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When an Air India flight crashed into a medical campus, surviving doctors rushed to save lives

When an Air India flight crashed into a medical campus, surviving doctors rushed to save lives

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Navin Chaudhary had just begun eating his meal when a loud bang startled him. He turned back to see a massive fire taking over the dining area where he and other trainee doctors had assembled for lunch.
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Doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry and called him a ‘moron’ will plead guilty

Doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry and called him a ‘moron’ will plead guilty

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star's overdose death will plead guilty, according to an agreement filed in court Monday. Dr.
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Judge tosses defamation case brought by Ohio doctor who was acquitted of killing patients

Judge tosses defamation case brought by Ohio doctor who was acquitted of killing patients

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio doctor who was fired before being found not guilty on murder charges in the deaths of 14 patients lost a defamation lawsuit against his former employers on Monday, after a judge stepped in for a jury on grounds the
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Lethbridge police chief accused of breaking COVID rules has complaint dismissed

Lethbridge police chief accused of breaking COVID rules has complaint dismissed

LETHBRIDGE — A police oversight board says it has dismissed a complaint that a southern Alberta police chief allegedly broke public health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years

Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants , adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination. U.S.
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Health-care unions calling for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines

Health-care unions calling for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines

EDMONTON — Two of Alberta's health-care workers' unions are calling on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government to reverse its policy forcing many -- including front-line medical staff -- to pay for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy's actions 'destabilizing'

Dismissed members of CDC vaccine committee call Kennedy's actions 'destabilizing'

NEW YORK (AP) — All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions" made by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Second patient death reported with gene therapy for muscular dystrophy

Second patient death reported with gene therapy for muscular dystrophy

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics plunged Monday after the biotech drugmaker reported a second death in connection with its gene therapy for muscular dystrophy.
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Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows

Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, AP-NORC poll shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts , a new survey shows most U.S.
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Could you eat this much ice cream after walking 1,100 miles? Some Appalachian Trail hikers try

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 on its ice cream challenge.
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