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September 28, 2016

FDA approves 'artificial pancreas' to manage diabetes

Federal regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind "artificial pancreas," a device that can help some diabetes patients ...

September 28, 2016

Supreme Court asked to block $1B NFL concussion settlement

A second petition has been filed asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion lawsuits ...

September 28, 2016

The Latest: 5 sites with Zika-infected mosquitoes identified

The Latest on the locations of Zika-infected mosquitoes in Miami Beach (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Miami-Dade County has ...

September 28, 2016

Senate passes stopgap spending bill, $1.1B to fight Zika

Averting an election-year crisis, the Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to keep the government operating through Dec. 9 and ...

September 27, 2016

Governor signs bill targeting 'doctor-shopping' for opioids

California doctors will be required to check a database of prescription narcotics before writing scripts for addictive drugs ...

September 27, 2016

AP-GfK poll: Voters more confident in Trump's health

The "stamina," the "look": A new poll suggests voters are buying in to Donald Trump's insinuations about Hillary Clinton's ...

September 27, 2016

Health of Israel's Peres deteriorates after major stroke

A person close to former Israeli President Shimon Peres says his condition has deteriorated, two weeks after suffering a ...

John Barrasso, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, John Cornyn

September 27, 2016

Senate blocks stopgap bill to prevent shutdown this weekend

A must-do bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend and to fund the fight against the Zika virus is ...

September 26, 2016

Mother uncovers lasting impact of son's organ donation

An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect. His brother was ...

September 25, 2016

Mother uncovers lasting impact of baby son's organ donation

An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect. His brother was ...

September 23, 2016

FDA approves lower-cost alternative to biotech drug Humira

Federal regulators on Friday approved the first alternative version of the second-best selling drug in the world, Humira, the ...

September 23, 2016

What's in, what's out of bill to avert government shutdown

The short-term spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down is, to be honest, the only thing lawmakers really ...

September 23, 2016

Nigeria administers polio vaccines at military checkpoints

Health officials in eastern Nigeria say they have started to administer polio vaccines to children at military checkpoints ...

September 23, 2016

Leprosy found in California elementary school student

A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school ...

September 22, 2016

Southern California child tests positive for leprosy

A Southern California elementary school student has been found to have leprosy, public health officials said Thursday, though ...

September 22, 2016

Supplier: No listeria in product before going to Blue Bell

A supplier of cookie dough that Blue Bell Creameries blamed for a possible listeria contamination of some of its ice cream ...

September 22, 2016

McConnell unveils stopgap spending bill, anti-Zika funds

The Senate's top Republican on Thursday unveiled legislation to prevent a government shutdown next weekend and provide more ...

September 22, 2016

Medical examiner: Mia Farrow's son Thaddeus killed himself

The 27-year-old, paraplegic son of actress Mia Farrow fatally shot himself in the torso before being found in his vehicle ...

September 22, 2016

Mylan CEO infuriates lawmakers at hearing on EpiPen costs

Mylan CEO Heather Bresch infuriated lawmakers as she tried — and mostly failed — to explain steep cost increases of her ...