Justice Department sues to block UnitedHealth Group's $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys
NEW YORK — The Justice Department is suing to block UnitedHealth Group’s $3.3 billion…
23andMe cuts 40% of its workforce and discontinues therapeutics division
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — 23andMe is laying off 40% of its workforce, or more than 200…
STD epidemic slows as new syphilis and gonorrhea cases fall in US
NEW YORK — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and…
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
ISLAMABAD — The U.N. children’s agency on Monday warned that the health of 11 million…
WHO says mpox cases in Congo's epicenter where the new variant was detected may be 'plateauing'
LONDON — The World Health Organization said mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and…
Traumatized by war, Lebanon's children struggle with physical, emotional wounds
BEIRUT — Curled up in his father ’s lap, clinging to his chest, Hussein Mikdad cried his…
'I got my life back.' Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — After working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air…
Wisconsin's high court to hear oral arguments on whether an 1849 abortion ban remains valid
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday on whether a law…
Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killer
The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and…