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December 12, 2019

Eyeing 2020, House empowers Medicare to negotiate drug costs

Sharpening their 2020 election message, House Democrats on Thursday pushed through legislation that would empower Medicare ...

December 12, 2019

New Zealand trying to recover bodies on volcanic island

New Zealand police and military specialists launched a risky operation Friday to recover the bodies of eight victims of a ...

December 12, 2019

Outdated, dangerous childbirth practices persist in Europe

When Clara Massons was in labor with her son, a midwife climbed onto her bed and pushed down on Massons’ belly, explaining ...

December 12, 2019

Vaping illness death count surpasses 50 in US

The death toll in the vaping illness outbreak has topped 50, U.S. health officials said Thursday. The 52 deaths in 26 states ...

December 12, 2019

Senate OKs Trump's FDA nominee despite unclear vaping agenda

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dr. Stephen Hahn to lead the Food and Drug Administration despite concerns about how he will ...

December 12, 2019

German doctor fined again over abortion advertising ban

A German doctor has been convicted for the second time of violating a ban on advertising abortions in a case that has become ...

December 12, 2019

New York could try to keep alive flavored e-cigarette ban

New York's ban on flavored e-cigarettes is still held up in court but the state may try to keep it alive and expand it to ...

December 12, 2019

Doctors end protest to demand flu vaccines for migrants

A group of doctors on Wednesday ended a three-day protest against the U.S. government's refusal to allow the flu vaccine be ...

December 12, 2019

California calls pot smoke, THC a risk to moms-to-be

A California panel voted Wednesday to declare marijuana smoke and the drug's high-producing chemical — THC — a risk to ...

December 12, 2019

More Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals

For the first time since the early 1900s, more Americans are dying at home rather than in hospitals, a trend that reflects ...

December 11, 2019

Tips for using flexible spending dollars before year's end

Still have money set aside for medical expenses that you need to spend by the end of the year? There are plenty of ways to ...

December 11, 2019

New drugs show rare promise against advanced breast cancer

Doctors on Wednesday reported unusually good results from tests of two experimental drugs in women with an aggressive form ...

December 10, 2019

Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids' study says

New results from the largest long-term study of brain development and children’s health raise provocative questions about ...

December 10, 2019

New Zealand volcano victim dies in hospital; death toll at 6

Police say a person injured in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand has died in an Auckland hospital, bringing the death toll ...

December 10, 2019

Massachusetts lab to pay $26M for scheme with Texas doctors

Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation agreed to pay nearly $27 million to settle claims that it allegedly paid doctors in ...

December 09, 2019

US Catholic priests describe turmoil amid sex abuse crisis

More than a century ago, waves of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Poland and Quebec settled in Chicopee and other western ...

December 09, 2019

Supreme Court leaves Kentucky's ultrasound law in place

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to ...

December 09, 2019

West Virginians head to Canada to find affordable insulin

A group of West Virginians left the country Sunday in search of affordable insulin — they went to Canada, where insulin ...

December 09, 2019

Malaysia vaccinating for polio after first case in 27 years

Malaysia began a vaccination campaign in a rural town on Borneo island after a 3-month-old boy was confirmed to have polio ...

December 09, 2019

Japan empress turns 56, still recovering her mental health

Japanese Empress Masako, still recovering from stress-induced mental health issues, said Monday she was happy to have ...

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