Health

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia logging firm’s bid to determine a toxic-spewing facility within the picturesque Allegheny Mountains is drawing stiff pushback forward of a public listening to deliberate for Thursday night. Allegheny Wood Products needs to construct a fumigation facility within the Hardy...

Michelle Obama introduced Wednesday that she has co-founded a brand new firm to make and promote more healthy meals and drinks for teenagers, merchandise that she says will probably be much less detrimental to their long-term well being due to their decrease sugar and better nutrient content material. The ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s staff physician stated Wednesday it was too early to foretell whether or not captain Siya Kolisi might be obtainable for the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup title protection after present process knee surgical procedure. Kolisi had the operation on Friday after sustaini...

BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil’s Federal Police searched former President Jair Bolsonaro’s dwelling and seized his telephone Wednesday in what they mentioned was an investigation into alleged falsification of COVID-19 vaccine playing cards. Several different places additionally have been searched and a half-dozen folks confronted arrest, police mentioned. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Eli Lilly and Co. stated Wednesday its experimental Alzheimer’s drug appeared to gradual worsening of the mind-robbing illness in a big examine. In the 18-month trial, folks within the early levels of Alzheimer’s who acquired infusions of donanemab confirmed 35% much less decline in consi...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Hospitals in Wisconsin that don’t adjust to federal worth transparency rules may very well be fined by state regulators below a brand new proposal from Republican lawmakers. State Sen. Mary Felzkowski and Rep. Robert Brooks started circulating the measure for co-sponsors on Wednesday. ...

BRAMPTON, Ontario — Police in Canada arrested a person for allegedly promoting a deadly substance to individuals prone to self-harm and charged him with counseling suicide within the deaths of two Canadians. Peel Regional Police stated the fees had been lodged late Tuesday in opposition to Kenneth Law, 57,...

CHICAGO (AP) - An Illinois metropolis on Tuesday banned the mailing or delivery of abortion drugs, defying the state’s Democratic legal professional normal and the American Civil Liberties Union, who've repeatedly warned that the transfer violates Illinois regulation’s safety of abortion as a basic proper. ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — At a time when Republican-led states are limiting or banning abortion and limiting gender-affirming care, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed measures into legislation on Wednesday to guard abortion rights and develop Medicaid protection for gender-affirming remedy within the closely Democratic state. ...