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Memorial Health System offers FARAPULSE treatment for AFib patients

Memorial Health System’s Department of Cardiology has announced the successful launch of the FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation procedure. On May 8, Cardiac Electrophysiologist Dr. Maninder Bedi led the health system’s electrophysiology team, including Dr. Christopher Kolibash and Dr. ...

World Bank warns that 39 fragile states are falling further behind as conflicts grow, get deadlier

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are growing deadlier and more frequent. That is the sobering conclusion of the World Bank’s first comprehensive study of how 39 countries contending with “fragile and conflict-affected situations’’ have fared since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020. “Economic stagnation —rather than growth —has been the norm in economies hit by conflict and instability,” said Ayhan Kose, the World Bank’s deputy chief economist. Since 2020, ...

Stock market today: Wall Street is on a path for all-time highs

(AP) — Stocks rose in afternoon trading Friday and put Wall Street on track to close a strong week at an all-time high. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and is set to surpass its record reached in February. The Nasdaq composite was up less than 0.1%, within striking distance of a new all-time ...