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More people who allege they were abused by staff at the former Youth Development Center are opting to file with the settlement fund over taking their cases to court.
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Will cannabis be legalized for recreational use in New Hampshire? House Bill 1633 is now before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators, House members, cannabis advocates, and representatives of the governor’s office are working to find a compromise that might please all sides – and not fall afoul of federal laws.
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As billions from opioid settlements pour into states, Pennsylvania's efforts against addiction could be hamstrung because clean syringes could be considered illegal drug paraphernalia.
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The attack last month on Change Healthcare has delayed payments to providers and disrupted patient care.
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“We’re going to need higher (reimbursement) rates (from insurers), particularly in the rural and super-rural areas of the state," said Insurance Commissioner D.J. Bettencourt.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said earlier this month that adoption of the resolution would be a "historic step forward" in fostering the safe use of AI.
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The National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its influential COVID-19 treatment guidelines, used by millions of doctors to guide care during the pandemic.
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That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.
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More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
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The peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology says a pregnancy checkbox on national death certificates inflates the death rate. The CDC "disagrees with the findings."
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In 2018, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — whose jurisdiction includes nine Western states — ruled it was unconstitutional to punish people who are "involuntarily homeless" for sleeping outside if there are not enough shelter beds.
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The state partnered with an insurance brokerage company to call all 21,300 households that were disenrolled because the state believed they earned too much to ask whether they’d found other insurance or wanted help doing so.