Some of the most sizable and troubled nursing homes in the state of Vermont have struggled for much of this year to provide sufficient care under new ownership, logging violations that included a …
A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine says it will shut down its primary care operations on Friday because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers. Maine …
The market for obesity and diabetes treatments remains scorching hot, funneling billions in sales to Eli Lilly and spawning a bidding war over another drugmaker. Lilly said Thursday that its …
A Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s surgeon general pick, Dr. Casey Means, has been postponed because she went into labor. The news from a Senate health committee spokesperson Thursday …
A new AP-NORC poll finds that only 12% of U.S. adults support the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks twice a year, while 47% are opposed and …
A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry. The Trump administration says the federal government won’t fund the …
Authorities are searching for three monkeys that escaped when the truck that was transporting them overturned on a Mississippi highway but it remains unclear who owns the monkeys, who was …
The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that’s expected to determine who can provide abortion care in the state. The court heard arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the constitutionality …
Food aid for more than 40 million Americans is at risk of expiring at week's end. Republican leaders in Congress said it’s all or nothing Wednesday as they rejected a Democratic push for a …
Younger generations of Americans are increasingly citing climate change as making them reticent to have children. Several studies have found young people are worried about bringing children into a …
Federal regulators are trying to make it easier to develop cheaper alternatives to powerful drugs that many Americans depend on to treat autoimmune diseases or cancers. The Food and Drug …
There may be no rank-and-file Democratic senator with more at stake from the federal government shutdown than Georgia’s Jon Ossoff. He's the party’s only senator who's seeking reelection next …
Producing and manufacturing electric vehicles and their batteries uses a lot of energy, leading many to be skeptical about the environmental benefits of going electric. But a new study says that …
Germany has agreed to extend over $1 billion for Holocaust survivors' home care globally for the coming year. The Claims Conference, which handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the …
A federal appeals court has overturned a landmark decision in an opioid lawsuit in West Virginia. A lower court judge had rejected attempts by an opioid-ravaged area to be compensated by U.S. drug …
The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has drafted an interpretative rule …
The civil trial against the Los Angeles Angels over a player's 2019 drug overdose death is set to continue Tuesday. Lawyers for the Angels will continue cross-examining Camela Kay, the ex-wife of the …
A Washington state woman says the state prison in Walla Walla failed to diagnose her husband's fatal bacterial infection and didn't inform her how sick he was, despite repeated calls and emails. …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is accusing the companies behind Tylenol of deceptively marketing the pain reliever to pregnant mothers. The lawsuit asserts unproven claims that early exposure to …
Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but he thinks scientific innovation will curb it. In a memo released Tuesday, Gates argues for a strategic pivot in the global climate fight. He …