A bill co-authored by Assemblyman Bill Dodd (D-Napa) and introduced in response to the notorious Stanford rape case verdict, was signed into law Friday, Dodd's office announced.
Assembly Bill 2888 by Dodd and Assembly member Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday, requires anyone convicted of sexually assaulting unconscious or severely intoxicated victims be sentenced to prison.
New law based on Stanford rape sentencing, signed by Gov. BrownSolano County's first responders save lives every day.
Kaiser Permanente in the Napa Solano area celebrated them last week, in a special event at the Vacaville Medical Center.
It was the second annual tribute, at which elected officials, business leaders, hospital staff and patients turned out to show their appreciation to the men and women on the front lines.
Solano County's first responders honoredSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's governor is rejecting legislation to allow employees of some small businesses to take up to six weeks of unpaid leave to bond with a new child without losing their job or health insurance.
Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he vetoed the bill aimed at businesses with 20 to 49 employees.
California governor vetoes bill to expand parental leaveChere Rush of Brentwood said she waited too long to check on a lump she found in her breast nine years ago, and considers herself lucky to be alive today.
Convinced that early detection save lives, Rush and four other California survivors dreamed up Pink Plates as a way to raise awareness, and two of them will be at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center on Friday, Oct.
Cancer survivors bringing new Pink Plates to Kaiser Vallejo eventPASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A man armed with a knife and reportedly suffering from a history of mental illness died after a struggle with Pasadena police officers who were called to an apartment early Friday following reports of a disturbance.
Pasadena police Chief Phillip Sanchez said a fight ensued after the officers used a Taser on the man when he ignored their orders to drop the knife.
Armed man dies after struggle with California policeNEW YORK (AP) - A first look at U.S. teens and young children who were infected with Zika suggests the virus typically causes at worst only a mild illness.
Zika infection during pregnancy can cause severe brain-related birth defects. But the report seems to confirm health officials' belief that infections that occur after birth in children are similar to infections in adults - most people don't feel sick, and some develop only mild symptoms.
Officials: Zika caused only mild illness in US kidsSALINAS, Calif. (AP) - A Monterey woman has pleaded guilty to planning to poison her mother with a rare Southeast Asian plant.
The Salinas Californian reports (http://bit.ly/2cGhmB3 ) that 30-year-old Di Cerulean Stylo on Wednesday pleaded guilty to making a criminal threat to kill her mother and to threatening to place a harmful substance in food or drink.
Monterey woman pleads guilty to poisoning plotCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio doctors are supposed check patients' prescription histories against a state website before recommending prescription painkillers, but an audit has found that some 12,000 physicians appear to be violating the policy aimed at stemming the opioid epidemic.
An August audit by the state Pharmacy Board identified the doctors who either weren't registered on the site or weren't using it properly.
Many doctors not using site for keeping painkillers in checkDENVER (AP) - Wondering if that brownie contains pot? Colorado has you covered.
A requirement that edible marijuana products come with a diamond-shaped stamp and the letters T-H-C takes effect Saturday.
The rule applies to the edibles themselves, not just the packaging, and was approved after complaints that the treats look too much their non-intoxicating counterparts.
Colorado gives marijuana candy a new look to avoid confusionPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - For one sparkling minute each night, blinking lights from skyscrapers, tugboats, hotels, a yacht club and police cruisers send a goodnight message to sick kids inside a children's hospital.
A gesture that began with a single bike light cheering up a patient six years ago has become a nightly ritual in Providence, Rhode Island.
City skyline blinks in nightly ritual to cheer up sick kidsSEATTLE (AP) - A new study finds that unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures helped cause a massive bloom of toxic algae last year that closed lucrative fisheries from California to British Columbia and disrupted marine life from seabirds to sea lions.
Scientists linked the large patch of warm ocean water, nicknamed the "blob," to the vast ribbon of toxic algae that flourished in 2015 and produced record-breaking levels of a neurotoxin that is harmful to people, fish and marine life.
Warm Pacific Ocean 'blob' facilitated vast toxic algae bloomNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are advising pregnant women to postpone travel to 11 countries in Southeast Asia because of Zika outbreaks in the region.
The advisory issued Thursday targets travel to Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Zika travel advisory issued for 11 Southeast Asia countriesHOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on the commuter train that crashed into a station in New Jersey (all times local):
The National Transportation Safety Board says the engineer in the fatal New Jersey train crash has been released from the hospital and is cooperating with investigators.
NTSB Vice Chairwoman T.
The Latest: Engineer in train crash released from hospitalSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Supporters and opponents of California's 17 November ballot measures have raised nearly $390 million six weeks before the election, putting the state about $85 million shy of record initiative fundraising with some of the heaviest spending yet to come.
Reports filed by political donors with the secretary of state's office before a Thursday campaign reporting deadline showed a whopping $389 million in contributions on hot-button issues including prescription drug pricing and hospital fees.
Donors pump nearly $390 million into California propositionsCHICAGO (AP) - Teachers in the country's third-largest city have cranked up the heat in contract talks, threatening to go on strike in less than two weeks.
The Chicago Teachers Union and school district officials are clashing over cost-of-living raises, pension contributions and health care costs in negotiations that have stretched into a second year.
A closer look as deadline for Chicago teachers strike nearsHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A former student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut who sold drugs involved in a series of on-campus overdoses has been ordered to serve a year and a day in prison.
Rio de Janeiro native Eric Lonergan was sentenced Thursday in Hartford. He pleaded guilty in November to a drug conspiracy charge.
Ex-student gets year in prison for on-campus drug overdosesFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - California regulators say they're taking steps to protect schoolchildren in rural communities from pesticides that blow in from nearby farms.
Brian Leahy, head of the state Department of Pesticide Regulation, tells The Associated Press that he plans to ban farmers from spraying airborne pesticides within a quarter-mile of schools and day care facilities.
APNewsBreak: California to ban some pesticides near schoolsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York's attorney general says the state has reached an agreement with an herbal supplement maker to implement new quality control measures to confirm the authenticity of its products.
The settlement with Long Island-based NBTY follows agreements by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE'-dur-muhn) with GNC and Nature's Way.
Herbal supplement maker agrees to quality control measuresNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are lower Thursday as EpiPen maker Mylan and other drug companies face scrutiny over increases in product prices. Oil prices are little changed after a big surge a day ago, but companies that drill for oil are climbing. A slide in high-dividend stocks like utilities and real estate companies is also pulling the market lower.
Stocks slip as drug companies fall; oil drillers climbHOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) - A commuter train has crashed into a rail station in New Jersey.
Emergency crews are arriving on the scene in Hoboken on Thursday morning.
Photos from the scene show a damaged New Jersey Transit rail car inside the station, surrounded by debris.
There is no word on the damage or any possible injuries.
Commuter train hits New Jersey station; no word on injuriesBUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) - A Halloween attraction at two California amusement parks has been closed amid accusations that it was offensive to the mentally ill.
KABC-TV reports the virtual reality attraction at Knott's Berry Farm and California Great America was originally called FearVR: 5150.
Parks close Halloween ride amid charges of stereotypingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man who mysteriously contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat with his bare hands, according to new research that found the unusual transmission method was likely caused by his dying father having 100,000 times the normal level of the virus.
Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tearsKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Consider two women in their 70s, both residents of the Kansas City area. One is white and affluent; the other is black and working class.
Guess which one is more optimistic about the country's future and that of their grandchildren?
More than likely, you guessed wrong.
DIVIDED AMERICA: Minorities hopeful, whites sour on futureCommunity members interested in learning about the health effects of marijuana use can gather at Benicia High School for an educational forum held by the Benicia Police Department.
The forum, "Marijuana: Weeding out the facts, protecting our youth," is free to attend and will be held from 6:30 until 8:30 on Oct.
Benicia High School to host educational marijuana forumEL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the fatal shooting of a black man by police in a San Diego suburb (all times local):
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The mayor of a California city says two officers who answered the call about a mentally unstable person that led to the shooting of an unarmed black man had received only basic training to deal with people with mental health problems.
The Latest: Mayor concerned man shot by police in 1 minuteSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - New research suggests a Utah man who contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat with his bare hands.
The research by University of Utah doctors and published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine says the unusual transmission was likely caused by the dying father having 100,000 times the normal level of the virus.
Utah man may have contracted Zika from dying father's tearsCHICAGO (AP) - Illinois regulators on Wednesday suspended the license of a suburban Chicago doctor who allegedly gave patients modified vaccinations containing cat saliva and vodka.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation ordered the emergency action in the interest of public safety, according to paperwork signed by Acting Director Jessica Baer.
Regulators: Doctor concocts vaccines with cat saliva, vodkaEL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - Police in a San Diego suburb say an officer shot a mentally ill black man a minute after arriving at scene.
Police in a San Diego suburb say an officer shot a mentally ill black man a minute after arriving at scenePHILADELPHIA (AP) - A second petition has been filed asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject the $1 billion settlement of NFL concussion lawsuits because of how it treats current brain injuries versus future ones.
The former players who filed the petition complain that chronic traumatic encephalopathy diagnosed before the April 2015 cutoff can bring $4 million while future CTE diagnoses aren't compensated.
Supreme Court asked to block $1B NFL concussion settlementFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - School officials in the central California city of Fresno say they're investigating how two special-education children were given a bleach solution through their feeding tubes.
The Fresno Bee newspaper reported Tuesday that the two children were hospitalized in stable condition after last week's incident (http://bit.
California school examines how 2 disabled kids given bleachSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A soda tax is on the Nov. 8 ballots of three San Francisco Bay Area cities as part of a national movement by advocates to curb consumption of liquid sugar. Here's a closer look at the proposals:
WHAT WILL BE TAXED?
All three measures levy a penny-per-ounce tax on distributors of beverages with more than 25 calories per 12 ounces.
Things to know about California soda tax measuresSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The national fight over sugary soda is bubbling up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where voters in November will consider a tax on the drinks that many health experts say contribute to diabetes, obesity and tooth decay.
Backers of the campaign say a penny-per-ounce tax is needed in San Francisco, Oakland and tiny Albany to curb consumption of sweetened cola, sports drinks and canned teas that people gulp without thinking, adding empty calories.
Soda tax battle bubbles up in San Francisco Bay AreaMIAMI (AP) - The Latest on the locations of Zika-infected mosquitoes in Miami Beach (all times local):
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Miami-Dade County has released the locations of five sites in South Beach where mosquitoes were found to be infected with the Zika virus.
The statement Wednesday from Mayor Carlos Gimenez's office says that mosquitoes caught in traps at those locations tested positive for Zika on separate dates between Aug.
The Latest: 5 sites with Zika-infected mosquitoes identifiedSept. 28
The Press Democrat on the rising costs of prescription medication:
Disgusted with Big Pharma?
If you aren't, you must be boycotting the news. The latest outrage involves Mylan, which ratcheted up the price of life-saving EpiPen injectors more than 500 percent since acquiring the patent in 2007 and presented some creative accounting during a congressional hearing last week.
California Editorial RoundupVoters on Nov. 8 will decide ballot measures in nine states that would expand legal access to marijuana. Here's a rundown:
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RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
In five states, the ballot measures propose to legalize recreational marijuana use for anyone 21 and over.
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Marijuana measures on the ballot in 9 states on Nov. 8MIAMI (AP) - Miami-Dade County officials say they're planning to release the locations of mosquito traps that captured Zika-positive insects in Miami Beach.
Michael Hernandez, a spokesman for Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, told the Miami Herald (https://goo.gl/rBttmw ) they'll be naming the locations Wednesday morning.
Miami-Dade to release Zika-positive trap locationsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - From California, with its counterculture heritage, to the fishing ports and mill towns of Maine, millions of Americans in nine states have a chance to vote Nov. 8 on expanding legal access to marijuana. Collectively, the ballot measures amount to the closest the U.S. has come to a national referendum on the drug.
9 states to vote soon on expanding legal access to marijuanaNEW YORK (AP) - New York City reached a $5.7 million settlement with the family of Bradley Ballard, a mentally ill Rikers Island inmate who died in 2013 after being locked in his cell for six days without care or medication.
The agreement was announced on Tuesday by the Legal Aid Society Prisoners' Rights Project and the family's lawyers, who said it was largest settlement ever paid by the city to settle a lawsuit over an inmate death in city custody.
NYC reaches $5.75M settlement in Rikers inmate deathNearly 100 businesses are expected to be represented at the Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Solano County's annual Fall Career Fair on Thursday, Oct. 6.
The event, planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fairfield's University of Phoenix, 5253 Business Center Drive, is among the county's largest career fairs and attracts "a substantial number of skilled job seekers from throughout the region," organizers said.
Solano County Fall Career Fair plannedNo one was arrested, though an investigation is under way, after a house fire in Vallejo on Monday led to the discovery of a marijuana grow operation, Vallejo police and fire officials said.
A fire in a home in the County Club Crest area of the city was called in at about 3:45 p.m. on Monday, a Vallejo Fire Department spokesman said.
Pot plants found in burning Vallejo houseMissouri-based Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling some 132,520 pounds of fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Tuesday.
The fully cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets items were produced on July 18, 2016, according to the announcement.
Tyson chicken nuggets recalled for plastic contaminationA free cancer awareness event called "Saving Lives" is planned for next month at Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, and you don't need to be a Kaiser member to go, organizers announced.
Saving Lives will take place from 11 a.m .to 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Kaiser Vallejo, 975 Sereno Drive.
Free cancer awareness, screening event at Kaiser VallejoSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California doctors will be required to check a database of prescription narcotics before writing scripts for addictive drugs under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown signed Tuesday that aims to address the scourge of opioid abuse.
The measure attempts to crack down on a practice known as "doctor-shopping," in which addicts visit multiple providers to obtain prescriptions for addictive drugs.
Governor signs bill targeting 'doctor-shopping' for opioidsMOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - The Latest on the Washington state mall shooting (all times local):
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Assaults on his parents and inappropriate sexual behavior at school led judges to order mental health treatment for the young man charged with killing five people at a Washington state department store.
The Latest: Suspect ordered into mental health treatmentSEATTLE (AP) - Assaults on his parents and inappropriate sexual behavior at school led judges to order mental health treatment for the young man charged with killing five people at a Washington state department store, but weekly counseling sessions failed to help him.
Court records obtained by The Associated Press detail a series of criminal charges and attempts to rehabilitate 20-year-old Arcan Cetin, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorder and depression.
Before mall shooting, courts ordered mental health treatmentThe Associated Press-GfK poll on health and the presidential race was conducted by GfK Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Sept. 15-19. It is based on online interviews of 1,694 adults, including 1,476 registered voters and 1,251 likely voters, who are members of GfK's nationally representative KnowledgePanel.
How the AP-GfK poll on the candidates' health was conductedNEW YORK (AP) - Scientists say the first baby has been born from a new technique that combines DNA from three people.
The goal is to prevent the child from inheriting a serous genetic disease from the mother.
The birth of the baby boy is revealed in a research summary published by the journal Fertility & Sterility.
Baby born with DNA from 3 people, first from new techniqueATLANTA (AP) - An Alabama man is accused of importing a Chinese drug sold as a Viagra substitute, then selling it to gas stations.
Nabil Chagri, 38, of Hoover, Alabama, has been charged with intentionally defrauding and misleading consumers, federal prosecutors said.
Lab tests on Zhen Gong Fu revealed the drug sildenafil, a potentially dangerous ingredient not listed on the label, authorities said.
Feds charge seller of mislabeled Chinese 'Viagra substitute'Longtime customers of Target's pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow.
After CVS began operating Target's drugstores earlier this year, distraught customers have been asking - in some cases begging - the drugstore chain to bring back the retailer's red prescription bottles, which came with color-coded rings, labeling on the top and prescription information that was easier to read.
Unhappy Target customers send strong message on pill bottlesSMITHFIELD, Pa. (AP) - A second man convicted in a rock-throwing episode on a Pennsylvania interstate that caused severe brain trauma to an Ohio teacher is set to be released from prison.
The (Sunbury) Daily Item (http://bit.ly/2domVWa) reports 21-year-old Brett Lahr could leave a state prison in Smithfield Monday when he completes the minimum of his 18-month to 20-year sentence.
Man convicted in rock-toss that hurt teacher nears releaseNEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump says it was a "real problem" when the 1996 Miss Universe gained significant weight after winning the pageant he then owned.
The Republican presidential nominee was responding to Democrat Hillary Clinton's reference in their first debate to Alicia Machado's claim that Trump called her "Miss Piggy" when she gained weight.
Miss Universe dubbed 'Miss Piggy' by Trump a topic at debateA man and a woman both wound up in the emergency room after a domestic violence situation "turned ugly" Sunday night, a Vallejo Police Department spokesman said.
It started at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday, when a 38-year-old man broke up with his 35-year-old girlfriend and tried moving out of their shared place in the 100 block of Sunrise Way, Lt.
Domestic violence case sends Vallejo couple to ERALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Latest on a whistleblower lawsuit filed against a New York hospital (all times local):
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Westchester Medical Center says claims in a whistleblower lawsuit are "without merit" alleging adolescent Medicaid psychiatric patients were routinely provoked into acting out, then restrained and drugged, extending their hospitalization and Medicaid payments.
The Latest: Hospital: Doctor's claims are 'without merit'AMERICAN CANYON >> City Council candidate Mariam Aboudamous hosts a birthday/campaign fund-raising event from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Doubletree Hotel and Spa in this city, she announced.
The event, which features guest speakers Assemblymember and State Senate candidate Bill Dodd on Napa County Supervisor Keith Caldwell, will also include wine and hors d'oeuvres, she said.
American Canyon candidate holds event WednesdayA new law designed to help better manage state water supplies was signed by Governor Jerry Brown this week, the bill's author, Assemblymember Bill Dodd (D-Napa) announced.
Known as the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, the law "creates a transparent and universal platform for sharing water data across the state," Dodd's office said.
Dodd water data act signed into lawAMERICAN CANYON>> A 13-year-old boy was taken to a local hospital Monday morning after being hit by a city truck, while in a crosswalk on his way to school, a Police Department spokeswoman said.
Just before 8 a.m. Monday, officers responded to a reported vehicle vs. pedestrian crash on American Canyon Road and Hummingbird Way, Police Chief Tracey Stuart said.
American Canyon child in crosswalk headed for school hit by city truckSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed legislation that would have expanded California's ban on public smoking to all California State University and community college campuses.
The governor announced Monday that he took action on the legislation that would have banned tobacco use on all 136 CSU and community college campuses.
California governor vetoes ban on public smoking at collegesA man was arrested on the grounds of an elementary school and another on was the loose, after robbing a Vallejo convenience store at knife-point early Monday, a Vallejo Police Department spokesman said.
At about 2:11 a.m. Monday, two men entered the 7-Eleven in the 2800 block of Georgia Street, one of which threatened the 24-year-old female clerk with a knife and demanded money, Lt.
Armed robber arrested on Vallejo elementary school groundsANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Latest on four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey dropping out of the 2017 race (all times local):
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An Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race official says four-time champion and cancer survivor Lance Mackey is hoping his withdrawal from next year's race will give him a chance to take better care of his health so he can be ready to compete again in 2018.
The Latest: 4-time Iditarod champ Mackey out of 2017 raceNORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Philadelphia-area man accused of severely beating a 4-year-old autistic boy and pulling out three of his teeth has been sentenced to two to 10 years in prison.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/2d4xwU6 ) reports 28-year-old Nicholas Kernechel apologized Monday in Montgomery County Court.
Man who pulled autistic boy's teeth out sentenced to prisonANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Organizers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race say four-time champion and cancer survivor Lance Mackey has dropped out of next year's nearly 1,000-mile race because of health reasons.
Race marshal Mark Nordman confirmed the withdrawal to The Associated Press on Monday after the Iditarod Trail Committee announced it on its Facebook page.
4-time Iditarod champ Lance Mackey out of 2017 raceERIE, Pa. (AP) - Federal authorities are suing a Pennsylvania hospital, alleging religious discrimination in the firing of six employees who refused to get flu shots.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in federal court in Erie by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Saint Vincent Hospital, which was founded by the Sisters of St.
Hospital sued for religious bias over flu-shot firingsALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A doctor who trained for four years at the psychiatric unit of a New York hospital said in a lawsuit Monday that adolescent patients were routinely provoked into acting out, then restrained and drugged, extending their hospitalization and Medicaid payments.
Dr. Alfred Robenzadeh said that supervisors at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla retaliated against him when he tried to address what he says was chronic patient abuse that increased the severity of diagnoses, with usual two-week inpatient stays often extended days or weeks.
Psychiatrist: Hospital provokes patients to enrich itselfWriter Neal Gabler broke the don't-talk-about-money taboo this spring with an Atlantic article, "The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans." Now he wants everyone to start talking.
"The idea of not being successful financially in America is such a stigma," says Gabler, who revealed in the article that he was among the millions of adults who didn't have savings to cover a $400 emergency.
Liz Weston: Your Money Secrets Are Killing YouTRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two lawsuits ended in jury verdicts worth $127 million. Two others were tossed out by a judge who said there wasn't reliable evidence that the talc in Johnson & Johnson's iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer. So who's right? And is baby powder safe?
Most research finds no link or a weak one between ovarian cancer and using baby powder for feminine hygiene, a practice generations of American mothers have passed on to their daughters.
Research finds talc doesn't cause cancer; juries disagreePfizer will not split into two publicly traded companies, a decision that, at least for now, ends Wall Street speculation over the drugmaker's future.
The company believes it is best positioned to maximize shareholder value in its current form, but said Monday that it's reserving the right to split in the future if the situation changes.
Drugmaker Pfizer decides not to break up businessINDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A former USA Gymnastics team physician accused of sexually abusing two gymnasts faces 16 more abuse complaints at the university where he was a faculty member.
The Indianapolis Star obtained (http://indy.st/2cNACc5 ) Michigan State University police reports filed this month for abuse allegations since 1996.
More abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctorCINCINNATI (AP) - First responders in U.S. communities reeling from waves of heroin overdoses say some people tell them they should just say no to using so many resources on drug abusers.
Authorities say people have expressed frustration about rescuing addicts who often immediately resume using the potentially deadly drug.
Just say no to Narcan? Heroin rescue efforts draw backlashOAK FOREST, Ill. (AP) - The idea is simple: Load fresh fruits and vegetables into a refrigerator truck and drive it to a health clinic, then have a doctor write a "prescription" for food to improve the diets of low-income people with diabetes and high blood pressure.
U.S. food banks - the organizations on the front lines of fighting hunger - increasingly are promoting "food as medicine" strategies designed to address, not exacerbate, the high rate of chronic health problems among the poor.
Doctors 'prescribe' fresh produce with help from food banksBELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) - Some leaders in a blue-collar Nebraska suburb that's home to Offutt Air Force Base are borrowing an idea from a vastly more liberal state: Ban apartment renters from smoking cigarettes and e-cigarettes inside.
The proposal, which would be one of the few such restrictions outside of California and is similar to federal rules for public housing across the U.
Nebraska town considers banning smoking in apartmentsCLEVELAND (AP) - Authorities in the Cleveland-area are issuing warnings after seven people died from overdoses on Saturday.
The outbreak across Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County comes after 52 people died from heroin or fentanyl in August.
The county medical examiner says there's no evidence yet linking the seven deaths Saturday.
7 overdose deaths in 1 day reported in Cleveland-areaATLANTA (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control says a multistate outbreak of E.coli has sickened seven people, sending five to the hospital.
The CDC said Saturday that the outbreak of E. coli, which can cause intestinal illnesses, likely is linked to beef products from Adams Farms Slaughterhouse in Athol, Massachusetts.
Health officials: Multistate E.coli outbreak sickens 7MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Union nurses and Allina Health will return to bargaining for the first time since nearly 5,000 nurses at five Minneapolis-area hospitals went on strike nearly three weeks ago.
The Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina say federal mediators asked both sides to resume negotiations.
Striking nurses, Allina Health agree to bargaining sessionLANSING, Mich. (AP) - A year after the tap water in Flint was exposed as a source of dangerous levels of lead, residents of the impoverished city are still grappling with the man-made public health crisis, which has led to criminal charges and drawn attention in the presidential election.
Doctors discovered high amounts of the toxin in children last September and warned against using the Flint River water.
AP news guide: The Flint water crisis, a year onWICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The Obama administration has proposed barring states and other recipients of federal family planning grants from placing their own eligibility restrictions on where the money can go, which would undermine the efforts of 13 Republican-led states to prevent such money from going to Planned Parenthood.
Feds push back on states targeting Planned Parenthood fundsLOS ANGELES (AP) - Allegations Brad Pitt was abusive on a private plane last week relate to the actor's treatment toward his 15-year-old son, sources said Friday, as the FBI continued to gather information before determining whether to open an investigation.
FBI Spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said the agency hasn't made a decision on a formal investigation into what occurred on a plane ferrying Pitt, his wife Angelina Jolie Pitt and their six children.
AP Source: Brad Pitt allegations relate to treatment of sonWASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have approved the first alternative version of the second-biggest selling drug in the world, AbbVie's Humira, a blockbuster injection used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the near-copy of the drug, dubbed Amjevita, developed by Amgen Inc.
FDA approves lower-cost alternative to biotech drug HumiraMIAMI (AP) - An investigative summary released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says the Zika outbreak in Miami's Wynwood arts district was centered on three businesses with outdoor areas shared by employees, customers and breeding mosquitoes. It also says the number of people infected was likely greater than reported.
CDC: 3 Miami businesses epicenter of 1st US Zika outbreakBESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - A judge says a pregnant heroin addict in Alabama must remain in jail until her baby is born.
Al.com (http://bit.ly/2d6po48 ) reports Jefferson County Judge David Hobdy issued the order Friday, saying he was concerned for the baby's safety. Twenty-one year-old Alexandra Laird had asked to be released on bond in order to go to a treatment facility.
Pregnant heroin addict ordered jailed until baby is bornSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - One of the companies alleged to have conspired to keep generic versions of a popular opioid treatment off the market says the antitrust lawsuit has no merit.
Attorneys general for 35 states filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday, alleging that British drugmaker Indivior and New Jersey's MonoSol Rx conspired to corner the market on Suboxone.
Oral drug delivery company says opioid lawsuit has no meritSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on Gov. Jerry Brown's action on legislation (all times local):
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California women will be able to make fewer trips to the pharmacy to pick up birth control under a new law.
Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday he has signed SB999 to allow pharmacists to dispense 12 months of hormonal contraceptives at a time, up from the current three-month limit.
The Latest: Governor approves year-supply of birth controlPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Five major hospitals in Portland, Oregon, and a low-income, nonprofit health plan are donating a combined $21.5 million to build nearly 400 housing units for the city's homeless population.
National experts said Friday the investment by private health care providers is the largest of its kind in the nation.
5 Portland hospitals donate $21.5M to build homeless housingBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The University of Vermont College of Medicine is changing the way physicians are trained by switching exclusively to a hands-on approach to learning designed to encourage students to solve medical puzzles rather than just memorizing body parts and diseases.
While most medical schools recognize the importance of active learning and use it in some of their classes, UVM is believed to be among the first in the country to commit itself to switching all its medical training to the new system.
To train doctors, Vermont school shifts to hands-on learningSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown is approving legislation that seeks to stop surprise medical bills from doctors not covered by a patient's health plan.
Brown said Friday he's signed AB72 by Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Alameda.
Unions and patient advocacy groups say patients shouldn't face massive bills if they visit a hospital that accepts their insurance but are treated by a doctor who doesn't.
California governor signs ban on surprise medical billsPHILADELPHIA (AP) - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia says the founding family of Comcast has given $25 million toward a new $50 million initiative designed to put the hospital at the forefront of pediatric genetics research and development.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/2cXgF3G ) the hospital made the announcement Friday.
Comcast founders give $50M to Children's Hospital researchROCKAWAY, N.J. (AP) - The father of a New Jersey boy with autism says he's "humbled and grateful" for messages of support after his Facebook post lamenting his son's lack of friends went viral.
Bob Cornelius shared a picture of a school worksheet Monday on which his 11-year-old son put down "no one" when asked to list some of his friends.
Dad's post leads to outpouring of support for autistic boyNEW YORK (AP) - Pfizer expects to complete its $14 billion buyout of cancer drug developer Medivation in the third quarter following the expiration of a regulatory waiting period.
The New York drugmaker has agreed to pay $81.50 per Medivation share, which marked a 21 percent premium to San Francisco-based Medivation's closing price when it was announced in August.
Pfizer expects to close Medivation buyout in 3QSAN DIEGO (AP) - A bald eagle is recovering after a hiker found it lying near death on a California trail.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2d5MurN ) that the adult male bird was barely moving when found in Ramona Monday night. The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center Director Ali Crumpacker says the bird was dehydrated and had no food in his stomach.
Bald eagle recovering after rescue by California hikerLOS ANGELES (AP) - A case of leprosy, extremely rare in the United States, has been diagnosed in a Southern California elementary school student, sending health officials scrambling to reassure parents and the public that the disease is hard to transmit and easy to treat.
Two children from Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley had initially been diagnosed by a local doctor with the condition known medically as Hansen's disease, Riverside County health officials said Thursday.
Leprosy found in California elementary school studentHOUSTON (AP) - A supplier of cookie dough that Blue Bell Creameries blamed for a possible listeria contamination of some of its ice cream said Thursday that its product tested negative for the pathogen before it was sent to the Texas-based company.
Blue Bell announced Wednesday it was recalling select flavors of ice cream distributed across the South and made at its Sylacauga, Alabama, plant after finding chocolate chip cookie dough from a third-party supplier - Iowa-based Aspen Hills Inc.
Supplier: No listeria in product before going to Blue BellJURUPA VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - A child from a Southern California elementary school has been found to have leprosy.
Riverside County health officials on Thursday announced the confirmation of the condition medically known as Hansen's disease.
Two children from Indian Hills Elementary School in Jurupa Valley had been diagnosed by a local doctor with the disease.
Southern California child tests positive for leprosySAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California is among 35 states and the District of Columbia that filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that opioid drugmaker Indivior tried to keep generic versions of Suboxone off the market.
The British company known today as Indivior was granted FDA approval in 2002 for Suboxone tablets, which are used to treat patients addicted to heroin and other painkillers.
35 US states sue British drugmaker over marketing of opioidALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - Raiders cornerback David Amerson is expected to play in Sunday's game against Tennessee, one week after suffering a mild concussion.
Amerson has been limited all week in practice after getting temporarily knocked out in the fourth quarter against the Falcons but told reporters Thursday he feels fine and is ready to play.
Raiders DB recovering from concussion, expects to playDENVER (AP) - The Latest on members of Congress asking prosecutors for a perjury investigation involving cost overruns at a Denver-area veterans hospital (all times local):
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has formally asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Veterans Affairs Department executives lied to Congress to conceal massive cost overruns at a Denver-area hospital.
The Latest: Lawmakers want perjury inquiry over VA hospitalThe Department of Health and Social Services, In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Public Authority is looking for a few good men and women to become paid caregivers for seniors and the disabled in Solano County, officials announced.
The Public Authority uses a customized database to match the needs of Solano County IHSS clients with pre-qualified Registry Home Care Providers, but, demand for services is growing and there's a need for more caregivers, officials said.
Final Solano County care giver recruitment session of 2016APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin teenager who drew attention for deciding to end her life instead of continuing a battle with an incurable disease has died.
Jerika Bolen's mother, Jen, told Gannett Wisconsin Media (http://post.cr/2dnhKVa ) that the 14-year-old died Thursday at Sharon S. Richardson Hospice in Sheboygan Falls.
Wisconsin teen dies after ending care for incurable diseaseWhatever caused the stinky problem that sent hundreds in Vallejo to the Emergency Room on Wednesday, Benicia officials want no part of it, and are taking preemptive steps against what is believed to have caused it.
Officials have been monitoring the events of the last 24 hours related to the odor and sheen reported on the waterways surrounding Rodeo, Vallejo, and elsewhere, and based on recent Coast Guard reports, current modeling of the travel of the sheen projects it will reach Benicia shorelines at about 8 p.
Benicia braces for sheen arrival on its coast, predicted tonightROXBURY, Conn. (AP) - The 27-year-old, paraplegic son of actress Mia Farrow fatally shot himself in the torso before being found in his vehicle along a Connecticut road, the state medical examiner's office ruled Thursday.
Thaddeus Wilk Farrow was found seriously wounded in his vehicle in Roxbury on Wednesday, about 8 miles from his mother's home in neighboring Bridgewater.
Medical examiner: Mia Farrow's son Thaddeus killed himselfBENICIA >> City officials launched a new emergency alert system Thursday, noting that the apparent crude oil leak that released fumes sending hundreds of Vallejo residents to local emergency rooms Wednesday is just the kind of event this new system is geared for.
Benicia's new system is with Everbridge, which city officials describe as "the worldwide leader in unified critical communications," and is designed keep residents, businesses, staff and emergency personnel safe and informed with quick and reliable emergency notifications and public service announcements, according to a press release.
Benicia launches new emergency alert system, urges people to sign upTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is using his emergency powers to direct $25 million in state money toward helping to develop a Zika virus vaccine.
Scott, who has been lashing out at the federal government for failing to pass a bill that includes Zika funding, announced his unusual action Thursday.
Florida governor to put $25M toward developing Zika vaccineLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt to block votes from being counted on an effort to legalize medical marijuana in the state, but two other challenges to the November ballot measures remain pending before the justices.
Justices denied the challenge from a coalition of groups opposed to the measures, which would allow patients with qualifying conditions to buy the drug from dispensaries.
Arkansas court rejects challenge to medical marijuana planVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - A dog who rooted through the trash from a family dinner and ate seven corncobs is recovering after a charity raised money for surgery.
The dog is Roxy, a purebred boxer who lives in Virginia Beach.
The Virginian-Pilot newspaper (http://bit.ly/2cokEnF ) reports that Roxy threw-up six of the corncobs.
She ate 7 corncobs and was sick as a dog - but pup recoveredLOS ANGELES (AP) - The University of Southern California has received a $6 million grant to continue studying the effects of smog on children.
The Press-Enterprise reports (http://bit.ly/2cqVz0d ) that the National Institutes of Health awarded the grant Wednesday to USC's Keck School of Medicine.
NIH gives USC $6 million for smog studiesCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The University of South Carolina's School on Medicine will stop using live pigs in its emergency training after an animal-rights group complained about the practice.
The State of Columbia reports (http://bit.ly/2cSQexS) that the school's dean sent an email with its decision Tuesday to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
South Carolina medical school to stop using live pigsDENVER (AP) - Gross mismanagement, delays and lax oversight by the Veterans Affairs Department added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost of a new Denver-area VA hospital, federal investigators said.
A report from the department's internal watchdog also said a former senior VA official, Glenn Haggstrom, knew the project was veering toward huge cost overruns but didn't tell lawmakers that when he testified before Congress in 2013 and 2014.
Inquiry finds 'gross mismanagement' in costly VA hospitalANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The only clinic in one of the nation's busiest commercial fishing ports is so remote that even conventional telemedicine for emergencies has been impossible for its limited staff - until this week.
Starting Thursday, a new partnership with an Anchorage hospital will virtually beam critical care doctors 800 miles away to the emergency room on Unalaska Island, home to Dutch Harbor.
Remote Alaska port clinic goes modern with telemedicineBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana auditors say Gulf oil spill recovery money intended for testing to ensure Louisiana fish were safe for consumers instead paid for unnecessary iPads, cameras, boats and now-missing fishing equipment.
The Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office describes the safety program as so mismanaged by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries that it couldn't even declare if the catch was fit to eat.
APNewsBreak: Report questions Louisiana fish safety testingCLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) - A Dora the Explorer-themed banner, paper plates full of fruit and a bevy of troll dolls make up the decorations at a special birthday party in Washington state.
Staffers drum up excitement by letting out a series of groans, and a group of chimpanzees behind a separating wall replies in kind.
Sanctuaries across US prepare for influx of lab chimpanzeesCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Officials: One person taken to hospital in Charlotte with life-threatening injuries from apparent gunshot wound.
Officials: One person taken to hospital in Charlotte with life-threatening injuries from apparent gunshot woundKaiser Permanente's Medicare and commercial health plans in Northern California received the highest possible ratings from a national health plan rating group, Kaiser officials announced Wednesday.
Kaiser Northern California, which serves 3.9 million members, received the highest ratings from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, which rates health plans for consumer experience, prevention and treatment, they said.
Kaiser Permanente health plans get highest rankings nationallyDALLAS (AP) - An autopsy has found a 22-year-old woman who went into convulsions at a Texas jail in May died after blood clots traveled into her lung.
The autopsy released Tuesday by the Harris County Institute of Forensics ruled that 22-year-old Symone Marshall died of pulmonary thromboemboli due to deep vein thrombosis.
Autopsy: Jailed Texas woman died from blood clotsAMERICAN CANYON >> Police officials now have the authority to enforce traffic laws on private streets here after City Council members unanimously approved a measure aimed at addressing issues on two specific roads.
"Enforcement on Private Streets" will be added to the "Vehicles and Traffic" section of the American Canyon Municipal Code, especially for Corvina Way and Corvina Court, where illegal parking, speeding and going the wrong way on the one-way street prompted nearly everyone who lives there to ask the city for help.
Bad drivers on notice in American CanyonBRENHAM, Texas (AP) - Blue Bell Creameries is recalling select flavors of ice cream distributed across the South after finding chocolate chip cookie dough from a third-party supplier for use as an ingredient was potentially contaminated with listeria.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the Brenham, Texas-based ice cream maker said it's recalling half gallons and pints of Blue Bell Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and half gallons of Blue Bell Cookie Two Step from its Sylacauga, Alabama, creamery.
Blue Bell recalls some ice cream distributed in the SouthBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gulf oil spill recovery money intended for testing to ensure fish caught off Louisiana were safe for consumers instead paid for unnecessary iPads, cameras, boats and now-missing fishing equipment, state auditors said, calling the safety program so mismanaged it couldn't even declare if the catch was fit to eat.
APNewsBreak: Report questions Louisiana fish safety testingDENVER (AP) - Marijuana pioneer Colorado is poised to add post-traumatic stress disorder to its medical marijuana program, joining 18 other states that consider PTSD a condition treatable by pot.
A panel of state lawmakers voted 5-0 Wednesday to endorse the addition of PTSD to Colorado's 2000 medical pot law.
Colorado medical pot law poised to add PTSD as qualifierJACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Planned Parenthood is asking a federal judge to quickly rule in its favor and overturn a Mississippi law that bans Medicaid spending with any health care provider that offers abortion.
The women's health group points to a recent ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld an injunction against a similar law in Louisiana.
Planned Parenthood pushes challenge of Mississippi lawDOS PALOS, Calif. (AP) - Officials say an orchid farm in Central California broke federal law by refusing to give women returning from maternity leave their jobs back.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday said it filed a lawsuit against Dash Dream Plant. The company is located in Dos Palos, California, 65 miles northwest of Fresno.
California business accused of pregnancy discriminationSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, have a lofty new goal: to cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. To this end, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, their philanthropic organization, is committing $3 billion over the next decade to help accelerate basic science research.
The Zuckerbergs have a new charitable goal: End all diseaseSept. 17
The Press-Enterprise on funds to support mental health:
The story of California's so-called Millionaires' Tax is the kind of thing that can give a big, bumbling bureaucracy a bad name.
In an election year, it's also the kind of story that can scare people away from supporting ballot measures that require major tax support, perhaps including potentially beneficial measures.
California Editorial RoundupRANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) - A Los Angeles-area doctor has been found guilty of illegally prescribing powerful painkillers after he signed off on prescriptions after seeing an X-ray of a dog.
The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/2d1G2lp ) that a jury on Tuesday found Dr. Richard Seongjun Kim of Rancho Palos Verdes guilty of 17 felony counts of illegally prescribing drugs without a legitimate medical need in connection to an undercover sting.
Doctor guilty of prescribing drugs after seeing dog X-rayNEW YORK (AP) - Chipotle is making another push to convince people that its food won't make them sick, with plans to run more newspaper and digital ads outlining the safety steps it has taken since last year's E. coli outbreak.
The ads beginning Wednesday will be an open letter from co-CEO Steve Ells, who also recorded a video that will be promoted online.
Chipotle makes new push to convince people its food is safeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico - an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction - met with the U.S. Justice Department over ways to combat opioid abuse amid high overdose deaths among Native Americans.
And both sides say much more needs to be done.
Tribal leaders meet with feds in push against opioid abuseSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Sacramento police released more details Tuesday about the summer fatal police shooting of a homeless man, including videos of the incident.
Under pressure from members of the city council and the mayor to provide more information about the shooting, Police Chief Sam Somers revealed Tuesday that officers fired 18 shots, 14 of which struck 50-year-old Joseph Mann on July 11.
Sacramento police chief: 18 rounds fired in fatal shootingSolano County is the best place in the United States to be a nurse, a new study found.
SmartAsset's new study found the best place in America to be a nurse, at least between 2010 and last year, was the Vallejo-Fairfield metro area. During those years, the number of nursing jobs here increased nearly 26 percent and the average nurses' income rose nearly 34 percent.
Vallejo area best place in U.S. for nurses, study findsLOS ANGELES (AP) - Alexis Arquette died from a heart attack and battled HIV for 29 years, according to her death certificate.
The transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmond and Patricia Arquette died Sept. 11 in Los Angeles. She was 47.
The death certificate released Tuesday lists cardiac arrest as her immediate cause of death and that Arquette suffered a bacterial infection three weeks before her death.
Alexis Arquette died of heart attack, battled HIVBotox-maker Allergan is bulking up its drug pipeline with two acquisitions announced Tuesday, both of which target liver disease.
Allergan PLC said it's acquiring Tobira Therapeutics Inc. and two potential liver disease treatments in a deal that could be worth almost $1.7 billion.
Tobira is testing two treatments for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a disease that triggers inflammation that can lead to cirrhosis, cancer and eventual liver failure.
Allergan targets liver disease drugs with Tobira acquisitionALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico - an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction - are meeting with the U.S. Justice Department over ways to combat opioid abuse amid high overdose deaths among Native Americans.
Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohris is scheduled to talk with representatives and police chiefs from the eight northern New Mexico Native American pueblos as part of a push to combat heroin-related deaths across the state, including Indian Country,
New Mexico's drug overdose death rate was the second highest in the nation in 2014, according to the latest available numbers.
Tribal leaders to meet with feds in push against drug abuseNEW YORK (AP) - World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the development of new medicines, driven by concern that drug-resistant germs could lead to millions of deaths and undermine the global economy.
For only the fourth time in its 70 year history, the United Nations is holding a special meeting Wednesday devoted to a health issue: This time, on the rise of untreatable infections that is being propelled by the way drugs are overused and misused in both people and animals.
Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN responsePITTSBURGH (AP) - A judge has upheld a jury verdict that a former Pennsylvania medical researcher purposely killed his neurologist wife by cyanide poisoning.
Sixty-seven-year-old Robert Ferrante has been serving a life sentence since an Allegheny County jury convicted him in November 2014 of the death of Dr.
Judge upholds researcher's conviction in wife's poisoningSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The Indian Health Service has chosen a South Dakota-based health care system to provide telemedicine services to its facilities across the Great Plains to bolster the specialty care available to tribal members.
Indian Health Service Principal Deputy Director Mary Smith on Tuesday announced the $6.
Avera to provide telemedicine services at Indian hospitalsCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has subpoenaed drug company Mylan N.V. in an investigation over drastic price hikes for its EpiPen.
Morrisey announced Tuesday that he filed a Kanawha County Circuit Court petition to force Mylan to produce documents from a subpoena from several weeks ago.
West Virginia AG subpoenas Mylan over EpiPen price hikeCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - What if your computer or smartphone could tell if you're happy or sad?
A new device developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can detect a person's emotions using wireless signals reflecting off a person's body to measure human behavior.
Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory say their EQ-Radio device is 87 percent accurate in telling if someone is excited, happy, angry or sad.
Wireless signals can detect your feelings with new deviceNEW YORK (AP) - Sugar has become the nutritional villain du jour, but just how bad is our addiction? The answer is tricky.
Philadelphia recently passed a tax on sugary drinks, several other places have proposed them, and the government this year recommended we limit our intake of added sugars to 10 percent of daily calories, underscoring how significant elected officials believe the problem is.
Just how much sugar do Americans consume? It's complicatedIn this photo by Manish Swarup, people suffering from high fever sit with their relatives to see a doctor at a fever clinic at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in New Delhi. Several cases of mosquito-borne diseases like chikungunya, malaria and dengue fever has been reported in the Indian capital over the past weeks.
Image of Asia: India's high season of mosquito-borne illnessMIAMI (AP) - With health authorities declaring a win against Zika in Miami's Wynwood arts district, their emphasis shifts to the remaining transmission zone on nearby Miami Beach, where residents have objected to the aerial pesticide spraying crediting with halting infections.
No new cases of Zika have been reported in Wynwood since early August, and on Monday health officials declared it to be no longer a zone of active local transmission.
Miami's Wynwood cleared of Zika; focus shifts to Miami BeachSutter Solano Medical Center staff on Monday formally dedicated the first chapel the facility's had in more than a dozen years, as hospital officials and others gathered in the serene first-floor area specifically designed to help meet users' spiritual needs, CEO John Boyd said.
The new chapel, a former storage space, is decorated in muted blues, grays and tans, with splashes of color in the form of a large floral bouquet and a glass-enclosed sand sculpture.
Sutter Solano's new chapel designed to recharge the spiritJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville Jaguars left tackle Kelvin Beachum has been released from a hospital in San Diego and is on his way home.
Beachum sustained a concussion in the third quarter of Sunday's 38-14 loss to the Chargers. He was strapped to a backboard, carted off the field and taken to a local hospital, where he stayed overnight for observation.
Jaguars' Beachum released from hospital after concussionSANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - For now, Chip Kelly is sticking with Blaine Gabbert through thick and thin.
And time will tell what the 49ers coach decides if and when backup Colin Kaepernick gets back to his ideal playing weight and finds a groove following surgeries on his non-throwing left shoulder, left knee and right thumb.
Chip Kelly stands behind Blaine Gabbert despite strugglesSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A major California prison medical center still is providing inadequate care to inmates despite a decade of oversight intended to improve care, the state inspector general said Monday, citing poor nursing care and a recent change in policy that means there are no doctors at the facility after normal hours.
Review: California prison medical center still inadequateFifteen of the 558 athletes in the U.S. delegation at the Rio Olympics - or slightly less than 3 percent - had therapeutic-use exemptions in force during the games.
The exemptions, known as TUEs, came under increased scrutiny last week after Russian hackers broke into the database of the World Anti-Doping Agency and posted confidential medical information online from some athletes.
Under 3 percent of US athletes in Rio had medical exemptionsST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri man's wish to see his wife one last time before she dies from cystic fibrosis has ended with his own death from the same disease.
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis said Dalton Prager died Saturday. He was 25.
Dalton and his 26-year-old wife, Katie, were married in 2011 despite their struggles with the life-threatening genetic disease that clogs the lungs with mucus and forces patients to struggle to breathe.
Man with cystic fibrosis dies before seeing his dying wifeASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon officials are requiring a nursing facility to spoon-feed a woman despite her making clear that measures should not be taken to prolong her life.
When former librarian Nora Harris was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2009, she and her husband hired an attorney to create an advance directive, a legal document used to guide medical care in case someone becomes incapacitated.
Oregon orders woman spoon-fed despite advanced directiveCHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Police Department launched mandatory training designed to help officers de-escalate conflicts, including situations involving the use of force and mental health issues.
The program, which Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is scheduled to discuss Monday evening, is among several department reforms following the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Chicago police to undergo mandatory 'de-escalation' trainingMIAMI (AP) - U.S. health officials said Monday they were ending their strongest warning to pregnant women to stay out of Miami's Wynwood arts district.
No new cases of mosquito-borne Zika illness have been reported in that area since early August, and in the past several weeks mosquito control workers have seen only low numbers of the kind of bugs that are the main spreaders of the virus.
CDC: Aerial spraying, naled helped curb Zika in MiamiMIAMI (AP) - The Latest on the active Zika transmission zone being lifted in one Miami neighborhood (all times local):
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U.S. health officials say they are ending their strongest warning to pregnant women to stay out of Miami's Wynwood arts district.
No new cases of mosquito-borne Zika illness have been reported in that area since early August, and in the past several weeks, mosquito control workers have seen only low numbers of the kind of bugs that are the main spreaders of the virus.
The Latest: CDC: Aerial spraying, naled helped curb ZikaMIAMI (AP) - U.S. health officials fighting Zika end strong warning to pregnant women to avoid Miami's Wynwood arts district.
U.S. health officials fighting Zika end strong warning to pregnant women to avoid Miami's Wynwood arts districtNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are making solid gains in Monday morning trading as machinery and technology companies move higher. Energy companies are up with the price of oil.
KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 114 points, or 0.6 percent, to 18,238 as of 10:25 a.m. Eastern time.
US stocks rise as tech and machinery companies lead the wayCHICAGO (AP) - The American Academy of Pediatrics has strengthened its warnings about prescribing codeine for children because of reports of deaths and risks for dangerous side effects including breathing problems.
The academy's advice, published in a report Monday in its medical journal, Pediatrics , mirrors warnings from the Food and Drug Administration about using codeine for kids' coughs or pain.
MDs strengthen advice against codeine for kids' coughs, painDrugs made from living cells, instead of by mixing chemicals, have brought major advances since the late 1990s to the treatment of various cancers, immune system disorders, growth hormone deficiency and eye diseases.
But the drugs, called biologics, often have enormous price tags - up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, with crushing out-of-pocket costs for many patients.
Insider Q&A: Why so little relief on pricey biologic drugsNARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - A man who got stuck head-first between two rocks on a Rhode Island jetty while trying to retrieve his cellphone has been rescued with the help of olive oil.
WJAR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2cmW89E) it happened Saturday afternoon near a fishing area in Point Judith.
Authorities say the man dropped his phone and got stuck up to his chest when he bent down to retrieve it.
Olive oil helps free man stuck in jetty while fetching phoneThis two-part investigation by The Center for Public Integrity and The Associated Press examines the politics behind the nation's opioid addiction epidemic.
AP reporters Geoff Mulvihill and Matthew Perrone and Center for Public Integrity reporters Liz Essley Whyte and Ben Wieder collaborated on the project for seven months.
Media partnership examines influence of opioid industryGRASS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Authorities have arrested a homeless man on suspicion of arson after a wildfire breaks out in Northern California, leading to the evacuation of a state park.
Grass Valley police say it appears a cigarette may have ignited the fire in a wooded area of town in the Sierra foothills on Saturday.
Suspect arrested after wildfire breaks out in Grass ValleySAN ANTONIO (AP) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has spoken for the first time about how he incurred extensive severe burns on his lower legs and feet in July.
The San Antonio Express-News (http://bit.ly/2cyPIUB ) reports Abbott explained Saturday that he was taking a shower while vacationing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on July 7 when scalding water covered his feet.
Texas governor says burns were from showerDETROIT (AP) - A Michigan man who can't buy a gun because he was briefly treated for mental health problems in the 1980s has won a key decision from a federal appeals court, which says the burden is on the government to justify a lifetime ban against him.
The Second Amendment case was significant enough for 16 judges on the 6th U.
Court rules man treated for mental illness can have a gunINDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Mike Pence has released a letter from his doctor vouching for his "excellent" health. The letter summarizes the medical history of the Republican vice presidential nominee and says he can maintain his high level of work and exercise routines "without limitations."
The letter about Pence, the 57-year-old governor of Indiana, was dated Thursday and came after Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, also provided some details of their medical history.
Doctor declares Trump running mate Pence to be healthyBill Darwin says that living in a south Vallejo hotel has made it difficult to find convenient access to healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables, and that he's pleased that the nearby 7-Eleven has added some of those things.
It's especially helpful now that his 81-year-old mother, Lois Gilmore, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and is now homeless, is staying there with him, the 61-year-old unemployed man said.
South Vallejo convenience store now carries healthier optionsKaiser Permanente's hospitals and medical offices in Napa and Solano Counties are offering free flu vaccinations to members again this year, starting this month, officials announced.
The flu can be serious, even fatal, with symptoms often including fever and chills, muscle or body aches, headaches, coughing, sore throat, exhaustion and diarrhea, they said.
Kaiser Permanente offering free flu vaccinationsThe unemployment rates in Solano and Napa counties inched downward in August, leaving the former with rates slightly higher than the state and national averages, and the latter with lower, according to the latest state figures.
Solano County's August jobless rate was 5.7 percent, down from 6 percent in July, and below the year-ago estimate of 6 percent, the latest state figures show.
Unemployment down in Solano, Napa counties in AugustOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Despite facing some of the nation's strictest anti-abortion laws, a new clinic has opened its doors in Oklahoma City. It's the first new abortion provider in Oklahoma in more than 40 years.
The Trust Women South Wind Women's Center welcomed the first patients last week to its facility on the city's south side.
Oklahoma's first new abortion clinic in 40 years opens doorsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania state lawmaker was secretly charged nearly a year ago by federal prosecutors with helping to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars from a mental health clinic in Philadelphia.
Court records show a money-laundering conspiracy charge against Democratic Rep.
Pennsylvania lawmaker secretly charged in clinic theft caseANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Health officials have ordered an Anaheim dental clinic to stop using water for procedures after 10 children who underwent root canals were hospitalized with serious infections.
The Orange County Health Care Agency said Thursday that samples from the Children's Dental Clinic water system have tested positive for mycobacteria.
Dental clinic ordered to stop using water after infectionsTAMPA, Fla. (AP) - More than 200 million gallons of contaminated waste water from a fertilizer plant in central Florida leaked into one of the state's main underground sources of drinking water after a massive sinkhole opened up beneath a storage pond, a phosphate company said Friday.
Mosaic, the world's largest supplier of phosphate, said the hole opened up beneath a pile of waste material called a "gypsum stack.
Sinkhole leaks fertilizer plant's water into Florida aquiferSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown is approving legislation that allows businesses to stock EpiPens used to treat people having life-threatening allergic reactions.
The Democratic governor signed AB1386 Thursday and also condemned the EpiPen manufacturer Mylan for significantly raising the price while sponsoring the California legislation and similar measures around the country.
Governor allows firms to stock EpiPens, condemns drugmakerMADISON, Wis. (AP) - A judge has ruled that a 41-year-old Wisconsin man accused of decapitating his mother with a sword will stay indefinitely in a mental health institution.
Matthew Skalitzy was committed in June after a judge found him not guilty by reason of mental disorder or defect in the September 2015 killing of 68-year-old Jane Skalitzky.
Man committed indefinitely in mother's decapitation by swordPHILADELPHIA (AP) - Residents near two former Navy bases near Philadelphia are suing producers of firefighting foam once used at the facilities, claiming they contaminated the drinking water.
The Weitz & Luxenberg law firm filed the federal lawsuit Thursday in Philadelphia on behalf of seven people who lived near the Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base and the former Naval Air Warfare Center.
Residents near ex-Navy bases sue firefighting foam makersSUFFOLK, Va. (AP) - Once told he would never be able to walk, a Virginia man with cerebral palsy has turned himself into a bodybuilder and inspired countless people with his determination.
WVEC-TV (http://bit.ly/2cjfOey ) reports more than 3 million people have watched a post on Facebook that shows 43-year-old Steve Alexy getting cheered by a crowd while exhibiting a toned physique that most men can only dream of.
Bodybuilder with disability inspires crowd in viral videoARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A D.C. startup company and a Virginia law firm are hoping some Hollywood storytelling will help them win a yearslong legal battle over whether bone-marrow donors can be paid.
The company, Hemeos, recruits potential donors. Under its business model, the donors would be paid and the company would make money by linking donors up with hospitals.
Money for bone-marrow donors? Company says yes; feds say noThe Obama administration is publishing new rules that promise to help doctors and patients learn if clinical trials of treatments worked or not.
At issue is how to help people find medical studies that may be appropriate for them - and then to make the results public so that successes can reach patients more quickly and what fails isn't duplicated.
New rules to help public learn results of medical researchHOUSTON (AP) - Some childhood cancer patients will chat Friday with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station wearing a hand-painted spacesuit they helped decorate.
NASA says astronaut Kate Rubins will wear the suit, dubbed "Courage," during a 20-minute chat Friday afternoon with patients from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
NASA astronaut wears spacesuit painted by kids with cancerGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Hillary Clinton returned to campaigning without offering apologies for keeping her pneumonia a secret, focusing on criticizing opponent Donald Trump instead of how she handled her health problem and the three-day rest ordered by her doctor.
To the strains of James Brown's "I Feel Good," the Democratic presidential candidate returned to the campaign trail Thursday at a rally in North Carolina.
Amid tighter race, Clinton and Trump trade barbs over healthMIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - In the only U.S. city confirmed to have mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus, some residents say they'd rather be bitten than be exposed to droplets of chemicals sprayed from planes to kill the bugs. No assurances from health officials would calm some 200 people packing a Miami Beach City Commission meeting Wednesday.
Aerial pesticide spray adds to fears in Zika-stricken MiamiBOSTON (AP) - Some of New England's leading breweries are competing to see who can turn the questionable water of Boston's Charles River into the tastiest suds.
Six area breweries have signed on for the first ever "Brew the Charles" challenge. The competition is a highlight of HUBweek, a weeklong Boston-area festival celebrating innovation in art, science and technology, starting Sept.
Strange brews: Making beer with Boston river waterNEW YORK (AP) - Brain cancer is now the deadliest childhood cancer in the U.S., now ahead of leukemia, a result of improved leukemia treatment and a frustrating lack of progress on brain cancer.
Government statisticians reported the change in rankings Friday, drawing from a review of 15 years of death certificates.
Brain cancer now leading childhood cancer killerThe first 100 customers at the community celebration of the newly healthified 7-Eleven in Vallejo on Friday will get free fruit, organizers announced.
The store at 1095 Magazine St. was given a healthy makeover as part of a Solano County program, and the community is invited to check it out from 2 to 5 p.
Newly made-over Vallejo 7-Eleven holds community celebration FridaySEATTLE (AP) - More than two years after Washington state launched legal marijuana sales, it's planning to test pot for banned pesticides more regularly.
The state will spend more than $1 million to buy new equipment and hire two full-time workers to conduct the tests. The screening is expected to begin early next year and will examine marijuana where regulators have reason to suspect illegal pesticides have been used.
Washington state to begin testing pot for pesticidesBALTIMORE (AP) - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving $300 million to Johns Hopkins University to deal with public health challenges.
The university announced the gift Thursday. Officials say the money will create the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.
The initiative will study ways to fight air pollution, gun violence and obesity.
Bloomberg's $300M gift to Hopkins focuses on public healthSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Small business employees who get health coverage through the Covered California health insurance exchange will see an average price increase of 5.9 percent next year.
The figure announced Thursday affects about 28,000 people who work for companies with up to 100 employees.
Covered California small business prices to jump 5.9 percentANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan says he remains cancer-free, with one more treatment scheduled before he will be "hopefully done with it forever."
Hogan gave an update on his battle against B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma on Thursday, after signing an executive order that renews the state's Council on Cancer Control.
Maryland governor says he remains cancer-freeWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail Thursday following a bout of pneumonia that sidelined her for three days and revived questions about both the Democratic nominee and Republican Donald Trump's transparency regarding their health.
Clinton's campaign responded with a new letter from her doctor Wednesday declaring her "fit to serve" as president and recovering well from her recent illness.
Clinton back on campaign trail after releasing health infoWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Hillary Clinton returns to the campaign trail Thursday following a bout of pneumonia that sidelined her for three days and revived questions about both the Democratic nominee and Republican Donald Trump's transparency regarding their health.
Clinton's campaign responded with a new letter from her doctor Wednesday declaring her "fit to serve" as president and recovering well from her recent illness.
Clinton back on campaign trail after releasing health infoWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Hillary Clinton has released a new letter from her doctor declaring her to be "recovering well" from pneumonia and remaining "fit to serve as President of the United States." The Democratic presidential candidate faces increased scrutiny about her health after a video showed her staggering while getting into a van on Sunday.
A look at Hillary Clinton's recent illnessCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Advocates are raising concerns over the length of time it will take Ohio's medical board to draft rules governing how doctors can recommend to patients they use medical marijuana.
The medical board met Wednesday for the first time since the new medical marijuana law took effect and says it plans to study laws and practices in other states before drafting Ohio's regulations.
Ohio board's timeline concerns medical marijuana advocatesHONOLULU (AP) - The Latest on a settlement involving a man who went to a health center with a sore throat and ended up dead (all times local):
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A rural Hawaii health center has made changes after a man with a sore throat ended up dead.
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center officials say Antonio Marrero's 2013 death prompted the changes, including a new emergency room director to oversee operations and a full-time compliance officer who is also an attorney.
The Latest: Death of man with sore throat prompts changesHONOLULU (AP) - The widow and children of a man who went to a rural Hawaii health center with a sore throat in 2013 and ended up dead will receive a $4.2 million settlement from the federal government, the widow's lawyer and health center executives said Wednesday.
Antonio Marrero, 32, went to the emergency room of Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, where a doctor determined he had an abscess in his tonsils and arranged for him to see an ear, nose and throat specialist, lawyer Richard Fried said.
$4.2M payout after man with sore throat dies at clinicIn honor of September as World Alzheimer's Awareness Month, Home Instead Senior Care -- serving Napa and Solano counties -- announced the launch of a new community education program to help bring awareness to this cause.
Prevent Wandering, a free program developed with the Alzheimer's Association, offers tips and resources to help families better prepare "for the challenging and unfortunate situation that occurs when a loved one living with Alzheimer's wanders off.
Local senior care firm launches two free Alzheimer's-related programsHONOLULU (AP) - The widow and children of a man who went to a rural Hawaii health center with a sore throat in 2013 and ended up dead will receive a $4.2 million settlement from the federal government, the widow's lawyer and health center executives said Wednesday.
Antonio Marrero, 32, went to the emergency room of Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, where an emergency room doctor determined he had an abscess in his tonsils and arranged for him to see an ear, nose and throat specialist, lawyer Richard Fried said.
$4.2M payout after man with sore throat dies at clinicNapa County Public Health officials are offering free seasonal flu vaccine shots to anyone over three years old, they announced.
This year the flu spray vaccine is not available because it is not effective in stopping the flu viruses expected to be circulating this season, they said.
"Although the spray version of the vaccine is not available this year, the flu shot is still the safest and most effective way to avoid getting the flu," Napa County Public Health Officer Karen Relucio said.
Napa County offers free flu shotsWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Hillary Clinton has released a new letter from her doctor declaring her to be "recovering well" from pneumonia and remaining "fit to serve as President of the United States." The Democratic presidential candidate faces increased scrutiny about her health after a video showed her staggering while getting into a van on Sunday.
A look at Hillary Clinton's recent illnessCHICAGO (AP) - A physician who treated U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk after a 2012 stroke says the Illinois Republican "has made a full cognitive recovery."
Kirk's campaign released a letter from Kirk's neurosurgeon to the Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/2cuEzDz ) in response to a request from the newspaper seeking medical records from Kirk and his re-election challenger, Democratic U.
Doctor: Sen. Kirk made 'full cognitive recovery' from strokeWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Hillary Clinton is "recovering well" from pneumonia and remains "fit to serve as President of the United States," her doctor said in a letter released Wednesday by her campaign.
The health details made public by the Democratic presidential nominee included a description of the pneumonia diagnosis Clinton received last week Friday.
Update from Clinton's doctor: Democrat is 'fit to serve'BOSTON (AP) - A police chief honored by the White House for his work battling heroin addiction is among two officers in his department who have been placed on leave for undisclosed reasons.
Gloucester Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken said she placed police Chief Leonard Campanello on paid administrative leave effective Tuesday, pending the completion of an internal city investigation.
Police chief recently honored by White House placed on leaveFLINT, Mich. (AP) - The Latest on the investigation into the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint (all times local):
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A former Michigan state official acknowledges in a plea deal that she was aware of dozens of cases of Legionnaires' disease in the Flint area two years ago but didn't report it to the general public.
The Latest: Official didn't report disease outbreak in FlintFLINT, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's former state epidemiologist pleaded no contest on Wednesday to a neglect of duty charge stemming from the investigation into the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint.
Corinne Miller entered the plea to the misdemeanor count in exchange for prosecutors dropping felony misconduct and conspiracy charges.
Flint official enters plea in lead-contaminated water caseSept. 12
Sacramento Bee on the Planned Parenthood bill:
It's a hazard of this social media and cellphone era that anything you say might end up being secretly recorded and used online against you. That's what happened last year to Planned Parenthood, with not only political consequences but collateral violence and loss of life.
California Editorial RoundupHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Eleven members of a police SWAT team became ill during a Connecticut drug bust after bursting into a Hartford apartment and finding themselves in a cloud of suspected drug particles, authorities say.
Police believe the officers were sickened in the Tuesday bust by airborne particles of the powerful painkiller fentanyl or heroin, or both.
11 Connecticut cops sickened during heroin and fentanyl bustA growing number of U.S. workers are covered by health insurance that sticks them with a bigger share of the medical bill but also softens that blow by providing a special account to help with the expense.
Companies are turning more to so-called consumer-directed health plans that push patients to shop around for the best prices for care, because they cost less than other types of coverage and help hold down future increases.
Employers turn to workers to help slow health cost growthA growing number of U.S. workers are covered by health insurance that sticks them with a bigger share of the medical bill but also softens that blow by providing a special account to help with the expense.
Companies are turning more to these so-called consumer-directed health plans, which push patients to shop around for the best prices for care, because they can cost less than other types of coverage and help hold down future increases.
Employers turn to workers to help slow health cost growthORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A vacation in Orlando is almost a rite of passage for some well-off Brazilians who often bring back suitcases filled with electronics and clothes that are cheaper in Florida than they are at home.
But store manager Julio Martins has seen fewer of them this year at his Brazil Center Electronics store in the heart of Orlando's tourist district.
International turmoil, park pricing dents Orlando tourismNEW YORK (AP) - Autumn is an anxious time for many small and medium-sized business owners as they wait to learn whether their health insurance costs will go up for 2017 - and if so, by how much?
"There's always a lump in your throat because you don't know what you're going to get," says Darren Ambler, a managing director at Insight Performance, a Dedham, Massachusetts-based human resources provider.
Small businesses wait for verdict on 2017 health care costsANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Seven children have been hospitalized and hundreds more may be at risk of a serious infection after receiving treatment at an Anaheim dental clinic.
The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/2c8xMxh ) that the Orange County Health Care Agency is contacting the parents of 500 children who also underwent pulpotomies at Children's Dental Group beginning May 3.
7 children hospitalized after dental procedures in AnaheimWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - The White House was submerged in scandal. Democrats faced tough midterm elections. And Hillary Clinton, far more popular than her embattled husband, had become a one-woman campaign machine.
But the nonstop travel in 1998 took a toll. Clinton developed a blood clot behind her right knee, prompting the White House doctor to recommend hospitalization and a week of bedrest.
Clinton has history of ignoring health _ and paying a priceANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - A University of Michigan lab is helping joggers improve their form one step at a time.
The Michigan Performance Research Laboratory offers runners an in-depth assessment that used to be given solely to the school's athletes.
The consultations last around two hours and include footwear, musculoskeletal and postural evaluations by a physical therapist as well as footprint pressure and full-body 3-D gait analyses.
University research lab helping runners 1 step at a timeATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter says his latest brain scan showed he remains healthy.
The former U.S. president is speaking Tuesday night at an annual question-and-answer session for supporters of The Carter Center, his human rights nonprofit in Atlanta. Carter is accompanied by his wife Rosalynn.
Jimmy Carter: Latest scan monitoring health "turned out OK"An elderly Colorado man was on life support in a local trauma center after being hit and badly injured by a car as he tried to cross Sonoma Boulevard in Vallejo on Monday night, a Vallejo Police Department spokesman said.
Just before 8 p.m., Vallejo police officers responded to an injury collision at the intersection of Sonoma and Redwood Street involving a vehicle and a pedestrian, Lt.
Colorado man hit, injured, in Vallejo crosswalkThe emergency room at the Indian Health Services hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, will temporarily close, the federal government announced Tuesday, a move that some tribal officials say will threaten lives.
The Sioux San Hospital emergency department is set to be closed on Sept. 20 due primarily to the age of the facility, IHS officials said, though the hospital will continue to offer urgent care services around-the-clock for needs that are not complicated or life-threatening.
Feds to temporarily close reservation hospital's ERSALT LAKE CITY (AP) - After months of investigation, health officials still aren't sure how a Utah man caught the Zika virus after caring for his infected father in a transmission unlike others seen before, according to a new report released Tuesday.
The case is the only one in the continental U.
Investigation: Unique Utah Zika case remains medical mysteryHONOLULU (AP) - The Philippine government has suspended distribution of seafood believed to be the cause of a hepatitis A outbreak in Hawaii.
According to an order by the Philippines' Department of Agriculture Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, De Oro Resources Inc. must temporarily suspend distribution of its products.
Philippines suspends scallops linked to Hawaii outbreakSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Northern California police department is disciplining several officers implicated in a sex scandal with a self-described teen prostitute.
The Richmond Police announced Monday night that it had investigated 11 current and former officers' relationship with the teen, whose mother is an Oakland Police dispatcher.
Northern California officers face discipline in sex scandalAmy Schumer is giving fans a firsthand look at her battle with food poisoning.
The comedian posted a picture on Instagram of herself in bed alongside boyfriend Ben Hanisch Monday with a caption , "Thanks for everything Paris! Except the food poisoning."
That image was followed by a video and pictures of her smiling while in a hospital bed.
Amy Schumer shares food poisoning battle on InstagramSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A researcher may have figured out that albino redwoods - long considered freeloaders - contribute to the health of California's deep green redwood forests by clearing toxins.
The trees appear to act as a liver or kidney, filtering toxins from the soil around them, San Jose researcher Zane Moore, a doctoral student at UC Davis, told The Mercury News (http://bayareane.
Researcher: California's albino redwoods filter soil toxinsNEW YORK (AP) - Three scientists will share a prestigious medical prize for research that led to major new drugs for treating hepatitis C.
The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation also announced Tuesday that it was honoring three other scientists for discoveries about how cells handle oxygen, plus another scientist for DNA research and his leadership in science and education.
Scientists honored for research toward hepatitis C therapiesSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A researcher may have figured out that albino redwoods - long considered freeloaders - contribute to the health of California's deep green redwood forests.
The trees appear to act as a liver or kidney, filtering toxins from the soil around them, San Jose researcher Zane Moore, a doctoral student at UC Davis, told The Mercury News (http://bayareane.
Researcher: California's albino redwoods filter soil toxinsLOS ANGELES (AP) - Two gymnasts, including a member of the 2000 U.S. women's Olympic team, say they were sexually abused by a former longtime doctor for USA Gymnastics, court documents and interviews show.
Dr. Larry Nassar, 53, who worked for decades for the gymnastics organization until his dismissal last year, sexually groped and fondled the teenage Olympian under the guise of physical therapy during her elite career, according to a lawsuit filed last week in California.
2 gymnasts allege sex abuse by doctor for USA GymnasticsDANA POINT, Calif. (AP) - His lawyer is defending a California doctor's decision to exempt a 2-year-old boy from all vaccinations - a move that could cost him his license.
Dr. Bob Sears of Orange County is a noted critic of California's mandatory vaccination law and federal immunization guidelines.
Lawyer defends doc who exempted toddler from immunizationsATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia man will spend the next 10 years in prison for using Craigslist to arrange sexual encounters with at least two different women without revealing he was HIV-positive.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/2cgBryS ) reports that 24-year-old James Allen Propes was found guilty on two counts of reckless conduct by an HIV-infected person.
HIV-positive man gets decade for unprotected Craigslist sexDURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A woman who lost her job at a clothing embroidery plant while she was pregnant said she had no idea of federal laws designed to protect her employment until she contacted a lawyer, and she has filed a federal complaint against the company.
Gillian Thomas, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, told The News & Observer of Raleigh (http://bit.
Woman who lost job while pregnant files complaintWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - An outbreak of respiratory illness swept through Hillary Clinton's campaign in the weeks before she was diagnosed with pneumonia and fell ill at this year's 9/11 memorial ceremony, campaign aides said Monday.
The Democratic presidential candidate abruptly left Sunday's event after feeling "overheated.
Illness hit Clinton campaign staff before she got pneumoniaLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the former head of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, accused medical marijuana supporters on Monday of misleading voters about the drug's benefits as they promote two new ballot measures that would legalize pot for some patients.
Joined by some of the state's top doctors, the Republican governor said the measures "do not lead to good medicine" and said they would circumvent the federal process for studying, approving and regulating new drugs.
Arkansas governor, doctors criticize medical marijuana pushINDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Court documents say a retired Indianapolis fertility doctor used his own sperm to impregnate at least eight mothers decades ago and admitted to six now-adult children to doing so.
Dr. Donald Cline surrendered in court Monday and faces two felony obstruction of justice charges for misleading authorities who were investigating two of the children's complaints against him.
Affidavit: Fertility doctor several impregnated patientsNORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The Navy says a sailor who never reported being pregnant has given birth to a baby girl aboard an aircraft carrier at sea.
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command spokesman Cmdr. Bill Urban told the Virginian-Pilot ( http://bit.ly/2cRnBmO ) the 7-pound infant was recently born on the USS Dwight D.
Navy: Sailor gives birth to baby on aircraft carrier at seaCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Panthers coach Ron Rivera said he fully expects Cam Newton to play this Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers despite taking at least four helmet-to-helmet hits in a Week 1 loss to the Denver Broncos.
Rivera said that while Newton's body is sore, his head is fine.
"He's tough, he's resilient and he's moving around pretty good," Rivera said Monday, reiterating that his QB has passed a number of concussion tests.
Panthers' coach: Newton's head is fine, he'll play vs. 49ers