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COVID-19 Shots Unlikely to Prompt Rare Inflammation in Kids
COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to trigger a rare inflammatory condition linked to coronavirus infection in children, ...
Oklahoma Abortion Providers See Huge Influx of Texas Women
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two abortion providers in Oklahoma said Tuesday that they're still seeing a ...
Does Kindness Equal Happiness and Health?
Could kindness be a magic elixir that makes us happier – and healthier? ...
Coronavirus Can Destroy the Placenta and Lead to Stillbirths
New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in ...
CDC Proposes Softer Guidance on Opioid Prescriptions
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation's top public health agency on Thursday proposed changing — and ...
Marijuana’s Effects on the Brain Need More Research
LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Thursday that a $1 billion infusion from the ...
Hospitals Begin to Limp Out of the Latest COVID-19 Surge
As omicron numbers drop at Denver Health, Dr. Anuj Mehta is reminded of the scene in ...
New York City School Lunch Menu Going Vegan on Fridays
NEW YORK (AP) — Forget mystery meat or cheese pizza. Instead, chickpea wraps and veggie tacos ...
EXPLAINER: COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 5: What’s Next?
Parents who thought their children under 5 would have to wait several more months for COVID-19 ...
Cancer Patients Called Cured a Decade After Gene Therapy
In 2010, doctors treated Doug Olson's leukemia with an experimental gene therapy that transformed some of ...
Minority Women Most Affected if Abortion is Banned, Limited
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If you are Black or Hispanic in a conservative state that already ...
Mandate to Vaccinate New Orleans Schoolchildren Kicking In
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As school systems across the U.S. struggle to keep classrooms open amid ...
EXPLAINER: New Federal Law Targets Medical Bill Surprises
Patients worried about getting hit with an unexpected bill after emergency care gained a layer of ...
US Pushes for Better Tap Water but Must Win Over Wary Public
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Angela Stamps won't drink water from her faucet, showers less and no ...
Moderna Begins Testing Omicron-Matched COVID Shots in Adults
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Moderna has begun testing an omicron-specific COVID-19 booster in healthy adults ...
Starbucks Nixes Vaccine Mandate After Supreme Court Ruling
Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a plan ...
US Overdose Deaths Topped 100,000 in One Year, Officials Say
NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a ...
Pfizer Asks FDA to OK COVID-19 Booster Shots for All Adults
Census taker Linda Rothfield's government-issued iPhone kept directing her back to apartments in San Francisco that ...
‘Next Big Wave’: Radiation Drugs Track and Kill Cancer Cells
Doctors are reporting improved survival in men with advanced prostate cancer from an experimental drug that ...
Students Line Up for Vaccines Amid Push to Relax Masking
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas schools are stepping up efforts to administer COVID-19 vaccines to newly ...
More Support Easing Vaccine Patent Rules, but Hurdles Remain
GENEVA (AP) — Several world leaders Thursday praised the U.S. call to expand access to COVID-19 ...
US Parents Excited Over Prospect of Virus Shots for Children
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — After more than a year of fretting over her 13-year son with ...
Some Black Parents Say Remote Learning Gives Racism Reprieve
CHICAGO (AP) — Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped ...
Loneliness is Rampant. A Simple Call, or Hug, May be a Cure
CHICAGO (AP) — The stranger's call came when Dianne Green needed it most ...
Unusual Treatment Shows Promise for Kids with Brain Tumors
For decades, a deadly type of childhood cancer has eluded science's best tools. Now doctors have ...
Biden Budget Seeks More for Schools, Health Care and Housing
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden released a $1.5 trillion wish list for his first federal ...
IMF Policy Panel Endorses $650 Billion Increase in Resources
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Thursday authorized a $650 billion expansion of the ...
Want to Help Fight for Health Justice? It May be Time to Listen
A pandemic, protests and politics have highlighted the nation's long-standing, deep-seated racial issues and how they ...
US Allows 2 More Over-The-Counter COVID-19 Home Tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials have authorized two more over-the-counter COVID-19 tests that can be ...
Arkansas Governor Signs Medical Conscience Objections Law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday signed into law legislation allowing ...
Banksy Painting Raises $23 Million for UK Health Charities
LONDON (AP) — A Banksy painting honoring Britain's health workers in the pandemic has sold for ...
Masks and Gloves Are Saving Lives — and Causing Pollution
PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Disposable masks, gloves and other types of personal protective equipment are safeguarding ...
Miami Beach Curfew Aims to Shut Down Spring Break Partying
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A party-ending curfew imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous ...
Zoos, Scientists Aim to Curb People Giving Virus to Animals
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo ...
Study Links Green Communities to Lower Stroke Risk
The greener the neighborhood, the lower the stroke risk, a new study suggests ...
Dementia May Be a Risk Factor for Infection but Not Death From COVID-19
People who have dementia are at much higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, but no ...
Volunteers are Key at Vaccine Sites. It Pays Off with a Shot
SEATTLE (AP) — When Seattle's largest health care system got a mandate from Washington state to ...
Calming Us Down or Revving Us Up, Music Can be Good for the Heart
Stuck in traffic, with a nasty storm making a stressful commute even worse, Joanne Loewy reached ...
COVID-19 Pandemic Fuels Attacks on Health Workers Globally
Two Nigerian nurses were attacked by the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient. One nurse had ...
Tensions Over Vaccine Equity Pit Rural Against Urban America
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down ...
