New Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the ambitious...
Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for...
Australia apologizes for thalidomide tragedy as some survivors listen in the Parliament gallery
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery Wednesday when Australia’s Parliament made a national...
US life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. life expectancy rose last year — by more than a year — but still isn't close to what it...
Mayo Clinic announces $5 billion expansion of Minnesota campus
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mayo Clinic announced a $5 billion expansion plan for its flagship campus Tuesday that includes new buildings designed so they...
British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than...
LONDON (AP) — A British government-ordered inquiry said Tuesday it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder...
Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain that operates 30 hospitals in six states to divert patients from...
France to ban smoking on beaches as it seeks to avoid 75,000 tobacco-related deaths...
PARIS (AP) — France will ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas as part of a national...
Trump says he will renew efforts to replace ‘Obamacare’ if he wins a second...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump threatened over the weekend to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act after failing...
China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known...
BEIJING (AP) — A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the...
