Health
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Walgreens workers plan to walk out on job for three days next week
Workers at Walgreens pharmacies nationwide are planning to walk out on the job on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to protest their working conditions.
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Pharmacist shortages and heavy workloads challenge drugstores heading into their busy season
A dose of patience may come in handy at the pharmacy counter this fall.
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U.S. Senate leader raises trade and fentanyl at start of 1st congressional visit to China since 2019
A senior American lawmaker, leading the first congressional trip to China in four years, said Saturday that the U.S. does not want to cut economic...
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Judge OKs Oklahoma's ban on sex-change surgeries, drugs for children
A federal judge in Tulsa declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers in Oklahoma to provide...
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Arkansas health officials identify first locally acquired case of malaria in decades
Arkansas Department of Health officials have identified a case of locally acquired malaria, the first such case of the mosquito-borne disease in...
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Rep. Scalise says cancer treatment going 'phenomenally' well
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a top contender for the next House speaker, says his doctors are very encouraged with the progress of his...
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Physician burnout accelerated since COVID-19, study finds
Massachusetts doctors are experiencing burnout at higher rates since COVID-19 overwhelmed their medical practices and hospitals, new research has...
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Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools
A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers' sexual...
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Doctor who treated Morgan State shooting victim is gunshot survivor himself
When Johns Hopkins trauma surgeon Dr. Joseph Sakran was notified about a shooting with multiple victims on the campus of Morgan State University...
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Health care strike over staff shortages, wages heads into final day with no deal in sight
A massive health care strike over wages and staffing shortages headed into its final day on Friday without a deal between industry giant Kaiser...
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U.S. Customs officials seize giraffe feces from woman at Minnesota airport
Federal customs agents pooh-poohed the plans of an Iowa woman who wanted to make jewelry from giraffe feces she picked up on a trip to Kenya and...
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Justice Dept. comes under pressure to charge activist in attack on pro-life pregnancy center
The recent conviction of a New York woman for vandalizing a pro-life pregnancy center has Attorney General Merrick Garland coming under pressure to...