Posts in category Health

I have so often written about personal responsibility, you may think I must be an ultra- responsible individual.  To the contrary, and I have a …

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) _ Health officials in Kenosha County are investigating an outbreak of a food-borne illness. County health department spokesman Mark Melotick says more …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ Health officials say tests indicate that a fox that bit a woman in southern New Mexico had a new strain …

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE CONCORD, N.H. (AP) _ Gov. Maggie Hassan’s recent decision to give nursing homes $4 million in reimbursement rate increases is meeting resistance …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ A state insurance board has voted to add deductibles and increase out-of-pocket payments in state employees’ health care plans, a measure …

By RYAN J. FOLEY IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) _ The University of Iowa fired one student health clinic worker and disciplined another for breaching the …

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ A Tampa cancer hospital is opening a teen lounge to encourage patients to meet and hang out during treatment. Moffitt Cancer …

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (AP) _ The Environmental Protection Agency says a hazardous-waste incinerator in eastern Ohio released dangerous toxins into the air over the past …

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ Suicides by young children are rare and the low rate has held mostly stable except for …

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Mammograms at 40 or 50? Every year or every other year? What’s the best colon check? …