Articles filed under Health
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Youngster aids police recruiting effortFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - SIDNEY - The Sidney Police Department is getting some help from an enthusiastic youngster in recruiting applicants for police officer openings. Six-year-old Noah Bundy a...
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Pills before and after sex can help prevent HIV, study findsFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - For the first time, a study shows that a drug used to treat HIV infection also can help prevent it when taken before and after risky sex by gay men. The r...
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Merck grants free license for pediatric HIV drugFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Merck & Co. has granted a free license allowing one of its HIV medicines to be made and sold inexpensively for use in young children in po...
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Constable: Tooth Fairy payouts outperform stocksFeb 23, 2015 12:00 am - The bronze-medalist of the American consumer's iconic gift-giving characters, the Tooth Fairy often is a child's first introduction to the glories and inequities of capi...
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How Obama action could affect retirement advice from brokersFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of a Washington dispute over investment advice, the Obama administration is proposing tougher restrictions on brokers who manage Americans'...
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Meaning of 4 words at center of high court health law fightFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court next week hears a challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that hinges on just four words in the massive law that s...
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Early exposure to peanuts helps prevent allergies in kidsFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - For years, parents of babies who seem likely to develop a peanut allergy have gone to extremes to keep them away from peanut-based foods. Now a major study suggests that...
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Pace of new US measles cases slows a bit, officials reportFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The number of U.S. measles cases this year has risen to 154, with new cases scattered across five states, although the pace seems to have slowed. The Cen...
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US jury finds Palestinian groups liable for terror attacksFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority backed a series of terrorist attacks in the early 2000s in Israel that killed or woun...
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What to know about new research on babies, peanut allergiesFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - Children at high risk of developing peanut allergies are far less likely to do so if they are given peanut-containing foods before they turn 1, finds a major study that ...