Study show high-risk areas for Lyme disease growing
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) _ The geographic areas where Lyme disease is a bigger danger have grown dramatically, according to …
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Probe: Bogus enrollees kept getting ‘Obamacare’
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR WASHINGTON (AP) _ Phony applicants that investigators signed up last year under President Barack Obama’s health care law got automatically re-enrolled for …
A friend in need
As we proceed through life, the lessons keep coming and hopefully we are receptive to them. One of my most current lessons is both poignant …
Colorado lawmakers study school violence, mental health
DENVER (AP) _ A Colorado panel looking at how to prevent school violence started work by hearing alarming data about rates of depression among teenage …
USC fires back at UCSD in Alzheimer’s research data dispute
SAN DIEGO (AP) _ The University of Southern California said it will seek a restraining order against the University of California, San Diego, after discovering …
Health officials report sharp rise in heroin use in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ Health officials say the state is seeing an increase in heroin-related deaths as use of the drug expands among Alaskans. The …
Plague kills eastern Utah prairie dog colony
VERNAL, Utah (AP) _ Wildlife and health officials say an outbreak of bubonic plague has killed dozens of prairie dogs in a colony in eastern …
Liberia confirms 2nd Ebola death in resurgent outbreak
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) _ Liberia’s health minister says that a second person has died from Ebola in the latest resurgence of the deadly disease. Deputy …
Paid Sick Days – Advocates launch Michigan ballot drive for paid sick days
LANSING, Mich. (AP) _ Advocates are launching a 2016 ballot drive to require that Michigan workers be able to earn paid sick days. The petition …
Study: Silent cancer in moms a rare result in prenatal tests
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ For pregnant women, abnormal results from certain prenatal tests may signal that something is wrong _ …