The hospital suspended an orthopaedic surgeon after an external review into the surgeon.

Nine operations performed on children had fallen below the expected standard.

The children's outcomes were not life-threatening but their mobility had been affected.

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The raucous spring festival sees Hindus take part in a kaleidoscopic celebration of the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil.

Holi has its origins in Hindu mythology and lore and celebrates the divine love between the Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha .

The festival is a national holiday in India , while in Nepal it's a two-day event that began Thursday .

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A woman gave birth in a Lubbock , Texas , hospital in the middle of a measles outbreak.

Doctors didn’t realize until the woman had been admitted and in labor that she was infected.

By that time, other new moms, newborn babies and their families had unknowingly been exposed to the virus.

West Texas remains the epicenter of the outbreak that began last month .

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Mixue Bingcheng is capitalizing on region-wide sweet tooth with affordable offerings of ice cream, coffee and bubble tea drinks.

Mixue Group had over 45,000 stores carrying its Mixue tea drinks, ice creams and Lucky Cup coffee products.

Other market stars include hotpot giant Haidilao , Fish With You sauerkraut fish restaurants, well-known beverage brands such as Luckin Coffee , Heytea and Chagee .

If Chinese food brands exploded worldwide, they might have that influence, he says.

China does have an uphill struggle to obtain soft power, but it’s doing an excellent job with its products,” he says. “It does have to be very careful to keep soft power in China ,’ he adds.

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A research team from Duke University and the University of California, San Francisco , recently studied the effects of hibernation and food deprivation in dwarf lemurs.

Researchers have long known that telomeres - the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes - play a key role in cellular aging.

During hibernation, mammals undergo phases of metabolic depression, known as torpor, which are interrupted by brief periods of increased body temperature (euthermia) to maintain survival.