Posts in category Health

By JASON DEAREN ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) _ A Florida children’s dentist accused of running a “house of horrors” that included performing surgical procedures without …

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Spring cleaning season is here and the North Dakota Health Department says people should be aware of the risk of being …

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) _ Kingman drivers will have to put out their cigarettes if they have kids in the car under a new smoking ban …

NEW YORK (AP) _ Health officials say bad eyesight in the U.S. is most common in the South. A new report found the South was …

By RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Indiana’s health commissioner has approved a one-year needle-exchange program for a rural county at the center of the state’s …

DENVER (AP) _ The $1 billion cost overrun at the Denver veterans hospital is the VA’s worst construction problem, but the department also had difficulties …

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) _ A cholera outbreak has killed at least 30 people in a Tanzanian refugee camp for Burundians, a World …

By KELLI KENNEDY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Gov. Rick Scott’s hospital commission held its first meeting Wednesday, overwhelmed by mounds of data but intent …

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ A legislative committee has rejected Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to dramatically expand drug testing of welfare recipients. The Health and …

By CLAUDIA LAUER and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Authorities raided medical clinics, pharmacies and other locations across the South …