Friday March 29th, 2024 8:30AM

AP Health

Drug overdoses reach another record with almost 108,000 Americans in 2022, CDC says
Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022
5:44PM ( 1 week ago )
Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients
Certain Medicare patients may get help paying for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, as long as they also have heart disease
4:41PM ( 1 week ago )
Roller ball candies linked to fatal choking and injury in children, CPSC warns
Candy treats that use roller balls to let kids eat sweet liquid have been linked to choking, including at least one death
2:45PM ( 1 week ago )
Republican majorities block efforts to expand Medicaid in Georgia and Kansas
Republican lawmakers in Georgia and Kansas have shot down attempts by Democrats to expand Medicaid in their states
1:44PM ( 1 week ago )
US surgeons have transplanted a pig kidney into a patient
Doctors in Boston say they have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient
10:03AM ( 1 week ago )
US surgeons transplant a gene-edited pig kidney into a patient for the first time
Doctors in Boston say they have transplanted a pig kidney into a 62-year-old patient
10:03AM ( 1 week ago )
Why are striking doctors in South Korea facing license suspensions and what’s next?
South Korea is poised to start suspending the licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors as punishment for their weekslong walkouts that have shaken hospital operations
6:42AM ( 1 week ago )
Kenyan doctors stop providing emergency services at public hospitals as strike enters second week
Kenyan doctors have stopped providing emergency services at public hospitals, as they escalated a national strike that entered its second week
5:35AM ( 1 week ago )
California wants to pay doctors more money to see Medicaid patients
California wants to pay doctors more money to persuade them to see more Medicaid patients
1:05AM ( 1 week ago )
Nearly 8 in 10 AAPI adults in the US think abortion should be legal, an AP-NORC poll finds
A new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the United States are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations where the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason
12:07AM ( 1 week ago )