Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the other, is unable to walk on his own like most toddlers his age. Another 19-month-old,...
View ArticleUkraine lawmakers vote to legalize medical marijuana and help ease stress...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament voted Tuesday to legalize medical marijuana, after the war with Russia left thousands of people with post-traumatic stress disorder that many believe could be...
View ArticleCat-owner duo in Ohio shares amputee journey while helping others through...
TROY, Ohio (AP) — Each morning when she wakes up, Juanita Mengel removes the silicone liner of her prosthetic leg out from under a heated blanket so that the metal parts of the artificial limb don't...
View ArticlePharmacist refused emergency contraception prescription. Court to decide if...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the pharmacist who refused to fill the prescription...
View ArticleFor years, he couldn't donate at the blood center where he worked. Under new...
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Over the last six years, blood center employee Dylan Smith was often asked how frequently he gave blood himself. His answer was always the same: As a gay man, he couldn't. That...
View ArticleUN health agency cites tenfold increase in reported cases of dengue over the...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency said Friday that reported cases of dengue globally increased tenfold over the last generation, with climate change and the growing spread of virus-carrying...
View ArticleFDA says fake Ozempic shots are being sold through some legitimate sources
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss, that had been distributed through legitimate drug...
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Everyone you know sick? 9 states reach CDC's highest level for respiratory...
(NEXSTAR) – If you've been coughing, feverish, phlegmy or otherwise sick, you are far from alone. A trio of respiratory illnesses are spreading widely, sickening families around the country with the...
View ArticleChatty robot helps seniors fight loneliness through AI companionship
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Joyce Loaiza lives alone, but when she returns to her apartment at a Florida senior community, the retired office worker often has a chat with a friendly female voice that...
View ArticleDelaware hospital system will pay $47 million to settle whistleblower...
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its former compliance officer that it provided kickbacks to outside doctors...
View ArticleHawaii announces first recipients of student loan payment program for health...
HONOLULU (AP) — The state has announced the first recipients of a program aimed at helping medical professionals pay off student loans in exchange for a two-year commitment to provide care in Hawaii....
View ArticleSocial media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard...
Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published on...
View ArticleAs pandemic unfolded, deaths of older adults in Pennsylvania rose steeply in...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania recorded a steep increase in the deaths of older adults following an abuse or neglect complaint the last few years, as COVID-19 ravaged the nation, complaints grew...
View ArticleStigma against gay men could worsen Congo's biggest mpox outbreak, scientists...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. In November, the World Health...
View ArticleThe Air Force said its nuclear missile capsules were safe. But toxic dangers...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A large pool of dark liquid festering on the floor. No fresh air. Computer displays that would overheat and ooze out a fishy-smelling gel that nauseated the crew. Asbestos readings...
View ArticleMexican president inaugurates centralized 'super pharmacy' to supply...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president inaugurated a huge “super pharmacy” Friday in a bid to end the woes of patients throughout the country who are often told they need a specific medicine — but the...
View ArticleWest Virginia starts distributing funds from the settlement of opioid lawsuits
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established by the settlement of opioid lawsuits in the state, which has by far the nation’s highest drug overdose death...
View ArticleSen. Fetterman says he thought news about his depression treatment would end...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression. He remembers thinking...
View ArticleUS women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news...
Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might...
View ArticleHow Dominican women fight child marriage and teen pregnancy while facing...
AZUA, Dominican Republic (AP) — It was a busy Saturday morning at Marcia González’s church. A bishop was visiting, and normally she would have been there helping with logistics, but on this day she...
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