In a Politico op-ed adapted from the book last week, Boehner describes how birtherism and other maladies infected his party, and in audio leaked from his audiobook recording sessions he directs vulgar insults at Cruz.

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That formula is approved for tropical maladies and requires a prescription.

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It’s an affliction, proven to cause or exacerbate a wide range of physical maladies, from obesity and heart disease to Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

ONE-HORSE TOWNKIERAN DAHLMARCH 31, 2021EATER

Many of those still recovering from their bouts with the malady required support and care as they recuperated.

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Flat and modestly declining life expectancy from 2015 to 2017 caused considerable concern among public health experts after decades of progress against heart disease, cancer and other maladies.

PANDEMIC CUT U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY BY A YEAR DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2020LENNY BERNSTEINFEBRUARY 18, 2021WASHINGTON POST

In it, Pollan surveys recent research into psychedelics, which show promise for maladies from treatment-resistant depression to end-of-life distress.

WILL PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOM VACATIONS COME TO THE U. S.?JEN ROSE SMITHJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Still, people with coughs and other maladies stood in long lines, where social-distancing is made more difficult, outside these clinics.

MORNING REPORT: WHY COVID IS COURSING THROUGH LOCAL JAILSVOICE OF SAN DIEGODECEMBER 2, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

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