Below is a collection of links to news stories, provided by Global Nurses United, about nurses in other nations and how they are advocating for their patients.
Angola
Headline: Luanda nurses go on strike
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Angola
Headline: Nurses in Luanda threaten strike over unresolved grievances
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Australia
https://au.news.yahoo.com/health-groups-not-sold-tasmania-budget-173339158–spt.html
Headline: Health groups not sold on Tasmania budget
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Australia
https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5470166/budget-backlash-on-health/
Headline: 2018 Tasmanian budget: health groups react
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Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/content/s4852122.htm
Headline: Claims mothers’ hospital stays cut short due to severe shortage of NSW midwives
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Australia
Headline: Enough is Enough rally draws almost 300 protesters | Photos
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Australia
Headline: New mums under pressure with significant midwife shortage in hospitals
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Australia
Headline: Queensland hospital workers are being attacked on the job
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Australia
Headline: Spat on, choked and threatened with razor blades: Shocking footage shows how Australia’s nurses are being treated ‘like punching bags’ by violent patients
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Brazil
Manchete: Funcionários da Ebserh que atuam no HC-UFTM paralisam atividades por tempo indeterminado em Uberaba
Headline: Ebserh employees working at HC-UFTM indefinitely halt activities in Uberaba
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Brazil
Manchete: Sindicalista denuncia déficit de 60 enfermeiros no Pronto Socorro e não descarta greve
Headline: Trade unionist denounces deficit of 60 ER nurses and does not rule out a strike
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Canada
Headline: Nurses run this clinic. It’s popular with patients — but can it survive?
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Canada
Titre: Entente de principe pour les infirmières du CISSS-AT
Headline: Agreement in Principle for CISSS-AT Nurses
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Canada
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/06/14/un-chsld-en-appel-pour-ne-pas-avoir-plus-demployes
Titre: Un CHSLD en appel pour ne pas avoir plus d’employés
Headline: A CHSLD on appeal for not having more employees
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Canada
Titre: Nouveau contrat de travail pour les infirmières de la région
Headline: New employment contract for nurses in the region
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Canada
Headline: Health Care Has Its Own Barriers Preventing Women From Reaching The Top
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Canada
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/walk-in-clinic-to-open-at-concordia-hospital-in-summer-2019-1.3972269
Headline: Walk-in clinic to open at Concordia hospital in summer 2019
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Canada
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1577235-nursing-homes-must-now-report-bedsores
Headline: Nursing homes must now report bedsores
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Canada
Headline: The hiring of nurses isn’t keeping pace with Quebec’s greying demographic
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Canada
http://www.lecourant.ca/articles/2127-manifestations-surprises-a-mont-laurier-et-riviere-rouge.html
Titre: Manifestations surprises à Mont-Laurier et Rivière-Rouge
Headline: Surprise events in Mont-Laurier and Rivière-Rouge
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Canada
Titre: Faute de clinique, des ateliers sur la santé sont offerts à Montréal-Nord
Headline: Lacking a clinic, health workshops are offered in Montreal North
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Colombia
Titular: VIDEO Enfermeras se van a paro en Hospital Pastor Oropeza de Barquisimeto #13Jun
Headline: VIDEO Nurses go on strike at Pastor Oropeza de Barquisimeto Hospital # 13Jun
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Costa Rica
Titular: Sindicato tomará medidas legales por nombramiento en la CCSS
Headline: Union will take legal action against CCSS appointment
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Honduras
Titular: Enfermeros auxiliares recibieron los planes de retiros tras seis años de espera
Headline: Auxiliary nurses receive retirement plans after waiting six years
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Honduras
Titular: 280 enfermeras auxiliares serán contratadas para atender en 56 centros asistenciales
Headline: 280 auxiliary nurses will be hired to assist in 56 healthcare centers
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India
Headline: Kerala nurses to be taken back
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India
Headline: ‘No respect for us… The hospital was a mess while we were away’
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Ireland
Headline: Ambulance services facing strike threat as staff ballot for action
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Ireland
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/outpatient-waiting-list-rises-to-new-high-1.3529496
Headline: Outpatient waiting list rises to new high
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Ireland
http://www.kfmradio.com/news/15062018-1057/no-people-trolleys-naas-general-has-dropped
Headline: No. Of People On Trolleys At Naas General Has Dropped.
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Ireland
Headline: Overcrowding returns to A&E department at Tullamore Hospital
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Ireland
Headline: Dail hears University Hospital Limerick is ‘black spot for overcrowding’
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Ireland
Headline: Mullingar Hospital one of the most overcrowded today
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Ireland
https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/inmo-mays-trolley-figures-were-worst-on-record-471485.html
Headline: INMO: May’s trolley figures were worst on record
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Ireland
Headline: Hundreds admitted to hospitals with no available beds last month, figures reveal
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Ireland
https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2018/0606/968613-inmo-vote-tipperary/
Headline: Nurses at Tipperary units vote for industrial action
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Kenya
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/06/12/pay-nurses-perks-by-end-month-union-tells-county_c1770993
Headline: Pay nurses’ perks by end month, union tells county
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Kenya
Headline: Mbagathi Hospital CEO sent home over ‘incompetence’
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New Zealand
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12065660
Headline: Industrial action on cards as Ministry of Education pay rise offer for teachers falls short
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New Zealand
Headline: Christchurch Hospital building has ‘high life-safety risk’
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New Zealand
https://newsie.co.nz/news/98873-the-suicides-sackings-and-stressed-staff.html
Headline: INVESTIGATION: The suicides, sackings and stressed staff of Tauranga Hospital
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Nigeria
http://punchng.com/doctor-dresses-patients-wound-pours-waste-water-on-nurse/
Headline: Doctor dresses patient’s wound, pours waste water on nurse
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Nigeria
https://newtelegraphonline.com/2018/06/johesu-decries-selective-payment-of-salary/
Headline: JOHESU decries selective payment of salary
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Panama
https://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/Falta-medicos-enfermeras-comarcas-Panama_0_5050744952.html
Titular: Falta de médicos y enfermeras se agrava en las comarcas de Panamá
Headline: Lack of doctors and nurses is aggravated in regions of Panama
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Peru
https://diariolaregion.com/web/hoy-planton-de-los-trabajadores-del-hospital-regional/
Titular: Hoy plantón de los trabajadores del Hospital Regional
Headline: Today the workers of the Regional Hospital sit down
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Philippines
Headline: Kapos sa sahod: Nurses group seeks salary hike
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Portugal
Manchete: Manifestação em Beja exige mais enfermeiros no Baixo Alentejo
Headline: Demonstration in Beja requires more nurses in Baixo Alentejo
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Portugal
https://www.jornaldofundao.pt/saude/sindicato-pede-enfermeiros-unidade-saude-da-guarda/
Manchete: Sindicato pede enfermeiros para Unidade de Saúde da Guarda
Headline: Union demands nurses for Guarda Health Unit
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros diz que adesão à greve no Hospital de Guimarães ronda 81 por cento
Headline: Nurses union says that adherence to the strike at Guimarães Hospital is around 81 percent
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato dos Enfermeiros Portugueses marca protesto para esta tarde junto à Urgência do Hospital da Guarda
Headline: Union of Portuguese Nurses marks protest for this afternoon next to the Guarda Hospital emergency room
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Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros alertam para risco de degradação do serviço no Hospital de Guimarães
Headline: Nurses warn of risk of service degradation at Guimarães Hospital
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Portugal
https://www.esquerda.net/artigo/enfermeiros-em-greve-no-hospital-de-santarem/55410
Manchete: Enfermeiros em greve no Hospital de Santarém
Headline: Nurses on strike at Santarém Hospital
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Portugal
Manchete: Hospitais só contratam metade dos enfermeiros que saem
Headline: Hospitals only replace half of the nurses that leave
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Portugal
Manchete: Sindicato dos enfermeiros portugueses reclama o pagamento do suplemento remuneratório para todos os enfermeiros especialistas da ULS Da Guarda
Headline: Portuguese Nurses Union Claims Payment of Remuneratory Supplement to All Nurse Specialists of ULS Da Guarda
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Portugal
Manchete: Enfermeiros do Hospital de Santarém marcam três dias de greve
Headline: Nurses at Santarém Hospital mark strike’s third day
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Portugal
Manchete: Hospital de Santarém aguarda autorização para contratar cerca de 50 enfermeiros
Headline: Santarém Hospital awaits authorization to hire about 50 nurses
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Slovenia
https://english.sta.si/2525724/nurses-demand-immediate-action-in-face-of-lack-of-staff
Headline: Nurses demand immediate action in face of lack of staff
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South Africa
Headline: How privatisation versus nationalisation debate is on a fast track to nowhere
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South Africa
Headline: [LISTEN] Staff shortages contributing to health crisis – Denosa
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South Africa
http://ewn.co.za/2018/06/11/listen-cabinet-approves-national-health-insurance-nhi-bill
Headline: [LISTEN] Nurses respond to national health insurance bill
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South Africa
https://www.enca.com/south-africa/cosatu-calls-on-ramaphosa-to-fire-motsoaledi
Headline: Cosatu calls on Ramaphosa to fire Motsoaledi
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South Africa
https://www.ofm.co.za/article/local-news/262853/-fshealthcrisis-mec-addresses-nurses
Headline: #FSHealthCrisis: MEC addresses nurses
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Spain
Titular: Nueva crisis en Cantabria: los sindicatos, “indignados” por la supresión de la Enfermería escolar
Headline: New crisis in Cantabria: unions, “outraged” by the suppression of School Nursing
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Spain
Titular: Satse valora de forma positiva el transcurso de la OPE andaluza de Enfermería
Headline: Satse positively values the Andalusian Nursing OPE course
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Spain
http://www.leonoticias.com/leon/satse-colegio-enfermeria-20180615175221-nt.html
Titular: Satse y el Colegio de Enfermería exigen la recuperación del equipo de enfermería suprimido en las Urgencias del Hospital de León
Headline: Satse and the College of Nursing demand the recovery of the nursing team suppressed in the Emergency Room of the Hospital de León
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Spain
https://www.actasanitaria.com/cronicos-controle-domicilio/
Titular: Enfermería, en contra de la privatización del seguimiento farmacéutico de pacientes crónicos
Headline: Nursing, against privatizating the pharmaceutical monitoring of chronic patients
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Spain
Titular: Satse denuncia irregularidades en una bolsa de trabajo
Headline: Satse denounces job board irregularities
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Spain
Titular: Satse critica que solo el 22% de enfermeras serán sustituidas este verano
Headline: Satse criticizes that only 22% of nurses will be covered this summer
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Spain
Titular: Satse se reunirá con la Fiscalía para conocer las denuncias sobre la OPE
Headline: Satse will meet with the Prosecutor’s Office to hear complaints about the OPE
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Spain
Titular: #EnfermeraConsellera, la nueva campaña de Satse en la Comunidad Valenciana
Headline: #EnfermeraConsellera, the new Satse campaign in the Valencian Community
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Spain
http://www.diariosur.es/malaga-capital/sindicatos-sanitarios-reclaman-20180606195555-nt.html
Titular: Sindicatos sanitarios reclaman a Salud mejoras inmediatas en Málaga y la construcción del hospital
Headline: Health unions are calling for immediate improvements in Málaga and hospital construction
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Spain
Titular: Los diez deberes de Satse a Carmen Montón
Headline: The ten duties of Satse by Carmen Montón
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Spain
Titular: SATSE y ANPE critican “supresión” del programa piloto de enfermería escolar y piden a Mañanes que “recapacite”
Headline: SATSE and ANPE criticize “suppression” of pilot nursing program and ask Mañanes to “reconsider”
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Spain
Titular: El SATSE presenta el manual de estilo ´La profesión enfermera, hoy´
Headline: SATSE presents the style manual, ‘The nursing profession, today’
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Spain
Titular: Satse alerta “del grave deterioro” de los vehículos del Centro de Transfusión Sanguínea
Headline: Satse sounds the alarm on the “serious deterioration” of Blood Transfusion Center vehicles
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Spain
Titular: Satse instalará dispositivos de ayuda para los más de 40.000 participantes en las oposiciones de enfermería del SAS
Headline: Satse will install assistance devices for the more than 40,000 participants in the SAS nursing examinations
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United Kingdom
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/health/nursing-dna-cant-quit-snp-12673410
Headline: SNP MSP who cares for patients in her spare time reveals ‘Nursing is in my DNA – I can’t give it up’
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United Kingdom
Headline: Patient experience tool highlights nurse staffing as factor
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United Kingdom
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44397315
Headline: The UK health tax hurting foreign nurses
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United Kingdom
Headline: New NHS safety body ‘must avoid blaming individual nurses’
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United Kingdom
https://nursingnotes.co.uk/healthcare-redefined-safety-critical-industryrcn/
Headline: Healthcare must be redefined as a safety critical industry, says RCN
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United Kingdom
Headline: Nursing apprenticeships ‘must not repeat mistakes of past’, says RCN
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United Kingdom
https://www.nursinginpractice.com/article/nhs-pay-deal-overwhelmingly-rejected-gmb-union-members
Headline: NHS pay deal ‘overwhelmingly’ rejected by GMB union members
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United Kingdom
Headline: Agency spend down in Scotland but vacancies remain high
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United Kingdom
Headline: Last day for nurses in England to vote on NHS pay proposals
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United Kingdom
https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/nhs-tayside-very-worrying-as-more-staff-leaving-than-joining/
Headline: NHS Tayside ‘very worrying’ as more staff leaving than joining
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United Kingdom
https://www.scotsman.com/news/scots-nhs-staffing-crisis-as-thousands-of-nurses-quit-1-4749723
Headline: Scots NHS ‘staffing crisis’ as thousands of nurses quit
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United States
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/fight-for-mandated-nurse-to-patient-ratios-heats-up/525225/
Headline: Fight for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios heats up
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United States
Headline: California’s nonprofit hospitals are providing significantly less charity care, report says
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United States
Headline: Alhambra Hospital nurses authorize strike should negotiations fail
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United States
Headline: Ohio hospitals are facing a ban on nurse overtime — here’s how it could affect patients
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United States
Headline: California nurses move closer to strike
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United States
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hospitals-charity-care-20180612-story.html
Headline: Nonprofit hospitals are being less charitable. They say that shows Obamacare is working
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United States
Headline: Letter: Mandated nurse ratios improve patients’ health
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United States
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/progressives-take-on-regular-democrats-in-maryland-primaries/
Headline: Progressives take on regular Democrats in Maryland primaries
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United States
Headline: California nurses call out state’s major nonprofit hospitals for charity cutbacks
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United States
https://www.chicoer.com/2018/06/08/enloe-nurses-ratify-new-contract-2/
Headline: Enloe nurses ratify new contract
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United States
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/influencers/article212892329.html
Headline: California Influencers: What did we learn from the June primary election, and why?
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United States
Headline: Community Hospital Task Force seeking new medical operator in wake of approaching lease deadline
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United States
Headline: 50,000% markup for a shot makes the case for a single-payer healthcare system
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United States
Headline: Calais hospital terminates management agreement with for-profit firm
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United States
http://www.whsv.com/content/news/484768851.html
Headline: Trump signs law to expand veterans’ private health care options
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United States
Headline: Armed with defense dogs, Providence Alaska Medical Center reports decrease in violence
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United States
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/hannah-zimmerman-new-york-youngest-elected-official-running
Headline: Hannah Zimmerman Is A Freshman at Stanford University — and New York’s Youngest Elected Official
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United States
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390879-feinstein-to-face-fellow-dem-in-november
Headline: Feinstein to face fellow Dem in November
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United States
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/union-nurse-in-chaotic-iowa-dem-gubernatorial-primary/
Headline: Union nurse in chaotic Iowa Dem gubernatorial primary
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United States
Headline: Outspoken legislator Erin Maye Quade endorsed as Erin Murphy’s running mate in governor’s race
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United States
Headline: Maine hospital terminates management agreement with Quorum
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United States
Headline: Letter to the editor: Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios reduces death rate
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United States
Headline: Data: Central Texas facing nursing shortages by 2030