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European committee says Lilly Alzheimer's drug shouldn't get marketing approval

European committee says Lilly Alzheimer's drug shouldn't get marketing approval

A European regulatory committee rejected Eli Lilly’s U.S.-approved Alzheimer’s disease treatment over potentially dangerous risks of brain bleeding and swelling.
Pope offers prayers for quake-stricken Southeast Asia from convalescence in Vatican

Pope offers prayers for quake-stricken Southeast Asia from convalescence in Vatican

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered prayers to the victims of a powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia on Friday, the sixth day of his convalescence in the Vatican after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia.
King Charles III’s brief hospital stay reminds UK that monarch is still a cancer patient

King Charles III’s brief hospital stay reminds UK that monarch is still a cancer patient

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III waved to well-wishers in central London on Friday as he headed for his country estate in western England a day after he was briefly hospitalized because of side effects from a scheduled cancer treatment .
Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring

Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major overhaul, the U.S.
The fate of addiction treatment hangs in the balance with Kennedy's HHS overhaul

The fate of addiction treatment hangs in the balance with Kennedy's HHS overhaul

A little-known federal agency that touches the lives of people across the United States by funding the 988 crisis line, naloxone distribution and addiction treatment may be weakened and possibly eliminated in the proposed overhaul of the U.S.
A remote Australian town seeks a doctor, offering a $400,000 salary and free rent

A remote Australian town seeks a doctor, offering a $400,000 salary and free rent

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A remote Australian town that will soon lose its only doctor is offering a salary of up to 680,000 Australian dollars ($428,000), plus free rent and a car, to attract a new candidate.
NY county clerk refuses to file Texas' fine for doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills

NY county clerk refuses to file Texas' fine for doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills

A county clerk in New York refused Thursday to file a more than $100,000 judgment from Texas against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, setting up a potential challenge to laws designed to shield abortion providers
New Brunswick to begin review of mystery brain disease cases

New Brunswick to begin review of mystery brain disease cases

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick health officials will begin analyzing hundreds of cases involving a mystery brain disease that has baffled experts for years, the province's chief medical officer said Thursday. Dr.
Transgender bathroom restrictions take effect as Montana governor signs law

Transgender bathroom restrictions take effect as Montana governor signs law

HELENA (AP) — Transgender people in Montana can no longer use bathrooms in public buildings that do not align with their sex assigned at birth after Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed new restrictions into law Thursday.
Georgia bill to codify IVF heads to governor after getting overwhelming support in both chambers

Georgia bill to codify IVF heads to governor after getting overwhelming support in both chambers

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill to codify the right to in vitro fertilization got overwhelming approval from the state Senate Thursday, setting it up to move to Gov. Brian Kemp's desk for his signature.
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