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- Joe Biden Worries Marijuana Is A ‘Gateway Drug,’ Won’t Yet Back Federal Legalization
“There’s not nearly been enough evidence" on whether marijuana leads to other drug use, he said. ... read more - How Therapists Deal With Their Own Family Issues At The Holidays
Mental health professionals share how they handle frustrating relatives, heated dinner conversations and more. ... read more - ‘Very Sick’ Ariana Grande Cancels Show After Revealing She’s ‘In So Much Pain’
The singer opened up about some health issues that might put an end to her "Sweetener" world tour. ... read more - Bernie Sanders Draws Contrast With Elizabeth Warren On ‘Medicare For All’
But the Vermont senator declined to criticize his progressive Democratic rival. ... read more - Planned Parenthood Unveils New ‘Abortion Care Finder’ Tool Online
The online tool, which helps women find the nearest available Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, helps "put agency back in the hands of our patients,” the nonprofit said. ... read more - Welcome to Molar City, Mexico, The Dental Mecca America’s Health Care Costs Built
A tiny border town is home to hundreds of dentists and is a major destination for Americans seeking big savings on dental care. ... read more - The Climate Crisis Is A Public Health Emergency, New Report Warns
Heatwaves, drought, wildfires and infectious disease threaten to undermine decades of gains in global public health. ... read more - Light Pollution Is Taking Away Our Night Skies. Here’s Why That Matters.
Some cities and states are trying to protect our night sky "for the health and wellbeing for all living things.” ... read more - Largest U.S. Registered Nurses Union Endorses Bernie Sanders For President
National Nurses United touted the 2020 Democrat's "Medicare for All" plan. ... read more - A Shocking Number Of Americans Know Someone Who Died Due To Unaffordable Care
The high costs of the U.S. health care system are killing people, a new survey concludes. ... read more - Bernard Tyson, CEO Of Kaiser Permanente, Dead At 60
The health insurance company described Tyson as an "outstanding leader" and a "visionary." ... read more - Portugal Solved Its Drug Crisis. Why Can’t America Do The Same?
When 1% of its population was caught in the grips of a heroin epidemic, Portugal took the radical step to decriminalize drugs. It worked. ... read more - Trump Administration Sues Drug Company Over HIV Prevention Drug Truvada
Gilead Sciences made $3 billion selling the drug, used to prevent the spread of HIV, last year. ... read more - Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s ‘Denial Of Care’ Rule
The Health and Human Services' "conscience" rule would have allowed health care workers to refuse to treat patients based on moral and religious beliefs. ... read more - Jamie Lee Curtis Discusses Doing Cocaine And Freebasing With Dad Tony Curtis
“I was the wildly controlled drug addict and alcoholic," the actor told Variety of her struggles. ... read more
- Serbia’s Vucic admitted to hospital with heart problems
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has been admitted to a hospital after experiencing heart problems, his office said on Saturday. ... read more - Mekong countries and U.N. agree to jointly fight drug scourgeFive Southeast Asian countries, China, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agreed on Friday to improve intelligence sharing and law enforcement operations to fight drug trafficking in the region by transnational crime groups. ... read more
- China says Taiwan scaremongering with attack talkChina said on Wednesday Taiwan was scaremongering with talk of a possible Chinese attack, after Taiwan's foreign minister said Beijing could resort to military conflict to divert domestic pressure if an economic slowdown bites. ... read more
- Thousands gather for ‘martyrs’ vigil amid Hong Kong protestsHong Kong protesters held a vigil for "martyrs" on Saturday and many demanded "revenge" after a student died in hospital this week following a high fall, fuelling anger among pro-democracy demonstrators who first took to the streets in June. ... read more
- Chilean doctors hit the streets amid violent protestsPushing rickety grocery carts as improvised hospital beds, more than 100 Chilean doctors and nurses hit the streets shortly after riots broke out in Chile weeks ago, diving into the fray amid clouds of tear gas and volleys of rubber bullets behind just simple white shields. ... read more
- Mexican cartels ‘worse than ISIS’: massacre victims’ kin urge U.S. helpAngry kin of nine American citizens massacred in a suspected gangland ambush in northern Mexico urged the government to accept U.S. help to destroy drug cartels that one grieving relative described as being "as bad or worse than ISIS." ... read more
- Families come from across U.S. to grieve relatives slain in MexicoAn American man whose grandchildren were slain in a massacre in Mexico demanded justice on Thursday for other victims of the country's drug war, as relatives gathered from across the United States for a funeral guarded by heavily armed military. ... read more
- Hong Kong student who fell during weekend protests dies: hospital authoritiesA student of a Hong Kong university who fell during protests at the weekend died early on Friday morning, hospital authorities said, setting the stage for a fresh wave of demonstrations in the Chinese-ruled city. ... read more
- New Zealand public hearings highlight dark history of child abusePublic hearings in New Zealand on abuse of young people in state and faith-based care have exposed a horrific history of neglect and exploitation as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seeks to make the country the best place in the world to be a child. ... read more
- UK plans fast-track visas for migrants working in health serviceBritain said on Friday it would make it easier for migrants to move to the United Kingdom to work in the National Health Service (NHS), helping to offset a possible fall in numbers caused by the exit from the European Union. ... read more
- Lebanon’s Hariri meets Aoun, says will continue talksLebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri met President Michel Aoun on Thursday and said after the meeting he would continue to hold talks with the head of state and other parties. ... read more
- Three Mexicans, one Swiss wounded in stabbing at Jordan tourist spotThree Mexican tourists and one Swiss were wounded along with four locals in Jordan on Wednesday when a man went on a stabbing rampage in Jerash, a major tourist destination near ancient Roman ruins, the health minister said. ... read more
- Philippines VP accepts Duterte’s offer of drugs war postThe vice president of the Philippines on Wednesday accepted President Rodrigo Duterte's offer of a lead role in his brutal war on drugs, even though she expected to face resistance from an administration that would try to thwart her progress. ... read more
- Nine Americans killed in Mexican ambush, Trump urges joint war on drug cartelsGunmen killed nine women and children in the bloodiest attack on Americans in Mexico for years, prompting U.S. President Donald Trump to offer to help the neighboring country wipe out drug cartels believed to be behind the ambush. ... read more
- Trump rule on health insurance leaves immigrants, companies scrambling for answersNearly a decade after receiving U.S. citizenship, Guatemalan-born Mayra Lopez thought she had cleared all the hurdles for her parents to join her in the United States. ... read more
- A.I. helps in early detection of ovarian cancer, says CEO of health tech firm
AI can help spot ovarian cancer up to two years before a doctor can, says Frank Hester, founder and CEO of TPP, a U.K.-based healthcare technology company. ... read more - How I quit my career to travel the worldWithout jobs anchoring them to one location, nomadic retirees are transforming their after-work years from a foot-off-the-gas experience to a pedal-to-the-metal time of exploration and adventure. And you don't need to be ultra-wealthy to sign on. ... read more
- Climate change is damaging the lifelong health of the world’s children, medical officials warnA child born today will experience a rate of warming that will threaten their health at every stage of their life, the report's authors said. ... read more
- Hong Kong’s CK Life Sciences bets on skin cancer drug as its stock soars more than 200%Shares of biotech company CK Life Sciences soared more than 200% last week on news that the Hong Kong-based firm has made significant headway in a skin cancer drug trial. ... read more
- Twitter takes steps to keep UK election ‘healthy and safe’It said on Monday it was also taking additional steps to make sure the British election was "healthy, open and safe." ... read more
- Woody Allen and Amazon settle $68 million legal battle over canceled movie contractAllen sued Amazon for allegedly breaching the four-picture deal, which was to "finance and distribute his future films and to be his 'home' for the rest of his career," according to the suit, filed in February. ... read more
- Hong Kong braces for 24th weekend of protest after student’s deathThe death of the student at a hospital on Friday is likely to fuel anger with the police, who are under pressure over accusations of excessive force. ... read more
- US, EU health care giants jump at opportunities in China during import expoAt this week's China International Import Expo in Shanghai, health care giants such as AstraZeneca, Boston Scientific, Eli Lilly and Thermo Fisher Scientific unveiled massive floor displays to promote their products in the Chinese market. ... read more
- Bond yields are surging, and the scary recession warning everyone was talking about has gone awayThe bond market's recession scare is over for now, and the yield curve keeps getting steeper. ... read more
- Bill Gates says ‘I made a mistake’ meeting with convicted sex criminal Jeffrey EpsteinBill Gates says he thought his connection to Jeffrey Epstein would bring billions to his global health efforts, but his money was a "mirage." ... read more
- Trump says US is ready to help Mexico ‘wage WAR’ on drug cartels after Americans killed in ambushA day earlier, at least nine Americans, including six children, were reportedly killed after they came under attack in a highway ambush in a Mexican border state. ... read more
- Fiat Chrysler’s merger with Peugeot maker PSA Group gives Detroit a CEO used to taking risksThe 61-year-old CEO of PSA Peugeot Citroen is about to take the biggest risk of his long automotive career, convincing the board of the Paris-based company to approve a merger with the Italian-American Fiat Chrysler. ... read more
- ‘I care’ — billionaire investor tears up talking about America, Elizabeth Warren and Donald TrumpCooperman teared up on Monday as he discussed the political divide in the U.S. and his concerns about the American dream. ... read more
- 4 reasons why analysts are cautious of Saudi Aramco’s IPOSaudi Aramco may have finally fired the starting pistol on its initial public offering (IPO), but some analysts still believe investors should think carefully before jumping on board. ... read more
- Mothercare files notice of intent to appoint administrators to UK businessStruggling baby products retailer Mothercare has filed a notice of intent to appoint administrators to its loss-making British business, putting hundreds of jobs at risk and dealing another blow to the country's troubled retail sector. ... read more
- Newsletter: Meet the ‘Dreamers’Here are the stories you shouldn't miss today: TOP STORIES Meet the 'Dreamers' Jirayut "New" Latthivongskorn graduated from UC Berkeley with honors, earned a master's degree from Harvard in public health and a doctor of medicine from UC San Francisco. ... read more
- Protester shot, man set on fire as violence surges in Hong KongThe 21-year-old is in intensive care after operation on his ruptured kidney and liver. ... read more
- Hong Kong protesters call for ‘revenge’ after 22-year-old student dies in fallThe student who died had been in hospital since Sunday, after falling from a multistory parking garage during a confrontation between protesters and police. ... read more
- Trump calls for ‘war’ on drug cartels after 9 Americans killed in MexicoThe victims, three women and six children, were members of a fundamentalist Mormon sect that has been based for decades in a remote stretch of Mexico southwest of El Paso. ... read more
- Elizabeth Warren outlines $20-trillion ‘Medicare for all’ plan at pivotal point in the campaignDemocratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren proposes a $20-trillion 'Medicare for all' plan funded by hefty taxes on the rich and corporations. ... read more
- This was the moment Mexican forces captured the son of ‘El Chapo.’ Soon after, they freed him
A video shows Mexican forces were outgunned this month in a failed attempt to capture Sinaloa drug cartel chief Ovidio Guzman Lopez. ... read more - These women say they were forcibly sterilized in the 1990s. Now they want justice
Ex-President of Peru Alberto Fujimori and three of his health ministers are facing prosecution for a program in which women were allegedly sterilized without consent. ... read more - New drug overdose data capture earliest days of fentanyl’s deadly westward expansion
You can see the deadly westward expansion of fentanyl in new data from the CDC. Across the country, it was responsible for 39% of all fatal drug overdoses. ... read more - Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for fall
It was the third time former President Jimmy Carter fell in recent months. ... read more - Can Elizabeth Warren afford to be all in on ‘Medicare for all’?
Elizabeth Warren faces one of the biggest decisions of her campaign: deciding how to make the potentially immense price of Medicare for all pencil out. ... read more - Did jailing ‘El Chapo’ matter? In seizing a city, the Sinaloa cartel shows it’s still strong
El Chapo is in prison, but Sinaloa cartel remains strong. "This is a city filled with drug lords," a Mexican journalist said. "We have 20 'El Chapos' here." ... read more - El Chapo’s son set free after Mexican soldiers became hostages in gun battle with cartel fighters
Masked men with high-powered weapons faced off with soldiers and took control of major streets in Culiacan before drug cartel leader was released. ... read more - Is video game addiction a mental health disorder? South Korea looks in the mirror
South Korean gamers have died after playing for days with little food or sleep, leaving the country to ask whether video game addiction is a mental health disorder. ... read more - Elizabeth Warren, 70, flaunts her fitness as Democratic candidates’ health becomes a debate issue
The age and health of the top Democratic presidential candidates will come under scrutiny in Tuesday's debate, coming after Bernie Sanders' heart attack. Like Sanders and Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren is in her 70s, but she flaunts her fitness. ... read more - Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack, campaign reveals
Bernie Sanders was released from a hospital in Las Vegas after suffering a heart attack and receiving two stents, his campaign said, but he still plans to join the next Democratic debate. ... read more
