Health

Opioids aren't effective in treating neck, lower back pain, study says

Opioids should not be prescribed to treat acute neck and lower back pain, new research suggests.

Jun 30, 2023 2:00 AM Read more >

In rural India, summer's heat can be deadly. Ambulance crews see the toll up close

BANPUR, India (AP) — Siren blaring, Sunil Kumar Naik's ambulance tore across a dry and rocky countryside blasted by dangerous midday heat, rushing to check on a vomiting and dizzy 30-year-old man with possible heat stroke.

Jun 29, 2023 9:06 PM Read more >

Mexico acknowledges 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, almost triple the figures in 2022

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican health authorities say there have been at least 112 heat-related deaths so far this year, acknowledging the deadliness of a recent heat wave that the president previously said was being overblown by alarmist journalists.

Jun 29, 2023 8:16 PM Read more >

New Mexico regulators fine oil producer $40 million for burning off vast amounts of natural gas

SANTA FE, N.M.

Jun 29, 2023 5:49 PM Read more >

RCMP say several people have life-threatening injuries after crash on Highway 93

RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, B.C. — Police say a serious head-on collision has closed Highway 93 north of Radium Hot Springs, B.C., not far from the Alberta boundary.

Jun 29, 2023 5:02 PM Read more >

North Carolina measure limiting LGBTQ+ curriculum heading to governor's desk

RALEIGH, N.C.

Jun 29, 2023 4:21 PM Read more >

North Carolina governor signs law clearing up several aspects of impending abortion law

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Last-minute revisions to North Carolina's new abortion restrictions that take effect this weekend were signed into law on Thursday by Gov. Roy Cooper.

Jun 29, 2023 4:19 PM Read more >

Deadly germ behind infant formula shortage joins CDC watchlist of bad bugs

U.S. health officials will start formally tracking infections caused by the rare but potentially deadly germ that sickened babies and triggered a nationwide shortage of infant formula last year.

Jun 29, 2023 3:41 PM Read more >

$2.9 million gene therapy for severe hemophilia is approved by FDA

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Thursday approved drugmaker BioMarin's gene therapy for the most common form of hemophilia, a $2.9 million infused treatment that can significantly reduce dangerous bleeding problems.

Jun 29, 2023 3:32 PM Read more >

Educator and TV host Sue Johanson, who helped destigmatize the joy of sex, dead at 93

TORONTO — Sue Johanson believed informed sex was safe sex and she shared that message broadly, becoming one of the foremost TV sexperts in Canada and the United States when she was in her 60s.

Jun 29, 2023 3:01 PM Read more >