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By TOM MURPHY and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) _ Anthem is buying rival Cigna for $48 billion in a deal that …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ Firefighters say an explosion and fire at a medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Fe has left two people hospitalized. The …

FORT LOUDON, Pa. (AP) _ State officials have closed the beaches at a central Pennsylvania state park after at least 29 swimmers were sickened with …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ The state Department of Health reports the number of patients enrolled in the state’s medical marijuana program has more than doubled …

AUSTIN, Ind. (AP) _ Indiana’s state epidemiologist says she believes the outbreak of HIV in the southern part of the state has peaked. Pam Pontones …

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ State health officials say a potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba has been discovered in the St. Bernard Parish Water System at …

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) _ A federal report says inadequate treatment at a hospital in northeast Nebraska resulted in one death earlier this year and harm …

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON — Older women with mild memory impairment worsened about twice as fast as men, researchers reported Tuesday, part …

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood told Congress Monday that a secretly recorded video released last week by an anti-abortion group is …

Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Federal authorities have suspended the license of a Miami-area blood bank for violations that include improperly notifying donors who may …