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Cori Roberts of St. Cloud, Minnesota, incurred more than $8,000 in medical bills after she was diagnosed at CentraCare with early-stage cervical cancer. She says the health system told her she made too much — about $41,000 a year — to qualify for financial aid.
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Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026.
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Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says
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