Hawaii announces first recipients of student loan payment program for health care workers
HONOLULU (AP) — The state has announced the first recipients of a program aimed at helping medical professionals pay off student loans in exchange...
FDA says fake Ozempic shots are being sold through some legitimate sources
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has seized “thousands of units” of counterfeit Ozempic, the diabetes drug widely used for weight loss,...
UN health agency cites tenfold increase in reported cases of dengue over the last...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency said Friday that reported cases of dengue globally increased tenfold over the last generation, with climate change...
Pharmacist refused emergency contraception prescription. Court to decide if that was discrimination
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a woman who was denied emergency contraception in 2019 told the Minnesota Court of Appeals Thursday that the pharmacist...
Cat-owner duo in Ohio shares amputee journey while helping others through animal therapy
TROY, Ohio (AP) — Each morning when she wakes up, Juanita Mengel removes the silicone liner of her prosthetic leg out from under a...
Custom made by Tulane students, mobility chairs help special needs toddlers get moving
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At 19 months old, Elijah Jack, born with no femur bone in one leg and a short femur in the...
Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings
PHOENIX (AP) — With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the...
Choking smog lands Sarajevo at top of Swiss index of most polluted cities for...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of December, with air...
States are trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger...
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., many states like Ohio scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Supplies were so...
Here’s what you need to know about the deadly salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupes
Hundreds of people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened and at least 10 people have died in a growing outbreak of salmonella...
