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US Zika case sparks questions about sex and mosquito germs
NEW YORK (AP) — A sexually transmitted case of Zika in Texas has scientists scrambling to understand how much of a risk infection through sex is for the usually mosquito-spread illness. Experts still...
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Obama asking Congress for emergency funding to combat Zika
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to help fight the Zika virus. In an announcement Monday, the White House said the money...
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Obama asking Congress for emergency funding to combat Zika
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the Zika virus and the mosquitoes that spread it here and abroad, but says "there...
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Brazil and University of Texas reach deal on Zika vaccine
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil is signing an agreement with the University of Texas to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, the country's health minister said Thursday, adding the goal is for the...
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Study finds Zika virus in fetal brain, a clue in outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — New details about the possible effects of the Zika virus on the fetal brain emerged Wednesday as U.S. health officials say mosquito eradication here and abroad is key to protect...
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Cancer patients snagged in health law’s tangled paperwork
WASHINGTON (AP) — Walt Whitlow was under treatment for cancer when he got an unwelcome surprise. His financial assistance under President Barack Obama's health care law got slashed. That meant his...
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Hospital paid 17K ransom to hackers of its computer network
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles hospital paid a ransom of about $17,000 to hackers who infiltrated and disabled its computer network because paying was in the best interest of the hospital and the...
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Obama: Limiting opiate prescriptions won’t solve crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has declined to endorse a proposal from the nation's governors to limit the number of high-powered painkillers doctors can prescribe at a time. Obama hosted...
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NY mayor’s call for heroin injection site divides experts
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York mayor's proposal to consider allowing heroin users to shoot up under medical supervision has divided drug policy experts, with some hailing it as an innovative,...
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Cleveland surgeons perform nation’s first uterus transplant
CLEVELAND (AP) — Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed the nation's first uterus transplant, a new frontier that aims to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy. In a statement...
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Vegas outbreak makes Nevada’s syphilis rate highest in West
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada is experiencing the highest rate of syphilis in the West following an outbreak in Las Vegas. Health officials say it's part of a national spike in cases tied to increased...
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Deeply split Supreme Court wrestles with abortion case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Supreme Court deeply split over abortion wrestled Wednesday with widely replicated Texas regulations that could drastically cut the number of abortion clinics in the state. As...
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Does Trump have a health care plan? Does it matter?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's evolving ideas on health care do not amount to a full plan, and some proposals could mean new political and policy dilemmas for the Republican presidential...
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Studies: Beyond scales, fitness and body fat key for health
WASHINGTON (AP) — The bathroom scale may show a good number but how much of that weight is fat, not muscle? New studies are adding to the evidence that the scale doesn't always tell the whole story...
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Cleveland Clinic says first uterus transplant in US fails
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first uterus transplant has failed, the Cleveland Clinic announced Wednesday, saying doctors had removed the organ. A 26-year-old woman received the transplant on Feb....
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Health insurance gains due to Obama’s law, not economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's growing evidence that most of the dramatic gain in the number of Americans with health care coverage is due to President Barack Obama's law, and not the gradual recovery of...
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Leading private-sector health system woos veterans in ads
CHICAGO (AP) — A leading hospital system in the U.S. is courting military veterans with a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, raising concerns from some veterans groups that private sector marketing...
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Obama to address nation’s growing opioid problem
President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during the awards dinner for Syracuse Universitys Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, in Washington, Monday,...
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Blood test for concussions? Researchers report some progress
CHICAGO (AP) — New research bolsters evidence that a simple blood test may someday be used to detect concussions. It suggests that a protein linked with head trauma may be present in blood up to a...
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Poles protest possibility of total ban on abortion
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles took part in street demonstrations on Sunday to protest a possible tightening of the country's abortion law, already one of the most restrictive in Europe. The...
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