Drugs

HIV Drugs, Cancer Screenings, and More: A List of Free Obamacare Services Struck Down by a Texas Judge

2 minutes ago | The New Republic | 3 articles

On Thursday, a Texas judge struck down a crucial feature of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to cover preventative health care services for free. Judge...
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Judge strikes down Obamacare coverage of preventive care for cancers, HIV and other conditions

8 minutes ago | CNBC | 3 articles

Christian businesses sued the government arguing the Obamacare mandate violates their religious freedom because it covers of drugs that prevent HIV infection.
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Trump and the tough-guy allure of invading Mexico

20 minutes ago | The Washington Post

Talk of eradicating Mexico's drug trade by force is rampant on the right. New reports suggest Trump has signed on.
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Feds say they found $221K in cash a New Britain apartment. Now a Hartford man is charged with distributing fentanyl

32 minutes ago | Hartford Courant

A Hartford man is facing a federal fentanyl distribution charge in connection with an investigation into a drug operation, officials said. Johnny Milner, also known as “Blaze”...
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Over-The-Counter Narcan is a Great First Step, But There's Still Work to Be Done

48 minutes ago | Time

The opioid overdose epidemic , which caused 80,000 deaths in 2021, can often seem like an unrelenting tragedy, but on Wednesday, there was cause to celebrate. The U.S. Food and...
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Texas judge strikes down free HIV drugs, cancer screenings under Obamacare

1 hour ago | Politico | 3 articles

A federal judge on Thursday struck down a key provision of the Affordable Care Act , jeopardizing free coverage of a wide range of preventive care services including cancer...
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Donald Trump Wants to Go to War With Mexico

2 hours ago | The New Republic

While evading criminal offenses and campaigning for the third presidential cycle in a row, the twice-impeached former president has been asking advisers for ideas about how to...
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Marie Nyswander Changed the Landscape of Addiction. Here's How Her Story Begins

2 hours ago | Scientific American

In the first episode of season five of the Lost Women of Science podcast, we meet a young doctor who, in 1946, was posted to Kentucky's "Narcotic Farm."
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Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

4 hours ago | WGN TV

NEW YORK - U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic...
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FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here's what it means

4 hours ago | WGAL

It's a move that some advocates have long sought as a way to improve access to a life-saving drug, though the exact impact will not be clear immediately.
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Judge's ruling undercuts US health law's preventive care

The ruling Thursday by a U.S. district judge blocks the requirement that most insurers cover preventive care such as vaccines and cancer screenings. Read more ...

1 of 9 killed in military helicopter crash was son of Moore pastor

Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky, Army officials said Thursday. Read more ...

Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to paying $40 mil bribe to Chinese officials

A lawyer for Bankman-Fried entered the plea on behalf of the shaggy-haired accused crypto swindler and signaled his legal team may argue the charges were improperly filed after... Read more ...

A “Final Warning” on Climate

By Gary Gardner Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued what Greenpeace International called the “ final warning ” in the global effort to limit warming... Read more ...

High school in Olivehurst closed after death investigation on campus

Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst is closed Thursday morning as authorities investigate a death on the campus. Read more ...

Jonah Hill and Girlfriend Olivia Millar Are Expecting Their First Baby

Millar was photographed out in Santa Monica with what appears to be a baby bump and an engagement ring. Read more ...

Students who hope to have careers in the law compete in mock trial state finals

600 middle and high school students compete in the mock trial state finals. These future litigators receive real training in front of real judges. Read more ...

VIDEO: Teens who carjacked man at Maryland gas station thwarted by manual...

Two teens were arrested about 20 minutes after police arrived at the scene. Read more ...

Crews practice rescues high above Las Vegas

Clark County, Nevada's Fire Department on Wednesday trained rescuing people from North America's largest Ferris wheel, the High Roller, which towers 550 feet above Las Vegas... Read more ...

Who is Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter arrested in Russia?

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia Thursday on suspicion of spying - marking the first time a US correspondent has been detained on espionage... Read more ...