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terminal illness

Vicky sits in a park in Madrid. She’s smiling because her hospice caretakers have arranged for her to fly home to the Dominican Republic to visit her mom and family one last time.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘What I really needed was a hug’: Madrid hospice workers make sure the unhoused won’t die alone
Scientists at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, Manitoba, prepare an experimental Ebola vaccine for shipment to the World Health Organization.
Medicine
Many people want to give trial drugs a chance to save their lives. Here’s how they’ll have to do it