Health News

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

New Zealand planning retrieval of bodies on volcanic island

New Zealand officials said they'll begin Friday to recover eight victims' bodies believed to remain on a small island since ...

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 ...

December 07, 2019

Bipartisan Medicare drug bill gets makeover to lower copays

A bipartisan Senate bill to curb prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients got a makeover Friday to lower copays and ...

December 07, 2019

Officials list pot vape brands reported in US outbreak

Health officials investigating a nationwide outbreak of vaping illnesses have listed, for the first time, the vape brands ...

December 06, 2019

Senators urge Medicare to allow seniors a drug plan do-over

Leading senators are urging Medicare to allow seniors concerned about their drug plan pick for next year to switch if they ...

December 06, 2019

UN Libya migrant center plagued with crowding, TB, food cuts

The United Nations center in Libya was opened as an “alternative to detention,” a last, safe stop for migrants before they ...

December 06, 2019

US flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus

The U.S. winter flu season is off to its earliest start in more than 15 years. An early barrage of illness in the South has ...

December 06, 2019

Doctor's report says Elizabeth Warren 'in excellent health'

Elizabeth Warren “is in excellent health,” according to a doctor's report released by the Massachusetts senator on Friday, ...