Category Archives: Health & Wellness
North Carolina hospitals use wristbands to help combat maternal mortality
GREENVILLE, N.C. (KFF Health News) -- Hospitals across the U.S. are trying to reduce maternal deaths and complications after pregnancies using one small tool: a silicone wristband stamped with the dec...
Sep 20, 2026
Trump announces all 50 states joining Medicaid drug pricing model
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Friday that all 50 states will join in on a program set to provide Most Favored Nation pricing to some drugs withi...
Sep 18, 2026
Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine acti...
Sep 17, 2026
Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Donald Trump's third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesda...
Sep 16, 2026
Two NC cities rank high for seasonal allergies
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NCN News) - As it will soon be time for lots of a yellow dust and sneezing, two North Carolina cities rank among the top 20 "most challenging" cities for seasonal allergies. The Alle...
Mar 10, 2026
COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients - revving up their immune systems to help ...
Oct 22, 2025
Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing
By MATT BROWN and MIKE STOBBE Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on...
Sep 04, 2025
A judge could advance Purdue Pharma’s $7B opioid settlement after all 50 states back it
All 50 U.S. states have agreed to the OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 's latest plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids.A judge on Wednesday is being asked to clear ...
Jun 18, 2025
Could you eat this much ice cream after walking 1,100 miles? Some Appalachian Trail hikers try
GARDNERS, Pa. (AP) - Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down outside a little country store in Pennsylvania to take ...
Jun 16, 2025
Exercise boosts survival rates in colon cancer patients, study shows
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical WriterA three-year exercise program improved survival in colon cancer patients and kept disease at bay, a first-of-its-kind international experiment showed.With the bene...
Jun 01, 2025