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health / Sat, Sep 30, 2023 12:17 AM

AP Top Health News at 1:17 a.m. EDT

AP Top Health News at 1:17 a.m. EDT

health / Fri, Sep 29, 2023 11:10 PM

Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment

Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for anyone under 19 goes into effect this weekend

health / Fri, Sep 29, 2023 7:38 PM

AP Top Health News at 8:38 p.m. EDT

AP Top Health News at 8:38 p.m. EDT

health / Fri, Sep 29, 2023 7:38 PM

Mississippi sees spike in child care enrollment after abortion ban and child support policy change

Mississippi's human services director says the state has seen a consistent increase in the number of families accepting public assistance for...

health / Fri, Sep 29, 2023 3:54 PM

A doctor caught in the crossfire was among 4 killed in a gunbattle at a hospital in Mexico

Police in northern Mexico say that hitmen stormed a hospital in a bid to kill a patient

health / Fri, Sep 29, 2023 2:39 PM

Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones arrested in protective order violation, authorities say

Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones has been arrested

health / Fri, Sep 29, 2023 2:22 PM

Confirmed heat deaths in Arizona's most populous metro keep rising even as the weather turns cooler

health / Fri, Sep 29, 2023 11:38 AM

FDA wants to regulate thousands of lab tests that have long skirted oversight

The Food and Drug Administration says it plans to begin regulating laboratory-based medical tests

health / Thu, Sep 28, 2023 7:20 PM

Red Sox say Tim Wakefield is in treatment, asks for privacy after illness outed by Schilling

The Boston Red Sox say announcer and former knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is undergoing treatment for a disease they did not specify and asked for...

health / Thu, Sep 28, 2023 6:10 PM

Judge sentences a woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic to 5 years in prison

A judge has sentenced an abortion opponent to five years in prison for burning a Wyoming abortion clinic

health / Thu, Sep 28, 2023 3:35 PM

Woman pleads guilty to calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital

A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over...

health / Thu, Sep 28, 2023 2:31 PM

Republican offers new twist on abortion exceptions as issue stays at forefront of Kentucky campaign

The complexities of abortion-related politics in the post-Roe v. Wade era are continuing to put the squeeze on Republican Daniel Cameron

health / Thu, Sep 28, 2023 7:26 AM

US guitarist Al Di Meola suffers a heart attack on stage in Romania but is now in a stable condition

The award-winning U.S. guitarist Al Di Meola has suffered a heart attack while performing in Romania’s capital

health / Wed, Sep 27, 2023 10:25 PM

FDA advisers vote against experimental ALS treatment pushed by patients

Federal health advisers have voted overwhelmingly against recommending approval of an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease, the fatal...

health / Wed, Sep 27, 2023 7:49 PM

CVS responds quickly after pharmacists frustrated with their workload don't show up

A group of pharmacists frustrated with overwhelming workloads didn't show up for work last week in at least a dozen Kansas City-area CVS pharmacies

health / Wed, Sep 27, 2023 7:35 PM

Virginia Democrats warn Republicans will ban abortion; GOP says their rhetoric is fearmongering

Virginia Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the rhetoric being used by their Democratic opponents in abortion-focused messaging in...

health / Wed, Sep 27, 2023 7:03 PM

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law protecting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in other states

health / Wed, Sep 27, 2023 5:03 PM

Jonas Kaufmann battles back from infection in Claus Guth's 'Doppleganger'

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, recovered from a multi-drug resistant germ infection, is appearing in “Doppleganger,” a staged version of Schubert's final songs