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North Dakota judge to decide whether to temporarily block part of abortion law that limits doctors 12/20/2023 06:18pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge said Wednesday he will decide soon whether to temporarily block a part of the state's revised abortion laws so doctors can perform the procedure to save a patient's life or health. The request for a preliminary injunction asks state District Court Judge B Ohio prosecutor says he's duty bound to bring miscarriage case to a grand jury 12/20/2023 04:49pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor says it is not within his power to drop a criminal charge against a woman who miscarried in the restroom at her home, regardless of the pressure being brought to bear by the national attention on her case. Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins said in a Hospital that initially treated Irvo Otieno failed to meet care standards, investigation finds 12/20/2023 01:47pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The hospital that initially treated a man who later died while being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital failed to meet care standards while he was in a mental health crisis, a state investigation found. The state Department of Health led the investigation of Parham How Carey Mulligan became Felicia Montealegre in ‘Maestro’ 12/20/2023 01:43pm • Carey Mulligan recently realized that she's spent much of her professional career holding back. That might be surprising to hear for an actor with two Oscar nominations, a Tony nod and a laundry list of extraordinary films and enviable roles. She just didn’t get precious about it and preferred the Statins: What to know about the medication and why women may be shrugging them off 12/20/2023 01:11pm • This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Statins help millions of people manage their high cholesterol, and are the most common drug class of prescriptions in America. More than 40 million adults take them, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Still, there are many people †Some state abortion bans stir confusion, and it's uncertain if lawmakers will clarify them 12/20/2023 12:08pm • Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied. Supporters have touted these exemptions, tucked inside statutes restricting abortion, a Health officials push to get schoolchildren vaccinated as more US parents opt out 12/20/2023 11:59am • When Idaho had a rare measles outbreak a few months ago, health officials scrambled to keep it from spreading. In the end, 10 people, all in one family, were infected, all unvaccinated. This time, the state was lucky, said the region’s medical director Dr. Perry Jansen. The family quickly quarant States trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger and expire 12/20/2023 11:44am • When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., states scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Three years later, as the grips of the pandemic have loosened, many states are now trying to deal with an excess of protective gear, ditching their supplies in droves. With expi States are trashing troves of masks and pandemic gear as huge, costly stockpiles linger and expire 12/20/2023 11:44am • When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in an unprepared U.S., many states like Ohio scrambled for masks and other protective gear. Supplies were so limited in 2020 that the state bought millions of medical gowns from a marketing and printing company and spent about $20 million to try to get persona Doctors in England begin a 3-day strike over pay at busy time of the year in National Health Service 12/20/2023 04:41am • LONDON (AP) — Doctors in the early stages of their careers in England started a 72-hour strike Wednesday in their long-running dispute with the British government over pay levels. Patients in Britain's state-owned National Health Service have been warned that there will be “significant disruptio A Rwandan doctor gets 24-year prison sentence in France for his role in the 1994 genocide 12/20/2023 03:48am • PARIS (AP) — A Rwandan doctor was sentenced by a Paris court on Wednesday to 24 years in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. Sosthene Munyemana, 68, was found guilty of charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and helping prepare a genocide. His lawyers said that he Israeli airstrikes kill dozens more Palestinians across the Gaza Strip 12/19/2023 06:56pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army has raided and detained staff at two of the last functioning hospitals in Gaza’s north, where the defense minister said Tuesday that troops were working to completely clear out Hamas militants. Israel bombarded towns across southern Gaza Tuesday with ai Migrant child's death and other hospitalizations spark concern over shelter conditions 12/19/2023 06:14pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children living at a warehouse retrofitted as a shelter has raised fresh concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Medical professionals have worried f UN Security Council vote on Gaza humanitarian resolution delayed again in effort to avoid US veto 12/19/2023 04:20pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members were in intense negotiations Tuesday on an Arab-sponsored resolution to spur desperately needed humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting, trying to avoid another veto by the United States. A vote on the resol These kids want to go to school. The main obstacle? Paperwork 12/19/2023 11:56am • ATLANTA (AP) — It’s unclear to Tameka how — or even when — her children became unenrolled from Atlanta Public Schools. But it was traumatic when, in fall 2021, they figured out it had happened. After more than a year of online learning, students were all required to come back to school. Tame