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White House: $589M to go to fight Zika virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal money left over from the largely successful fight against Ebola will now go to combating the growing threat of the Zika virus, the Obama administration announced Wednesday....
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Hackers broke into hospitals despite software flaw warnings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The hackers who seriously disrupted operations at a large hospital chain recently and held some data hostage broke into a computer server left vulnerable despite urgent public...
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Top Republicans: Zika funding likely but timing uncertain
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans said Wednesday that they are increasingly likely to grant a portion of President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request to combat the Zika virus. It's not clear...
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High copper or lead levels seen in 19 Detroit schools’ water
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's hard-pressed school system has found elevated levels of lead and copper in nearly a third of its elementary schools, contamination that one expert says could be found...
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FDA campaign takes aim at chewing tobacco use by rural teens
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials will team up with minor league baseball as part of a new $36 million campaign to discourage rural teenagers from using chewing tobacco. Baseball stadiums...
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Sends 75,000+ Kids to Hospital each Year
Coughs are hard to distinguish… How do you know if your child has a common cold--or something more serious like RSV? RSV is highly contagious. It's spread through airborne droplets when an infected...
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A look at the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in numbers
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) — Telling the story of Chernobyl in numbers 30 years later involves dauntingly large figures and others that are even more vexing because they're still unknown. A look at...
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Significant premium hikes expected under Obama health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Expect insurers to seek significant premium increases under President Barack Obama's health care law, in a wave of state-level requests rippling across the country ahead of the...
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Obama wants $1.9B to fight Zika: Where does it stand?
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request for emergency money to combat the Zika virus has been sitting before Congress for more than two months, and there's no obvious path...
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Monkey bars alert: Playground concussions are on the rise
CHICAGO (AP) — Playground concussions are on the rise, according to a new government study, and monkey bars and swings are most often involved. Most injuries studied were mild, but all concussions are...
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FDA reconsiders training requirements for painkillers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is reconsidering whether doctors who prescribe painkillers like OxyContin should be required to take safety training courses, according to federal...
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Another big verdict in talc case against Johnson & Johnson
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Twice in the past three months, juries have awarded tens millions of dollars to ovarian cancer victims who blamed Johnson & Johnson talcum powder for their illness — among the...
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Clock starts for voters to reject new California tobacco age
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has become the second state in the nation to raise the legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21, starting the clock for opponents to ask voters for a reversal this...
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Study: Sanders’ economic plan piles $18T on federal debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders' tax and spending proposals would provide new levels of health and education benefits for American families, but they'd also blow an $18-trillion hole in federal...
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Mosquito season brings no urgency for money to fight Zika
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Democrats are pressuring congressional Republicans to act on President Barack Obama's demands for money to combat Zika, but even the onset of mosquito season that...
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Urine test could simplify Zika virus detection
NEW YORK (AP) — A urine-based test for Zika virus infection has shown to be more effective than the common blood-based one for many patients, a development that could make testing for the infection...
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Brain scans find protein a marker of Alzheimer’s decline
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are peeking inside living brains to watch for the first time as a toxic duo of plaques and tangles interact to drive Alzheimer's disease — and those tangles may predict...
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Prince’s autopsy, toxicology tests may resolve uncertainties
(AP) Prince's autopsy, particularly the toxicology report, may clarify whether prescription painkillers played any part in his death. Determining whether the music superstar died of a drug overdose...
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In surprising turnabout, Oklahoma eyes Medicaid expansion
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Despite bitter resistance in Oklahoma for years to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, Republican leaders in this conservative state are now confronting something that...
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Tax measure could cause financial jolt to California smokers
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A campaign to raise California's cigarette tax by $2 a pack said Monday it has collected enough signatures to qualify the proposal for the Nov. 8 ballot and raise the prospect of a...
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