Health

Judge in trial of 3 Washington police officers allows a breathing expert to testify over objections
Oct 31, 2023

Judge in trial of 3 Washington police officers allows a breathing expert to testify over objections

Five weeks into the trial against three Tacoma, Washington, police officers charged in the 2020 death of Manny Ellis and prosecutors had to convince the judge to let their breathing expert tell the jury what happens to a person who is held face down with pressure on their back


Boris Johnson's former top aide is withering about UK government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry
Oct 31, 2023

Boris Johnson's former top aide is withering about UK government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry

The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in government during the coronavirus pandemic


Doctors could revive bid to block Arizona ban on abortions performed due to genetic abnormality
Oct 30, 2023

Doctors could revive bid to block Arizona ban on abortions performed due to genetic abnormality

A federal appeals court is giving abortion rights advocates a chance to revive their bid to block an Arizona law that restricts abortions due to the presence of a fetal genetic abnormality, such as Down syndrome


Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says
Oct 30, 2023

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

U.S. health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops due to the risk of infections that could lead to blindness


Heat rest Jimmy Butler against Timberwolves; Kevin Love also sits with shoulder injury
Oct 28, 2023

Heat rest Jimmy Butler against Timberwolves; Kevin Love also sits with shoulder injury

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler was held out of the game at Minnesota to rest


Mpox vaccinations should be recommended for high-risk men, even after outbreak ends, advisers say
Oct 25, 2023

Mpox vaccinations should be recommended for high-risk men, even after outbreak ends, advisers say

Government health advisers say gay and bisexual men at high risk for mpox infection should get vaccinated for the virus even after the current outbreak ends


Carnival ruled negligent over cruise where 662 passengers got COVID-19 early in pandemic
Oct 25, 2023

Carnival ruled negligent over cruise where 662 passengers got COVID-19 early in pandemic

A cruise operator that failed to cancel a voyage from Sydney that led to a COVID-19 outbreak has been ruled negligent in an Australian class-action case


Poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic is charged with poisoning his wife
Oct 24, 2023

Poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic is charged with poisoning his wife

A former medical resident at the Mayo Clinic is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach distress


Oct 24, 2023

West Texas county bans travel on its roads to help someone seeking an abortion

County commissioners in Lubbock County, Texas, have voted to ban transporting another person on its roads to receive an abortion


Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help
Oct 24, 2023

Few transplant surgeons are Black. Giving medical students a rare peek at organ donation may help

A novel program in Tennessee aims to interest more Black and other minority medical students in organ transplants, to help ease troubling disparities