Health

Phil Durst recalled clawing at his face after a chemical from a industrial dishwashing machine squirted into his eyes, inflicting “the most indescribable pain I’ve ever felt - ever, ever, ever.” ...

Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote within the majority opinion of a 2020 determination defending LGBTQ workers from office discrimination that the landmark ruling doesn't apply to high school insurance policies on transgender youths’ use of bogs and locker rooms. ...

DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — A father who’d confronted a collection of home violence fees was sentenced to 25 years in jail for the dying of his 1-month-old son in a case that renewed criticism of Maine’s youngster welfare company. ...

YADKINVILLE, N.C. — With a Medicaid enlargement kickoff possible delayed additional in North Carolina as General Assembly funds negotiations drag on, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper wrapped up every week of rural journey Thursday to try to construct stress upon Republicans to hustle on an settlement. ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As thousands and thousands of Medicaid recipients face the potential lack of well being protection for the primary time for the reason that coronavirus pandemic, state name facilities are getting inundated with questions from folks needing assist. In some instances, federal officers say, it’s taking too lengthy to get solutions. ...

LONDON (AP) — Taking a standard arthritis drug along with the morning-after tablet Plan B might enhance the contraceptive’s effectiveness, in keeping with new analysis revealed Wednesday. ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A invoice geared toward compensating oil area staff and speedy kinfolk for uninsured medical prices associated to air air pollution and heat-related sickness has been launched by a first-term congressman from New Mexico. ...

RIVNE, Ukraine (AP) — Along a bustling road in a western Ukrainian metropolis, Denys Abdulin takes his first unbiased strides since he was severely wounded and blinded whereas preventing invading Russian troops greater than a yr in the past. ...

North Carolina turned the newest state to ban male-born athletes from feminine sports and gender-transition procedures for minors because the Republican supermajority overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes. ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Surgeons transplanted a pig’s kidney right into a brain-dead man and for over a month it’s labored usually - a essential step towards an operation the New York group hopes to ultimately strive in dwelling sufferers. ...