Associated Press12 hours agoDoctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian childrenAssociated Press - By WAFAA SHURAFA and KAREEM CHEHAYEBDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel’s war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned. One toddler died from a brain injury caused by an Israeli strike …
Associated Press7 hours agoBiden is announcing a new rule to protect consumers who purchase short-term health insurance plansAssociated Press - By DARLENE SUPERVILLEPresident Joe Biden on Thursday announced new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk. A new rule finalized by the Democratic president’s administration will limit these plans to just three months. And the plans can only be renewed for a …
Associated Press12 hours agoSchools in the path of April's total solar eclipse prepare for a natural teaching momentAssociated Press - By CAROLYN THOMPSONCLEVELAND (AP) — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” playing in teacher Nancy Morris’ classroom, swinging his arms open and closed across the planets pictured on his T-shirt. Henry and other classmates at Cleveland’s Riverside School …
Associated Press18 hours agoWest Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policiesAssociated Press - By LEAH WILLINGHAMCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia’s GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccination policies. West Virginia is only one of a handful of states in the U.S. that offers only …
Associated Press19 hours agoSteward Health Care strikes deal to sell its nationwide physician network to OptumAssociated Press - By STEVE LeBLANCBOSTON (AP) — Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances. The move comes as Gov. Maura Healey has said state monitors are keeping eye on the …
Associated Press22 hours agoBeing HIV-positive will no longer automatically disqualify police candidates in Tennessee cityAssociated Press - By TRAVIS LOLLERNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Having HIV will no longer automatically disqualify someone from serving as a Metropolitan Nashville Police Officer, the Tennessee city agreed in a legal settlement on Friday. The agreement settles a federal discrimination lawsuit filed last year by a former Memphis police …