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Dr. Robert Redfield Jr.
July 17, 2018
US health official reveals fentanyl almost killed his son
The head of the nation's top public health agency says the opioid epidemic will be one of his priorities, and he revealed a ...
July 16, 2018
Court: Drug users can be jailed for relapsing on probation
Judges in Massachusetts can order people with addiction to remain drug free as a condition of probation and jail defendants ...
July 14, 2018
Nurses at Vermont hospital back at work after 2-day strike
Nurses at Vermont's largest hospital are back on the job after a two-day strike. The strike of 1,800 nurses from the ...
July 14, 2018
Oregon admits lack of oversight of medical marijuana program
How much medical marijuana is in the pipeline in Oregon? The managers of the state's program concede that they simply don't ...
Chip Paul
July 13, 2018
Conservative states balk at voter-approved medical marijuana
Pot advocates celebrated the culmination of a yearslong effort to ease restrictions on the use of cannabis last month when ...
July 13, 2018
Palestinians say teenager killed in Gaza border violence
Gaza's Health Ministry said Friday that a 15-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire at a border protest.
July 13, 2018
Oklahoma Medicaid approved for drug pricing experiment
The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved Oklahoma's Medicaid program for a first-in-the-nation ...
July 13, 2018
Detaining immigrant kids is now a billion-dollar industry
Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold ...
July 13, 2018
Illinois, Iowa officials look into rise in parasitic illness
Health officials in Illinois and Iowa are investigating an increase in people becoming sick from a parasite that causes ...
July 13, 2018
'Do not eat this cereal': CDC links Honey Smacks, salmonella
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a popular Kellogg's cereal has been linked to a salmonella outbreak that ...
July 13, 2018
Medicare proposes to pay docs for analyzing texted photos
Medicare says it wants to pay doctors for analyzing photos texted by patients, one of several steps to keep up with how ...
Joelle Dobrow
July 13, 2018
New ways to conquer sleep apnea compete for place in bedroom
Every night without fail, Paul Blumstein straps on a mask that prevents him from repeatedly waking up, gasping for air.
Jeff Sessions, Scott Murray
July 13, 2018
Federal prosecutors to focus on synthetic opioids
Federal prosecutors in eight states with high drug overdose death rates will pursue even seemingly small synthetic opioid ...
July 12, 2018
FDA to more aggressively tackle disruptive drug shortages
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it wants to more aggressively fight medication shortages that have led ...
July 12, 2018
States with laws still on the books that would ban abortion
President Donald Trump's appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has raised the prospect that a new ...
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE BRAIN
July 11, 2018
Late-life high blood pressure may harm the brain, study says
Decades ago, hundreds of nuns and priests made an extraordinary decision: They agreed to donate their brains upon death to ...
July 11, 2018
Pfizer reorganizes to handle aging consumers and patents
The drugmaker Pfizer, facing an aging population and shifting risks from the loss of patents, is reshaping its structure into ...
July 11, 2018
Oklahoma fast-tracking medical marijuana, but with pushback
Oklahoma pushed ahead with emergency rules Tuesday aimed at fast-tracking operations of the medical marijuana industry, but ...
July 10, 2018
Lawsuits alleging Roundup caused cancer can move forward
Hundreds of lawsuits alleging Roundup weed killer caused cancer cleared a big hurdle Tuesday when a U.S. judge ruled that ...
July 10, 2018
Idaho teacher denies feeding puppy to snapping turtle
An Idaho teacher accused of feeding a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of several students has pleaded not guilty to ...
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