Posts in category Health

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) _ Health officials say the number of teen suicides since September is more than double what’s been recorded in previous years. Data …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal health regulators are reviewing the safety of an implantable contraception device after receiving reports of unusual side effects from patients, including …

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Mississippi State Department of Health says the Magnolia state leads the nation when it comes to implementing municipal smoke-free air …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Osawatomie State Hospital has stopped accepting new admissions while the facility undergoes renovations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1IeAU7X ) that officials …

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ A proposal to change the state’s tax laws that began as an effort to accommodate gym company Planet Fitness is heading …

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) _ Virginia’s environmental agency is investigating the cause of cloudy water in Bryan Park in North Richmond. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/1FCLZJC …

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger is cautioning residents to start protecting themselves against mosquitoes, after West Nile virus was found …

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) _ A Pakistani health official says the devastating heat wave that struck the country last weekend is slowly subsiding but that the …

By KELLI KENNEDY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott is withdrawing his injunction against the Obama administration over federal health money, but there’s no …

“Doctor Bland, we have an emergency!”  Words I hear all too often. I drop what I am doing and proceed to the treatment area. As …