North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is canceling Medicaid rate cuts he initiated two months ago. Stein and Health Secretary Dr. Dev Sangvai announced Wednesday that reimbursement rates for doctors and …
Waymo's self-driving taxis have been in the spotlight for both negative and positive reasons. This week, the automated ride-hailing taxis went viral after a San Francisco woman gave birth inside a …
The New York Times and President Donald Trump are fighting again. The news outlet said Wednesday it won't be deterred by Trump's “false and inflammatory language” from writing about the …
Denmark has reached a deal to compensate thousands of Indigenous women and girls in Greenland over cases of forcible contraception carried out by health authorities over decades starting in the …
The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week. Republicans said Tuesday that they had united around a plan, for now, that would allow COVID-era health care subsidies to …
A federal judge has ordered Georgia's prison system to provide hormone therapy for transgender inmates. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert says that a state law denying such care violates the …
The nation’s leading doctors groups are in a standoff with federal health officials over vaccines. The conflict intensified when an advisory panel, handpicked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy …
Federal health officials are reviewing the safety of two injectable drugs used to protect babies and toddlers from the RSV virus. The drugs from Merck and Sanofi are not vaccines. But officials under …
Fifty schools across Western Pennsylvania are partnering with the Allegheny Health Network’s Chill Project to give students a mental health resource. The program sets up calming spaces in …
The Mississippi Opioid Settlement Advisory Council has made recommendations to the 2026 Legislature for how the state could spend $81 million of its opioid settlement funds. The council solicited and …
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The United Nations says the world needs a new way of thinking about environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet. The scientists in the new report say climate change, …
Moments after Luigi Mangione was put in handcuffs at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear. The discovery, …
Initial new federal data shows the number of Americans signing up for Affordable Care Act health insurance for 2026 is moderately higher than it was at a similar time last year. Friday's data from …
Orlando Magic leading scorer Franz Wagner has a high sprain of his left ankle that will likely keep him out for multiple weeks. The Magic announced the diagnosis on Monday after an MRI exam. He was …
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Eric Dane, known for his roles in “Grey's Anatomy” and “Euphoria,” has announced a memoir titled “Book of Days.” The book, set to be published in 2026 by Maria Shriver's The Open Field, …
Massachusetts’ highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state’s lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users. The lawsuit …
The World Health Organization's director says the death toll from drone strikes on a kindergarten and other sites in Sudan’s Kordofan state last week is now at 114 people including 63 children. WHO …
Real Madrid defender Éder Militão is expected to be sidelined for at least three months because of a left leg injury. The club said Monday that Militão underwent tests and was diagnosed with a …