Trump’s new CDC chief: A Washington health insider with a libertarian streak
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has picked Jim O’Neill, a former investor and critic of health regulations serving under Health Secretary Robert F....
More companies pull thousands of packages of shrimp for potential radioactive contamination
More companies are recalling tens of thousands of packages of imported shrimp sold at Walmart, Kroger and other U.S. stores because they may contain...
New York City doctor who sexually abused patients in hospital gets 24-year prison sentence
NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who sexually abused sedated patients at a New York City hospital and raped women who were unconscious at...
Death toll from Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City rises to 7 and...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City health officials have discovered a seventh death linked to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem, where...
Salmonella outbreak tied to recalled eggs has sickened 95 people since January
At least 95 people in more than a dozen states have been sickened since January in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning tied to recalled...
CDC dramatically scales back program that tracks food poisoning infections
Federal health officials have dramatically scaled back a program that has tracked food poisoning infections in the U.S. for three decades.The Foodborne Diseases Active...
Nonalcoholic beer and mocktails can help people stay sober or drink less, but are...
Several years into her sobriety, Logan Denzer decided to try nonalcoholic beer and mocktails while others around her drank real booze.“A lot of people...
Denmark and Greenland apologize to Inuit women over forced contraception in the past
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark and Greenland on Wednesday apologized for their roles in the past mistreatment of Greenlandic Indigenous girls and women that...
At some colleges, move-in day includes students’ dogs and cats
Crossing paths with dogs, cats and other animals is part of campus life for students at Eckerd College, a liberal arts school in Florida...
Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds during lawsuit after Trump cuts to abortion providers
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of clinics in Maine will not resume getting Medicaid funds to treat thousands of low-income patients during its...
