The plan to allow Florida to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada is already facing outrage from Canadians who claim it could make their own drug supply shortages worse. And experts in the U.S. have doubts the program will ever help people in Florida get a cost break on medications for conditions like heart disease…
At least eight people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak that started last month in the Philadelphia area. The most recent two cases were confirmed on Monday. The outbreak began after a child who’d recently spent time in another country was admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) with an infection, which…
It’s the last week before the official start of the 2024 primary season — and if you’re wondering what happened to the debate about the future of the Republican Party, you aren’t alone. As Iowa prepares to vote, the final ad campaigns appear to be focused more on Nikki Haley than on Donald Trump. Both…
Minus 43 degrees recorded in Montana The lowest temperature recorded Friday was minus 43 degrees at an area 4 miles west-northwest of Raynesford, Montana, according to the National Weather Service. In stark contrast, it was 89 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Rescuers recover man’s body from avalanche zone in Idaho The body of a man believed…
NEW ORLEANS — A lawsuit to block enforcement of Louisiana’s new ban on transgender health care procedures for anyone under 18 was announced Monday by LGBTQ advocates. The lawsuit was prepared by Lambda Legal and others on behalf of five Louisiana minors and their parents, identified in the filings by pseudonyms. Lambda Legal said in a news…
Ohio’s Republican-led House voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill that would restrict both transition-related medical care for minors and transgender athletes’ participation on school sports teams. The House voted 65-28 Wednesday, prompting chants of “Shame!” from the House gallery and the House livestream to be temporarily cut. The bill will now…
Jonathan Majors says he’s not responsible for his ex-girlfriend’s injuries, speaking out for the first time since a jury found him guilty of misdemeanor assault and harassment last month in a case that had an immediate effect on his career in Hollywood. The case stemmed from a March 25, 2023, domestic dispute in New York…
Pop icon Madonna opened up to her fans about the medical scare she had this year, telling fans at her concert in Brooklyn, New York, over the weekend that she spent 48 hours in a coma. During her performance Saturday, Madonna revealed that she was in a medically induced coma for two days over the…
HONG KONG — China said it would “never compromise” on its claims of sovereignty over Taiwan as the U.S. and China concluded two days of military talks in Washington, part of an effort to restore communication between the two countries’ militaries. The talks were held days before Taiwan, a self-ruling island democracy, holds a presidential…
MEXICO CITY — Environmental watchdogs accused a Mexico-based startup Thursday of violating international trade law by selling a health supplement made from endangered totoaba fish to several countries including the U.S. and China. Advocates told The Associated Press they also have concerns that the company, The Blue Formula, could be selling fish that is illegally…
