Health News

October 20, 2017

Lawsuit: Prison did nothing as fungus ruined inmate's brain

An Kansas prison inmate died in April after a brain fungus gave him a form of meningitis that left him weak and so ...

October 20, 2017

94 deaths from plague in Madagascar, UN health agency says

An unusually large plague outbreak in Madagascar has taken 94 lives, the World Health Organization said Friday. The number ...

October 20, 2017

Hurricane Maria death toll rises to 49 in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello says the death toll from Hurricane Maria has risen to 49 in the U.S. territory after ...

October 20, 2017

Australian state takes step toward legalizing euthanasia

An Australian state took a step toward allowing voluntary euthanasia on Friday, 20 years after the country repealed the ...

October 20, 2017

Helen DeVos, who backed health, education causes, dies at 90

Helen J. DeVos, a philanthropist from western Michigan known for her support of children's health, Christian education and ...

October 19, 2017

UN says plague cases in Madagascar almost doubled in 5 days

The number of plague cases in Madagascar has almost doubled over the last five days and medical experts project the situation ...

October 19, 2017

Marburg hemorrhagic fever kills 1 person in Uganda

One Ugandan has died of Marburg, a highly infectious disease that, like Ebola, manifests as a viral hemorrhagic fever, ...

October 19, 2017

US regulators approve 2nd gene therapy for blood cancer

U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a second gene therapy for a blood cancer, a one-time, custom-made treatment for ...

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October 19, 2017

Former drug czar nominee Marino defends role in opioid law

President Donald Trump's former nominee to be the nation's drug czar is defending his role in writing a law that critics say ...

October 18, 2017

Lawsuit: Bighorn sheep threatened by domestic sheep grazing

The U.S. Forest Service is illegally jeopardizing a small herd of bighorn sheep with deadly diseases by allowing thousands ...

October 18, 2017

Anthem will turn to CVS after troubled Express Scripts deal

Anthem has found a new partner to help run prescription drug coverage after the Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer's rocky ...

October 18, 2017

Sweden won't prosecute Italian stem cell scientist

Swedish prosecutors have abandoned an investigation against a disgraced Italian stem cell scientist suspected of involuntary ...

October 17, 2017

Nebraska man accused of helping Florida girlfriend kill self

A Nebraska man accused of helping his Florida girlfriend kill herself after she told him she had cancer appears to have taken ...

October 17, 2017

Appeals court tosses $72 million award in talcum powder case

A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday that vacated a $72 million award to an Alabama woman who claimed her use of Johnson & ...

October 17, 2017

The Latest: Friend says Florida woman bawled before trip

The Latest on the case of a Nebraska man charged with assisting in his girlfriend's suicide (all times local): 1 p.m.

October 17, 2017

Attorney: Convicted tax schemer is too fat for prison

The attorney for a 72-year-old Florida man who was convicted in a tax scheme is using obesity to try to keep his client out ...

October 16, 2017

Correction: Pain Gap story

In a story Oct. 12 about the worldwide gap in pain relief medication, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of a ...

October 16, 2017

Doctor's research could buy time for snake bite victims

A researcher at the University of Arizona is experimenting with a new therapy to help treat rattlesnake bites. Dr. Vance G.

October 15, 2017

Russian medical team in Yemen to treat ex-president

Yemeni officials say that the Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in the country has allowed a Russian medical team into the ...