April 3, 2024, 1:20pm Health
A poultry facility in Michigan and egg producer in Texas both reported outbreaks of avian flu this week. The latest developments on the virus also include infected dairy cows and the first known instance of a human catching bird flu from a mammal. Read story
April 3, 2024, 10:24am Health
President Joe Biden teamed up with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to promote his administration’s efforts to lower the cost of inhalers and other health care needs, as the White House continues its effort to highlight Biden’s legislative achievements to voters ahead of the November elections. Read story
April 2, 2024, 9:11am Health
Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious, the federal government said Monday. Read story
April 1, 2024, 8:12am Health
Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news: She should have been put on the transplant list in 2015 instead of 2019 — and a racially biased organ test was to blame. Read story
April 1, 2024, 8:09am Health
Through his office window at what was then one of Africa’s few modern clinics dealing with HIV and AIDS, the man who now oversees the United States’ threatened global AIDS effort used to hear the sound of taxis pulling up throughout the day. Read story
April 1, 2024, 6:07am Editor's Choice
When he was growing up, Ivan Howtopat dreamed of being a famous skateboarder. Playing college basketball. Buying his mom a house. Read story
March 31, 2024, 6:00am Health
Ruth Richardson waited near the Iowa capitol’s grand staircase, just outside the limelight. At the podium nearby, abortion-rights supporters railed against the state’s conservative swing on abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling Republican bills “nonsense,” “pseudoscientific” and “speaking for the extreme.” Richardson glanced at her speech and… Read story
March 30, 2024, 6:00am Health
When Kate Middleton announced her recent cancer diagnosis, she emphasized the time she and her husband, William, Prince of Wales, took to share the news with their three children. Read story
March 30, 2024, 5:40am Business
A recent tweak to a Medicaid formula could be behind the shake-up to inhaler products, a series of changes that have both benefited and harmed patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Read story
March 29, 2024, 5:43pm Health
Washington is the first state to ban the manufacture, distribution and sale of cookware contaminated with lead, following Gov. Jay Inslee’s approval of a bill that passed this legislative session. Read story
