Biden administration guidance on abortion to save mother’s life argued at appeals court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to uphold health care guidance issued in 2022 that says hospitals...
Syphilis cases in US newborns skyrocketed in 2022. Health officials suggest more testing
NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by yet another jump in syphilis cases in newborns, U.S. health officials are calling for stepped-up prevention measures, including...
German federal court denies 2 seriously ill men direct access to lethal drug dose
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court on Tuesday denied two seriously ill men direct access to a lethal dose of a drug, arguing...
Masks are back, construction banned and schools shut as toxic air engulfs New Delhi
NEW DELHI (AP) — A toxic blanket of grey smog hangs over New Delhi’s monuments and high-rises. Schools have been ordered shut and construction...
Italy grants citizenship to a terminally ill British baby after a Vatican hospital offers...
ROME (AP) — An 8-month-old terminally ill British girl was granted Italian citizenship Monday after a court in Britain upheld rulings authorizing the withdrawal...
US orders Puerto Rico drug distribution company to pay $12 million in opioid case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of Puerto Rico’s biggest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs was ordered to pay $12 million after being accused...
Mind-altering ketamine becomes new pain treatment, despite little research or regulation
WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the...
More fruit pouches for kids are being recalled because of illnesses that are linked...
Federal health officials are expanding an investigation into potentially lead-tainted pouches of apple cinnamon fruit puree marketed for children amid reports of more illnesses...
Judge says ex-UCLA gynecologist can be retried on charges of sexually abusing female patients
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles who was sentenced to prison for sexually abusing student patients...
Milk carton shortage hits school lunchrooms in New York, California and other states, USDA...
The tiny, half-pint cartons of milk served with millions of school lunches nationwide may soon be scarce in some cafeterias, with districts across the...
