Health News

December 05, 2019

Slovakia rejects bill requiring ultrasound before abortion

Lawmakers in Slovakia have rejected a proposed bill that would have made it obligatory for women seeking abortions to first ...

December 05, 2019

Samoa’s capital deserted as teams battle measles epidemic

Samoa’s main streets were eerily quiet on Thursday as the government stepped up efforts to curb a measles epidemic that has ...

December 05, 2019

Drug can curb dementia’s delusions, researchers find

A drug that curbs delusions in Parkinson's patients did the same for people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of ...

December 05, 2019

Judge: Purdue workers should get bonuses, but maybe not CEO

More time is needed to sort out whether the CEO of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma should receive a $1.3 million bonus next ...

December 04, 2019

Minnesota sues e-cigarette maker Juul over youth vaping rise

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Juul Labs on Wednesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of unlawfully targeting ...

December 04, 2019

Tennessee governor not stopping planned execution Thursday

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday that he won't stop the state from putting a blind inmate to death in the electric ...

December 04, 2019

Hot Water: Pressure to move Tokyo Olympics open-water venue

The IOC moved next year’s Tokyo Olympic marathons and race walks out of the Japanese capital to avoid the stifling heat and ...

December 04, 2019

James, Davis each score 25, Lakers beat Nuggets 105-96

LeBron James has been compared to Michael Jordan for his entire career, though on Tuesday night it was Anthony Davis who ...

December 03, 2019

Senate panel backs Trump's pick to run FDA

Senate lawmakers on Tuesday moved one step closer to confirming President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug ...

December 03, 2019

Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsured

The government launched a new program on Tuesday to provide an HIV prevention drug for free to people who need the protection ...

December 03, 2019

Polish ruling party leader Kaczynski has knee surgery

An official says Poland's powerful ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has successfully undergone a planned knee surgery.

December 03, 2019

Cubs cut Russell year after domestic violence ban

The Chicago Cubs did not offer a 2020 contract to shortstop Addison Russell on Monday, making the 2016 All-Star a free agent ...

December 02, 2019

50 children killed by measles in Samoa as outbreak worsens

Samoa’s government said Monday that another five children had died within the past day from a measles outbreak, bringing the ...

December 01, 2019

Mountain village embraces its legacy as cure center for TB

Tuberculosis put Saranac Lake on the map. Through the middle of the 20th century, ailing people seeking a “rest cure” ...

November 29, 2019

Exemptions for ADHD drugs in MLB drop to lowest in decade

The number of major leaguers allowed to use otherwise-banned drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder dropped ...

November 29, 2019

Flu season takes off quickly in Deep South states

The flu season is off and running in the Deep South. The most recent weekly flu report from the Centers for Disease Control ...

November 29, 2019

Court: ‘Football flu' dispute can be settled by arbitrator

A state appellate court upheld a southern New Jersey school teacher’s legal victory in an ongoing dispute over using a sick ...

November 29, 2019

Slovakia may force women to get pre-abortion ultrasound

Lawmakers in Slovakia are scheduled to debate a proposed law Friday that would compel women seeking an abortion to first have ...

November 28, 2019

Rebel attacks in eastern Congo kill several Ebola responders

Rebels killed four Ebola response workers in an overnight ambush in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization said ...

November 27, 2019

The Latest: Vaping industry slams ban on flavored products

The Latest on Massachusetts becoming the first state to ban flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol ...