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Alex Morisey does his afternoon exercises using a resistance band in his room at a nursing home in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. He ended up in a nursing home after a fall and, once here, learned his income would no longer be his. Pennsylvania's allowance is $45, and after a monthly $20 haircut and $5 tip, a juggling act begins.

In nursing homes, impoverished live final days on pennies

Alex Morisey does his afternoon exercises using a resistance band in his room at a nursing home in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. He ended up in a nursing home after a fall and, once here, learned his income would no longer be his. Pennsylvania's allowance is $45, and after a monthly $20 haircut and $5 tip, a juggling act begins.

March 20, 2023, 6:00am Health

New pants to replace Alex Morisey’s tattered khakis will have to wait. There’s no cash left for sugar-free cookies either. Even at the month’s start, the budget is so bare that Fixodent is a luxury. Now, halfway through it, things are so tight that even a Diet Pepsi is a… Read story

This image provided by Betty Seaman shows Navy A-6 Intruder pilot Jim Seaman. Navy Capt. Jim Seaman died of lung cancer at the age of 61. His widow Betty Seaman has been part of a large group of aviators and their surviving spouses who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon for years to look into the number of cancers aviators and ground crew face. In a new study the Pentagon has found alarmingly higher rates of cancer among aviators than in the U.S. general population, and has further reviews planned.

Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews

This image provided by Betty Seaman shows Navy A-6 Intruder pilot Jim Seaman. Navy Capt. Jim Seaman died of lung cancer at the age of 61. His widow Betty Seaman has been part of a large group of aviators and their surviving spouses who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon for years to look into the number of cancers aviators and ground crew face. In a new study the Pentagon has found alarmingly higher rates of cancer among aviators than in the U.S. general population, and has further reviews planned.

March 19, 2023, 1:02pm Health

A Pentagon study has found high rates of cancer among military pilots and for the first time has shown that ground crews who fuel, maintain and launch those aircraft are also getting sick. Read story

Testing on an Adderall pill came back positive for meth in Cabo San Lucas.

Feds knew for years fentanyl-tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies were killing Americans

Testing on an Adderall pill came back positive for meth in Cabo San Lucas.

March 19, 2023, 12:34pm Health

Officials at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and State Department have known for more than three years that some pharmacies in Mexico are selling counterfeit medications laced with illicit fentanyl — and that American tourists are overdosing and dying from them. Read story

Mattie English uses a small pump sprayer to soak a kitten with lime-sulfur treatment at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington in December.

Wrangling ringworm saves kittens at Humane Society for Southwest Washington

Mattie English uses a small pump sprayer to soak a kitten with lime-sulfur treatment at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington in December.

March 19, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Health

The kittens up for adoption at the Humane Society for Southwest Washington are cute — pouncing on toys and chirping for attention. Read story

Ventura County???s Santa Susana Field Lab, shown in 2020, is one of many sites nationwide that are contaminated by trichloroethylene, or TCE.

Is a common industrial chemical fueling the spread of Parkinson’s disease?

Ventura County???s Santa Susana Field Lab, shown in 2020, is one of many sites nationwide that are contaminated by trichloroethylene, or TCE.

March 19, 2023, 6:02am Health

A cancer-causing chemical that is widely used to degrease aviation components and heavy machinery could also be linked to Parkinson’s disease, according to a new research paper that recommends increased scrutiny of areas long contaminated by the compound. Read story

In November 1979, a little over a week after student militants seized the U.S.

Jimmy Carter took on the awful Guinea worm when no one else would — and triumphed

In November 1979, a little over a week after student militants seized the U.S.

March 19, 2023, 6:00am Health

Jimmy Carter took great pride in pointing out that the United States didn’t start any new wars during his term as president. But after he left office, he launched a war against “neglected” diseases — diseases in far-off lands that most Americans will never suffer from and may not have… Read story

Crisis intervention hotline expansion volunteer Victoria Grove works at her desk in Crisis Connections, which manages the regional crisis hotline and 988 crisis number, on Wednesday, March 9, 2023, in Belltown.

Washington may boost 988 hotline funding as demand grows

Crisis intervention hotline expansion volunteer Victoria Grove works at her desk in Crisis Connections, which manages the regional crisis hotline and 988 crisis number, on Wednesday, March 9, 2023, in Belltown.

March 19, 2023, 5:22am Health

Last summer, the federal government made access to suicide and crisis counseling much simpler by launching the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline – a shorter version of the (still functional) 10-digit suicide prevention hotline. Read story

California bill to protect doctors who mail abortion pills

March 17, 2023, 8:23am Health

Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to people in other states would be protected from prosecution under a new bill to be unveiled Friday in the state Legislature. Read story