Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. Wind has carried smoke from the fires southward, triggering air quality alerts throughout the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Ag…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has revoked a crucial federal permit for the proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, saying the permit did not comply with the water quality standards set by a sovereign downstream tribe. The Corps said Tuesday that it revoked the Clea…
Louisiana is poised to become the latest state to enact laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday sent a package to the Democratic governor that includes a ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The Legislature also overwhelming passed Louisiana’…
Abortion providers have sued Kansas over what they are required to tell patients before a procedure and a requirement that patients wait 24 hours to terminate their pregnancies. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in state district court says Kansas has created what the providers call a biased counsel…
A federal judge is temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers. Judge Robert Hinkle says in Tuesday's ruling that “gender identity is real” and the state has no rational basis for de…
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For children aged 0 to 17 years, the overall rate of emergency department visits decreased from 2019 to 2020, with decreases seen for both sexes and across races/ethnicities, according to a June data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Co…
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For veterans admitted to the hospitals, a supervised walking program, AssiSTed EaRly MobIlity for HospitalizeD Veterans (STRIDE), is associated with lower odds of discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF), according to a study published online Ju…
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For veterans admitted to the hospitals, a supervised walking program, AssiSTed EaRly MobIlity for HospitalizeD Veterans (STRIDE), is associated with lower odds of discharge to a skilled nursing facility (SNF), according to a study published online June 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lynparza (olaparib) with abiraterone and prednisone (or prednisolone) for adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
A federal appeals court in New Orleans is weighing whether to continue blocking enforcement of a judge's ruling limiting coverage requirements under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The Biden administration is appealing a Texas-based federal judge’s ruling that would eliminate the law's requirement that most insurers cover some types of preventive care at no extra cost, including certain cancer screenings and HIV-preventing drugs. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has temporarily blocked the ruling while it considers the case. At issue at a Tuesday afternoon hearing was whether insurers must continue to provide such care without charging out-of-pocket fees while appeals play out.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- From 2016 to 2021, there was an increase in prepregnancy diabetes mellitus (PDM), with an overall rate of 10.9 per 1,000 births in 2021, according to the May 31 National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sounding the alarm about the current political climate, the Human Rights Campaign has declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. The civil rights group warns of what it calls an “unprecedented and dangerous” spike in discriminatory legislation sweeping state houses. It says more than 70 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been signed into law so far this year, more than double last year's number. Along with its warning on Tuesday, the HRC released a guidebook with summaries of laws in each state, “know your rights” information and resources for LGBTQ+ travelers as well as those already living in so-called hostile states.
Officials are urging North Dakotans who receive Medicaid renewal forms to complete and return them within 30 days, given that thousands of people who were still eligible were removed from the program last month. Health and Human Services says about 13,000 Medicaid recipients in North Dakota were due for renewal at the end of May. But KFGO reports that thousands failed to return their forms, so many lost coverage even though they may still qualify. Individuals who lost coverage have 90 days to return their renewal forms. For those who qualify, their coverage will be retroactive.
A report on the Chesapeake Bay has found strong disparities between communities in different parts of the bay’s watershed in terms of health, economics and social justice concerns. The report was released Tuesday by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. It's the first time an integrated environmental justice index was included in the center's evaluation of the health of the nation's largest estuary. It presented the challenges of improving the health of the nation’s largest estuary in a larger context, specifically to include the health of people of communities in the watershed.
Two people are dead in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose involving five peple in a hotel room in Hawaii’s tourist mecca, Waikiki. Emergency responders responded to a call at Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort Sunday morning and found five people. One man was pronounced dead at the scene and another man later died at a hospital. Three others were taken to the hospital. Honolulu police say fentanyl was found at the scene. Fentanyl is an opioid painkiller many times more powerful than heroin, and typically prescribed to treat severe pain. Experts say the growing prevalence of fentanyl in the illicit drug supply is a top driver of the increasing number of overdose deaths in the U.S.
TUESDAY, July 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- The widely used immunotherapy drug nivolumab (Opdivo) is safer and more effective in treating adults and children with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma than the targeted therapy now used as standard care is, new clinical trial results show.
A northern Indiana abortion clinic has announced it will close nearly a year after the state approved a ban on the practice, with “unnecessary” and “politically driven” restrictions on abortions forcing its closure. Staff at Whole Woman’s Health Alliance — which also has clinics in Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico and Virginia — will still provide remote services, such as referring patients to other abortion clinics in Indiana or states where abortion is legal. Patients have not been able to physically visit the Indiana clinic since December 2022. The Indiana clinic was one of seven abortion clinics in the state and the sole provider in South Bend, a city close to the Michigan border.
Merck is suing the federal government over a plan to negotiate Medicare drug prices, calling the program a sham equivalent to extortion. The drugmaker is seeking to halt the program, which was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act and is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars in the coming years. Merck said in a complaint filed Tuesday that the program does not involve genuine negotiation. Instead, it said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selects drugs to be included and then dictates the price. Federal government representatives did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Kids with poor impulse control — a common characteristic of ADHD — may be at higher risk for health, social and criminal problems as adults, a new study indicates.
Federal judge says "gender identity is real" in narrow ruling against Florida ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- As obesity rises among U.S. kids and teens, the number of weight-loss surgeries is growing, too.
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TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Once-a-day use of the targeted cancer pill Tagrisso (osimertinib) cut the five-year death rate in half for a subset of patients with early-stage lung cancer, a new clinical trial shows.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Few patients diagnosed with cancer between 2013 and 2019 in California and Georgia underwent germline testing, according to a study published online June 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), indefinite duration of immunotherapy treatment does not seem to offer benefits over fixed-duration therapy for two years, according to a study published online June 4 in JAMA Oncology to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of stray cats roam the world over, and surgical sterilization has long been the primary method of population control.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- For outpatient treatment of COVID-19, nirmatrelvir-ritonavir is effective for reducing 30-day hospitalization or death, while molnupiravir is associated with a reduction in 30-day mortality, according to a study published online June 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is associated with a similar risk for cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction as direct invasive coronary angiography (ICA) for initial assessment of suspected stable coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a review published online June 6 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
TUESDAY, June 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Vorasidenib significantly improves progression-free survival among patients with grade 2 isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant glioma, according to a study published online June 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, held from June 2 to 6 in Chicago.
Whether children were breastfed as infants and for how long may have an impact on their test scores when they are adolescents, according to new research.
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