Health

More than a yr after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that was accepted almost universally by the teams suing the corporate - together with 1000's of individuals injured by the drug - cash continues to be not rolling out. Parties ready to finalize the de...

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire is amongst a handful of states that started eradicating individuals from Medicaid this month, however its efforts to make sure a easy transition started almost three years in the past. After barring states from kicking individuals off this system in the course of the COVID-19 ...

PORTLAND, Maine — After a light winter within the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this 12 months? Researchers say it's laborious to foretell how the tick season will play out. This 12 months’s delicate winter and early snow soften, although, may imply extra ticks sooner than typical and a wider unfo...

Suicide hotline calls, drug overdose deaths and psychological sickness complaints within the District of Columbia all went by way of the roof throughout COVID-19, a report has discovered. Suicide calls to the D.C. Access Helpline shot up from a mean of 76 monthly earlier than the pandemic to 320 a month fi...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah choose on Friday will take into account a request from Planned Parenthood to delay implementing a statewide ban on abortion clinics set to start taking impact subsequent week. Planned Parenthood argues a state regulation handed earlier this yr will successfully finish entry to ...

TOKYO — Japan will carry most of its coronavirus border controls, together with a requirement that entrants present proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure adverse check, starting Saturday because the nation’s Golden Week vacation season begins and a big inflow of overseas vacationers is anticipated. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days out from a surgical procedure and with a younger son present process chemotherapy, Kyle McHenry was scrambling to determine if his Florida household will nonetheless be lined by Medicaid come Monday. One type on the state’s web site stated protection for his or her sick 5-year-old so...

Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland says he completed six rounds of chemotherapy and his most cancers is in remission as he balances therapy together with his high-profile job as the highest Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. Mr. Raskin tweeted a video of him ringing a bell in entrance of cheering nurses...

NEW YORK — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to a different all-time low final 12 months, with 1 in 9 adults saying they had been present people who smoke, in keeping with authorities survey information launched Thursday. Meanwhile, digital cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults. The preliminary findings...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pamela Smith remembers vividly the final time she noticed her solely son alive. It was 3:18 a.m. on July 3, 2016, in Fresno, California, and 22-year-old Jackson Smith was mendacity immobile on a desk in an emergency room whereas a nurse carried out chest compressions. Earlier that nigh...