The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal, with…
By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker…
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South Africa, Colombia and others are fighting drugmakers over access to TB and HIV…
By GERALD IMRAY and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa, Colombia and other countries that lost out in…
Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It’s a step toward one…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye, an…
White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for…
White people who visit hospital emergency departments with pain are 26% more likely than Black people to be given opioid pain medications such as morphine. This was a key finding from…
With humanitarian aid blocked at Egyptian border, Gaza draws closer to total collapse
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMYA KULLAB and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Truckloads of aid idled at Egypt’s border with Gaza…
Officers who put Elijah McClain in neck hold ignored pleas of ‘I can’t…
By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Two Denver-area police officers who put Elijah McClain in a neck hold ignored his…
Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writers
Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said…
Updated COVID shots are coming. They’re part of a trio of vaccines to block…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots.…
US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. approved updated COVID-19 vaccines Monday, hoping to rev up protection…
FDA approves RSV vaccine for moms-to-be to guard their newborns
By LAURAN NEERGAARD - AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Monday approved the first RSV vaccine for pregnant women so their…