CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) – An educator has rescued a caged puppy from drowning in a chilly…
Category: Health
At transgender medicine program, patients find compassion
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) – When Allison Niedzwiecki was looking for hormone replacement therapy in 2015, she…
Officials lift boil water order after E.coli contamination
READING, Mass. (AP) – A boil water order imposed in a Boston suburb after a water…
Georgia governor unveils Medicaid plan with work requirement
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp released a plan Monday to expand Medicaid to the…
Carbon monoxide detected in home where 1 died, kids injured
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) – Firefighters in Kentucky say they detected high levels of carbon monoxide in…
Fees reduced, eliminated for medical marijuana users
LANSING, Mich. (AP) – The state of Michigan is lowering or eliminating fees assessed on people…
Congolese journalist helping with Ebola crisis slain
BENI, Congo (AP) – Authorities in eastern Congo say a journalist who was working to spread…
Company seeks to farm steelhead after Atlantic salmon escape
SEATTLE (AP) – Last month, a net pen used for fish farming and operated by Cooke…
Panel recommends boosting Indiana’s cigarette age to 21
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indiana legislative panel is recommending that Indiana’s legal age for buying cigarettes…
Dental school in Joplin raises 75% of its fundraising goal
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – Less than five months after announcing plans for a dental school in…
Former President Jimmy Carter is back teaching Sunday school
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) – Former President Jimmy Carter taught a Bible lesson on life after death…
Survey: Louisiana youth interest in vaping is on the rise
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Interest in e-cigarettes is growing among Louisiana’s middle school and high school…
Indiana Raptor Center aids hawks, owls, eagles and falcons
NASHVILLE, Ind. (AP) – Laura Edmund’s “gateway drug” isn’t what you’d expect. For her, it was…
Louisiana holding free flu shot events around the state
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Louisiana’s health department is holding one-day flu vaccination clinics around the…
Time ticks away at wild bison genetic diversity
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Evidence is mounting that wild North American bison are gradually shedding…
Spokeswoman: Flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer, TV personality Walter Mercado dies at 88 from kidne
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Spokeswoman: Flamboyant Puerto Rican astrologer, TV personality Walter Mercado dies…
Pharmacy suspension lifted in drug-ravaged West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – A federal judge has lifted the suspension of a West Virginia pharmacy’s…
Community gathers to share testimonies of drug abuse
BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) – Tim Craft was a drug addict for 12 years. Every day he…
Collins bill to combat Lyme and other tick diseases moves on
BANGOR, Maine (AP) – A U.S. Senate committee is advancing a proposal from Sen. Susan Collins…
Governor unveils revamped childhood development website
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s governor has unveiled a website that aims to provide parents…