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A person signs in, center, as Jesse Johnson of the Family Resource Center, right, waits for client Tyler Baker to complete a random drug test at the Hancock County Adult Probation office in Findlay, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Experts say establishing peer support programs to help people in recovery is one way communities should consider using money from settling lawsuits with the drug industry over the toll of opioids.

As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

A person signs in, center, as Jesse Johnson of the Family Resource Center, right, waits for client Tyler Baker to complete a random drug test at the Hancock County Adult Probation office in Findlay, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Experts say establishing peer support programs to help people in recovery is one way communities should consider using money from settling lawsuits with the drug industry over the toll of opioids.

November 3, 2023, 8:09am Health

Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements. Read story

It’s time to buy health insurance through the marketplace. Experts suggest doing your research first

November 3, 2023, 8:00am Health

It’s time to pick health coverage for next year on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces, and experts caution against focusing your choice on price alone. Read story

Time to set clocks back an hour for a return to standard time across most of the U.S.

Daylight saving 2023: Here’s what a sleep expert says about the time change

Time to set clocks back an hour for a return to standard time across most of the U.S.

November 3, 2023, 7:37am Health

Brunch dates and flag football games might be a little easier to get to this Sunday, when phones grace early-risers with an extra hour of rest before alarm clocks go off. Read story

Washington faces high and rising cases of syphilis from heterosexual activity

November 3, 2023, 7:22am Health

Cases of syphilis in Spokane County and statewide are at historic highs and are rising, driven by a surge in cases among those who engage in heterosexual sex. Read story

FILE - Varieties of disposable flavored electronic cigarette devices manufactured by EB Design, formerly known as Elf Bar, are displayed at a store in Pinecrest, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, shows fewer high school students are vaping. About 10% of high school students said they used electronic cigarettes in the previous month, down from 14% from the same survey conducted last year. Fewer high schools students also smoked cigarettes and cigars. The use of e-cigarettes among middle school students was about the same as last year.

Vaping by high school students dropped this year, says US report

FILE - Varieties of disposable flavored electronic cigarette devices manufactured by EB Design, formerly known as Elf Bar, are displayed at a store in Pinecrest, Fla., Monday, June 26, 2023. A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, shows fewer high school students are vaping. About 10% of high school students said they used electronic cigarettes in the previous month, down from 14% from the same survey conducted last year. Fewer high schools students also smoked cigarettes and cigars. The use of e-cigarettes among middle school students was about the same as last year.

November 2, 2023, 10:57am Health

Fewer high school students are vaping this year, the government reported Thursday. Read story

Rare nerve and brain disease spread by mosquitoes confirmed in Tri-Cities area woman

November 2, 2023, 7:51am Health

A Franklin County woman has recovered from a rare case of St. Louis encephalitis, a disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. Read story

FILE - The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the increase of U.S. infant mortality rate to 3% in 2022 -- a rare increase in a death statistic that has been generally been falling for decades.

The US infant mortality rate rose last year. The CDC says it’s the largest increase in two decades

FILE - The toes of a baby peek out of a blanket at a hospital in McAllen, Texas. On Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the increase of U.S. infant mortality rate to 3% in 2022 -- a rare increase in a death statistic that has been generally been falling for decades.

November 1, 2023, 7:50am Health

The U.S. infant mortality rate rose 3% last year — the largest increase in two decades, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read story

Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

October 31, 2023, 3:36pm Health

The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday. Read story

CVS, Walgreens pharmacists plan to walk out over work conditions

October 31, 2023, 11:06am Business

After brain surgery to remove a tumor, Robert Senter must take daily medication to prevent violent seizures. But it’s often hard to get his refills on time at the CVS pharmacy where he buys his medicine. Read story

Organic material is picked up to be loaded onto a truck at a GreenWaste Zanker Resource Recovery Facility in San Jose, Calif., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. A pair of recent reports from the EPA put striking numbers to the problem of food waste: one-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never eaten. California began requiring every jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services starting in 2022.

Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA’s help

Organic material is picked up to be loaded onto a truck at a GreenWaste Zanker Resource Recovery Facility in San Jose, Calif., Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. A pair of recent reports from the EPA put striking numbers to the problem of food waste: one-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never eaten. California began requiring every jurisdiction to provide organic waste collection services starting in 2022.

October 31, 2023, 8:16am Health

More than one-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never eaten. Much of it ends up in landfills, where it generates tons of methane that hastens climate change. That’s why more than 50 local officials signed onto a letter Tuesday calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to help… Read story