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A doctor and nurse at an Indiana hospital who allegedly turned away a woman in active labor are no longer employed there, hospital officials confirmed Friday. A now-viral clip shows an Indiana ...

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Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...

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