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Judge: Purdue workers should get bonuses, but maybe not CEOThe judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will consider whether the company's CEO should get a bonus equal to half his $2
Once-a-month birth control pill? Experiment works in animalsBirth control pills work great if women remember to take them every day but missing doses can mean a surprise pregnancy
African swine fever kills more than 20 wild boar in PolandPoland’s agriculture minister says that 21 cases of wild boar fallen due to the African swine fever have been found in western Poland, close to the German border
Court seems ready to curb claims over Montana Superfund siteThe Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that Montana homeowners who are seeking additional cleanup of arsenic left over from years of copper smelting need the permission...
Health program offers free HIV prevention drug to uninsuredThe government has launched a program to provide a daily HIV prevention drug for free to people who need the protection but have no insurance to pay for it
What is an eye stroke, could you be a risk?KPRC 2 reporter Sofia Ojeda has some information on what you should know about eye strokes.
Amnesty: Yemen’s disabled are neglected, and sufferingAmnesty: Yemen’s war put huge toll on people with disabilities, on margins of society, excluded from badly needed aid
Amazon pulls skin-lightening products after groups’ concernsAmazon pulls more than a dozen skin-lightening products with dangerous mercury levels off its website after pushback from Minnesota public-health and environmental activi...
Milan hospital displays X-rays of women attacked by menA Milan hospital is exhibiting X-rays of women beaten or stabbed by men to highlight gender violence
Suspected norovirus outbreak closes 46 Colorado schoolsThousands of students in Colorado are out of school because of a suspected outbreak of norovirus
Medicare drug plan finder can steer seniors to higher costsGlitch in Medicare’s revamped online drug plan finder could prove confusing and costly for consumers
Vape debate: Are e-cigarettes wiping out teen smoking? Teen smoking is plummeting amid a surge in vaping. Are e-cigarettes killing off cigarette use in young people?
Massachusetts OKs ban on flavored vaping, tobacco productsMassachusetts lawmakers passed a groundbreaking ban Thursday on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes
Divided US House committee backs pot decriminalizationA divided House panel has endorsed a proposal to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level
AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping productsAmerican Medical Association calls for an immediate ban on all e-cigarette and vaping products
New York joins states suing e-cigarette maker JuulNew York has joined the ranks of states suing Juul, the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker
Trump says he went through ‘very routine physical’President Donald Trump says he went through a ‘very routine physical’ when he went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, but complained that first ...
Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ plan reignites health care clashElizabeth Warren wants to move the country to a government-funded health care system in stages over three years rather than immediately push for a full “Medicare for All”
