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Under a provisionary — but longstanding — ownership transfer process, these nursing home operators were approved by the state out of the public eye.

The fitness of the donor and patient is uppermost. Then a transplant, done at a good centre with experienced hands, has a ...

Relief organizations are mobilizing to help across the Caribbean after Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a ...

It might sound absurd today, but in the medieval royal court, there was actually a respected position dedicated to one of the ...