Wednesday October 16th, 2024 6:31AM

AP Health

CDC says it's identified 1st documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles
Federal health officials say three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles
4:08PM ( 5 months ago )
Police in Washington city issue alarm after 3 babies overdosed on fentanyl in less than a week
Officials are sounding alarms after three babies overdosed — one fatally — on fentanyl left unsecured inside three Washington state homes in less than one week
5:58PM ( 5 months ago )
Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
President Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes
2:57PM ( 5 months ago )
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
President Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes
2:57PM ( 5 months ago )
A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy for kids' social transitions
A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it or even children’s social transitioning
1:46PM ( 5 months ago )
Long flu season winds down in US
The U.S. flu season appears to be over
11:38AM ( 5 months ago )
What to know about Bell's palsy, the facial paralysis affecting Joel Embiid
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy
11:32AM ( 5 months ago )
South Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors' group over protracted strikes
South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone
6:00AM ( 5 months ago )
USDA tells producers to reduce salmonella in certain frozen chicken products
U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning
11:42PM ( 5 months ago )
17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion
Seventeen states are challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions
7:00PM ( 5 months ago )