Posts in category Health

By DAVID PITT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ A state of emergency was declared Friday by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad with nearly 17 million chickens …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Indiana health officials dealing with an HIV outbreak in a rural county are urging truck drivers and others traveling through the outbreak …

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ HONOLULU (AP) _ Hawaii lawmakers are racing to pass bills out of final committees ahead of a legislative deadline. One bill that …

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ The South Dakota Department of Health has released new income guidelines for a federal nutrition program that assists mothers, infants and …

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ A proposal to make beverage companies place a health label on sugary drinks is advancing in the New York state Assembly. …

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ A record number of Ohio residents died from heroin-related overdoses in 2013, the state …

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Minnesota health officials say the state has three more presumed cases of bird flu. One flock is in Otter Tail …

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ To fight infections, hospital workers can hit the hand sanitizer a hundred times or more a …

By ANDREW TAYLOR WASHINGTON (AP) _ The House Thursday adopted a compromise GOP budget that promises to speed repeal of the President Barack Obama’s health …

By BRIAN SLODYSKO BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ A Senate committee has approved a bill that could make medical marijuana available to those suffering from …