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EPA chief met with Dow CEO before deciding on pesticide ban

Records show the Trump administration's top environmental official met privately with the chief executive of Dow Chemical shortly before reversing his agency's push to ban a widely-used pesticide after health studies showed it can harm children's brains

8:40PM ( 40 minutes ago )

By The Associated Press

Shkreli jury selection expected to take a third day

Jury selection at the securities fraud trial of a former pharmaceutical CEO notorious for price-gouging has hit a rough patch

8:07PM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

Senate GOP shelves health bill, imperils 'Obamacare' repeal

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans suffer an embarrassing setback on their No. 1 campaign promise as health care legislation, short of votes, is delayed in the Senate

7:24PM ( 1 hour ago )

By The Associated Press

Facing defections, Senate GOP leaders delay health care vote

Senate Republican leaders are delaying a vote on their prized health care bill until at least next month

3:17PM ( 6 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

Major veterans' groups voice concern over Senate health bill

Major veterans' organizations are voicing concerns about a Senate GOP bill to repeal the nation's health care law

2:29PM ( 6 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

Merck says new type of cholesterol drug worked in big study

Merck surprise: Experimental cholesterol drug, discounted by many, reduced heart attacks, deaths and other heart complications in huge patient study

1:59PM ( 7 hours ago )

By The Associated Press

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Greek garbage collectors reject compromise as trash piles up

Greece's municipal garbage collectors on Tuesday rejected a government compromise offer and decided to continue an 11-day protest that has left mounds of festering refuse piled up across Athens amid high temperatures during the key summer tourism season

1:19PM ( 8 hours ago )

GOP leaders labor to rescue health care bill amid defections

Top Senate Republicans are laboring to rescue a floundering health care bill that lacks enough GOP votes to even start debate

1:18PM ( 8 hours ago )

Judge denies request to restart Shkreli jury selection

Jury selection at the securities fraud trial of a former pharmaceutical CEO notorious for price-gouging has hit a rough patch

1:07PM ( 8 hours ago )

AP Health Archive

Health and Medicine

How the Senate health bill compares to House, 'Obamacare'

Comparing the Senate health care bill to its House counterpart and 'Obamacare'

4:13AM ( 4 days ago )

Zika birth defects in US territories similar to other places

In America's island territories, rate of Zika birth defects similar to other epidemic places

6:05PM ( 2 weeks ago )

'Mom' star Janney visits, donates to Planned Parenthood

The star of the hit CBS sitcom "Mom" and one of its creators have paid a visit to the president of Planned Parenthood and dropped off a check for $250,000

7:29PM ( 3 weeks ago )

AP Health - Women's health Archive

Women's Health

Toilet charity gets Indian village to take on Trump name

A charity that provides toilets to poor Indians is helping a northern village rename itself after President Donald Trump

5:13PM ( 4 days ago )

Few opioid-addicted youth get standard treatment medication

A new study finds only 1 in 4 teens and young adults with opioid addiction receive recommended treatment medication despite having good health insurance

1:48PM ( 1 week ago )

GOP weighs options as health bill faces hurdle on abortion

Senate Republicans working on high-stakes health care legislation are anticipating problems with abortion restrictions that their House counterparts have already passed

2:26PM ( 1 week ago )

AP Health - Children's Health Archive

Children's Health

Census: US growing older and more racially diverse

The U.S. Census Bureau says the nation is aging and becoming more ethnically diverse

4:47AM ( 5 days ago )

Drug shows promise against vision-robbing disease in seniors

An experimental drug is showing promise against an untreatable eye disease that blinds older adults _ and intriguingly, it seems to work in patients who carry a particular gene flaw that fuels the damage to their vision

3:21AM ( 5 days ago )

The Latest: Kuwait's urges Qatar emir to exercise restraint

Kuwait's ruler is calling on Qatar to exercise self-restraint in its dispute with Saudi Arabia and other regional nations, issuing a statement just hours after a senior Saudi royal arrived in Kuwait with a message from the Saudi king

4:46PM ( 3 weeks ago )

AP Health - Senior Health Archive

Senior Health

Rockies' Bettis back with team following cancer treatment

Chad Bettis has rejoined the Colorado Rockies and begun throwing after finishing treatment for testicular cancer

8:46PM ( 3 weeks ago )

Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon upbeat in cancer fight

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon says he's received nothing but positive news since being diagnosed with testicular cancer earlier this month

7:47PM ( 1 month ago )

McConnell asks all senators to join all-male health group

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has invited all Republicans to join with what's been an all-male working group of GOP senators to craft a health care bill

6:36PM ( 1 month ago )

AP Health - Men's Health Archive

Men's Health

Trump's Indonesian business partner slapped with travel ban

Authorities in Indonesia say they've issued a travel ban against the Indonesian business partner of U.S. President Donald Trump after he was accused of threatening a deputy attorney general

By The Associated Press

8:17AM ( 1 day ago )