Posts in category Health

By RANDALL CHASE DOVER, Del. (AP) _ Gov. Jack Markell signed legislation Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana in Delaware. Markell signed the …

SALEM, Ore. (AP) _ A proposal permitting pharmacists to prescribe hormonal birth control is advancing through the Legislature. The bill allows women to skip their …

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) _ The number of heroin deaths continues to grow in the St. Louis region. KMOX Radio (http://cbsloc.al/1CfkA0g ) reports that 113 …

BANGKOK (AP) _ Thailand says it has confirmed its first known case of the deadly MERS virus, a man who arrived from a Middle Eastern …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ Federal officials say studies reinforce advisement that people could use tap water shortly after a chemical spill in West Virginia last …

By TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer CVS drugstores that quit tobacco sales last year are now getting health and beauty makeovers to attract customers who …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ The Rhode Island House has passed a bill to let terminally ill patients obtain experimental drugs that haven’t been federally approved. …

By AMY TAXIN and JUDY LIN SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) _ In a move that adds momentum to efforts to integrate immigrants, California is on …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Fitness-tracking device maker Fitbit on Wednesday priced its initial public offering of stock at $20 per share, slightly more than anticipated. …

By RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Indiana’s health commissioner says a community outreach center that opened this spring in a rural county facing the largest …