Health

Mississippi Senate leaders are saying for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-President Barack Obama, Read MoreContinue Reading

Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year, Read MoreContinue Reading

Officials are sounding alarms after three babies overdosed — one fatally — on fentanyl left unsecured inside three Washington state homes in less than one week, Read MoreContinue Reading

President Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes, Read MoreContinue Reading

The U.S. flu season appears to be over, Read MoreContinue Reading

Detecting knee osteoarthritis with a blood test up to eight years before it appears on X-rays — as researchers have done — could lead to therapies that delay disease progression and restore joint health, a study finds., Read MoreContinue Reading

Image source, PA Media Image caption, Steve Young, 52, is one of the UK patients enrolled on the trial By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor An important trial of the world’s first “personalised” mRNA vaccine against the deadliest form of skin cancer – melanoma – is now under way inContinue Reading

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts, Read MoreContinue Reading

South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone, Read MoreContinue Reading

An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts, Read MoreContinue Reading

U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning, Read MoreContinue Reading

Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors get gender-affirming care without parent’s permission, Read MoreContinue Reading