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FILE - Dr. Sydney Sewall fills a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at the Augusta Armory, Dec. 21, 2021, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F.

Biden health officials say they built up U.S. pandemic defenses. Trump promises changes

FILE - Dr. Sydney Sewall fills a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine at the Augusta Armory, Dec. 21, 2021, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F.

January 14, 2025, 9:59am Health

The Biden administration on Tuesday released a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them. Read story

Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans

January 13, 2025, 2:23pm Business

Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death. Read story

Alzheimer’s drugs eyed as next big obesity-like opportunity

January 13, 2025, 2:13pm Business

Investors seeking the next obesity-like market opportunity will be closely watching developments related to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease in 2025. Read story

This photo provided by Joseph Journell of San Bernardino, Calif. shows two of his cats, Alexander, background, and Tuxsie, right, who died from bird flu after they drank raw cow's milk. Cleo, center, did not drink the milk and remained healthy.

California man says two of his cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu

This photo provided by Joseph Journell of San Bernardino, Calif. shows two of his cats, Alexander, background, and Tuxsie, right, who died from bird flu after they drank raw cow's milk. Cleo, center, did not drink the milk and remained healthy.

January 13, 2025, 12:36pm Health

A California man whose two cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu risk says he meant to keep his beloved pets healthy, but his efforts tragically backfired. Read story

The Johnson & Johnson headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J., on Feb. 8, 2024.

J&J buys Intra-Cellular in $14.6 billion deal, delving further into central nervous system disorders

The Johnson & Johnson headquarters in New Brunswick, N.J., on Feb. 8, 2024.

January 13, 2025, 9:06am Health

Johnson & Johnson will spend more than $14 billion to delve further into the treatment of central nervous system disorders by purchasing Intra-Cellular Therapies. Read story

Officer Cole Larson confiscates a device for smoking fentanyl from a driver while on patrol on Thursday afternoon.

WA sees spike in new chemicals in street drugs, fentanyl

Officer Cole Larson confiscates a device for smoking fentanyl from a driver while on patrol on Thursday afternoon.

January 12, 2025, 6:05am Courts & Crime

The landscape of street drugs looked a lot different when University of Washington research professor Caleb Banta-Green began his career in drug epidemiology more than 20 years ago. There were just seven illicit drugs he had to keep track of: cannabis, meth, cocaine, heroin, PCP, LSD and MDMA. Read story

The tiny Baker County health department offers lots of services, including home visits by a nurse for new moms and infants.

For many rural women, finding maternity care outweighs concerns about abortion access

The tiny Baker County health department offers lots of services, including home visits by a nurse for new moms and infants.

January 12, 2025, 6:00am Health

In what has become a routine event in rural America, a hospital maternity ward closed in 2023 in this small Oregon town about an hour from the Idaho border. Read story

FILE - Medical bills are seen in Temple Hills, Md., on June 26, 2023.

How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers

FILE - Medical bills are seen in Temple Hills, Md., on June 26, 2023.

January 12, 2025, 6:00am Business

Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or business loans, according to a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized Tuesday. Read story

Trash incinerators disproportionately harm Black and Hispanic people

January 12, 2025, 5:20am Health

When leaders of Florida’s most populous county met in September to pick a site for what could become the nation’s largest trash incinerator, so many people went to the government center to protest that overflow seating spilled into the building’s atrium. Read story

5,000 Providence nurses, doctors and others striking Friday at all Providence hospitals

January 10, 2025, 10:35am Health

Nearly 5,000 nurses, doctors and other health workers at Providence Health & Services hospitals and clinics in Oregon are walking off their jobs beginning 6 a.m. Friday. Read story