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October 20, 2018

Florida Panhandle medical care on life support after Michael

Already sick with strep throat and asthma, Aleeah Racette got sicker when she cleaned out a soggy, moldy home after Hurricane ...

October 20, 2018

Heart transplant program changes chief after patient deaths

A Houston hospital is replacing the surgical director of its renowned heart transplant programs with two veteran transplant ...

October 19, 2018

Ex-spy chief says Brexit leaves UK vulnerable to attack

Brexit could leave Britain more vulnerable to attacks like the nerve-agent poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in Salisbury, a ...

October 19, 2018

3 crewmembers die on board Iranian ship, 8 hospitalized

Azerbaijani health officials say three members of an Iranian ship crew have died from acute poisoning and another eight have ...

October 19, 2018

Indian temple priests turn back women, defying court ruling

Dozens of Hindu priests on Friday joined conservative protesters to block women of menstruating age from one of the world's ...

October 18, 2018

Journal retracts stem cell work by former Harvard scientist

The New England Journal of Medicine has retracted a 2011 study and is investigating two earlier ones describing stem cell ...

October 18, 2018

After Canada legalizes pot, industry eyes rest of the world

Cam Battley is a top executive at one of Canada's biggest marijuana companies, but he isn't sticking around to savor the ...

October 18, 2018

Jubilant customers light up as pot sales begin in Canada

Jubilant customers stood in long lines for hours then lit up and celebrated on sidewalks Wednesday as Canada became the ...

October 17, 2018

Protesters stop females ages 10 to 50 from entering temple

A temple in southern India and one of the world's largest Hindu pilgrimage centers opened its doors to females of ...

October 17, 2018

AP Explains: Why Congo's latest Ebola outbreak is worrying

The World Health Organization has announced that Congo's latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus is not yet considered a ...

October 17, 2018

Only black GOP woman in Congress running in Trump-wary Utah

The first black female Republican in Congress is facing a tough challenge from a well-known Democratic mayor in a largely ...

October 17, 2018

Video shows Chicago cop shooting unarmed black autistic teen

Surveillance video shows an off-duty Chicago police officer shooting and wounding an unarmed autistic black man, ...

October 17, 2018

Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalizes marijuana

The Canadian government is ready to pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less after Canada becomes the ...

October 17, 2018

Mysterious paralyzing illness found among kids in 22 states

U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be ...

October 17, 2018

NFL wants players to play with a free mind

The NFL doesn't want players worrying about getting flagged or fined. "You gotta play," NFL football operations chief Troy ...

October 16, 2018

Chinese vaccine maker fined $1.3 billion after scandal

A Chinese maker of rabies vaccine was fined 9.1 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) on Tuesday for falsifying production records in ...

October 16, 2018

US wants drug prices in TV ads: 'Patients deserve to know'

The federal government said Monday that it wants to force drugmakers to disclose prices for prescription medicines in their ...

October 16, 2018

Jurors: Don't throw out $289M weed killer cancer verdict

Jurors who found that agribusiness giant Monsanto's Roundup weed killer contributed to a school groundskeeper's cancer are ...

October 15, 2018

The Latest: US wants drugmakers to put prices in TV ads

The Latest on drugmakers disclosing list prices of advertised drugs (all times local): 4:30 p.m. The federal government wants ...