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Recent Examples of coronersThe committee working on the legislation includes seven county coroners and a deputy coroner; representatives of city, county and state law enforcement agencies; a deputy county prosecutor; a county commissioner and a tribal member.—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 Deputy coroners have medical degrees and have higher salaries than the coroner, whose salary is set by the state.—Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
And a health system’s ability to schedule surgeries is gated not just by the availability of doctors and nurses, but also by its ability to maintain a constant flow of clean, reusable medical tools to its operating rooms.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
Inside, the ship functions like a floating city, with pilots, flight crews, cooks, doctors and firefighters all working around the clock while deployed around the world.
Emergency physicians do not control inpatient staffing, discharge bottlenecks, rehabilitation placement delays, or bed availability, yet emergency departments absorb the consequences when hospitals operate beyond capacity.
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Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
According to the outlet, the procedure has only been performed six other times by Vanderbilt physicians.
According to Rayner, medics reported that two people allegedly fled from the vehicle before police arrived.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2026
Officers working at the park called for fire medics, who took the woman to Regions Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
Amazon Prime Video is among the better streaming services for finding high-quality documentaries, from illuminating Oscar nominees like Super Size Me (2024) to celebrity bio-docs like Val (2021) and Lucy and Desi (2022).
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Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 May 2026
Documentation As ‘Database’ Design docs, test plans and field reports are no longer created for humans alone.
In a notice published last month in the Federal Register, HHS encouraged specialists such as anesthesiologists, cardiologists, oncologists, radiologists and obstetricians to consider serving.
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Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
20 May 2026
Meanwhile, certified nurse-midwives deliver babies and provide prenatal and postpartum care, especially in areas where there are few obstetricians.
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Kymberlee Montgomery,
The Conversation,
7 Jan. 2026