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Nebraska lawmaker says some report pharmacists are refusing to fill gender-confirming prescriptions 10/04/2023 05:21pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker says her office has been contacted by families who have reported some pharmacists are wrongly refusing to fill prescriptions for gender-affirming medications for their transgender children, citing a new state law limiting the ability of anyone under 19 to get Most 2024 GOP presidential candidates urge Republicans to stop the chaos after McCarthy's ouster 10/04/2023 05:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the top Republican candidates running for president in 2024 reacted grimly to the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy by a faction of hard-liners in their own party, while one contender embraced the chaos and the front-runner for the nomination notably did not denounce t Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/04/2023 02:08pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov UN authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it's not enough to stop the disease spreading 10/04/2023 12:53pm • LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization authorized a second malaria vaccine on Monday, a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a more readily available option than the world's first shot against the parasitic disease. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the U.N. h Rishi Sunak is promising to change Britain. He starts with railway cuts and a crackdown on smoking 10/04/2023 11:24am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Battling gloomy opinion polls and mounting doubts, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday promised skeptical voters, and his own Conservative Party, that he would make tough choices to "fundamentally change our country.” Two of his boldest plans in a speech to th Hundreds of DC-area health care workers join nationwide Kaiser Permanente strike 10/04/2023 10:30am • About 400 healthcare workers in the D.C. area are on strike Wednesday morning after health care provider Kaiser Permanente and a coalition of unions, representing more than 75,000 of its workers, failed to reach a new contract deal Tuesday night. A few dozen striking employees picketing on the s Jill Biden urges women to get mammograms or other cancer exams during Breast Cancer Awareness Month 10/04/2023 08:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden is urging women to consult their doctors about getting mammograms or other cancer screenings, saying in a new public service announcement for Breast Cancer Awareness Month that early detection saves lives. “October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I'm asking Seattle to pay nearly $2M after man dies of a heart attack at address wrongly on 911 blacklist 10/03/2023 07:26pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle will pay $1.86 million to the family of a man who died of a heart attack after a caution note attached to his address delayed medics' response. William Yurek, 48, died in his town house in 2021 after his son called 911 and arriving Seattle Fire Department medics New rest rules don't bother NBA players, who say they only want to sit out when they are hurt 10/03/2023 04:39pm • With new policies and penalties, the NBA has made it clear that healthy players should be on the court. No argument from the players, who insist they aren't interested in sitting. Some don't like load management any more than the fans who wonder why some of the best athletes in the world so often ne US adds another option for fall COVID vaccination with updated Novavax shots 10/03/2023 04:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another option for fall COVID-19 vaccination, updated shots made by Novavax. Updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna began rolling out last month, intended for adults and children as young as age 6 months. Now the Food and Drug Administra Liberty University failed to disclose crime data and warn of threats for years, report says 10/03/2023 03:57pm • LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Liberty University failed to warn its Virginia campus community about safety threats, including from individuals accused of sexual violence, and systematically underreported crime statistics, according to a Washington Post report on the preliminary findings of a long-running Updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine wins FDA approval 10/03/2023 03:05pm • The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use approval for Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax’s updated COVID-19 booster shot, nearly three weeks after approving mRNA vaccine updates from Pfizer and Moderna. The Novavax vaccine still must get approval from the Centers for Dis US health officials propose using a cheap antibiotic as a 'morning-after pill' against STDs 10/03/2023 02:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases. The proposed CDC guideline was released Monday, and officials will move to finalize it after a Premed Research That Impresses Medical Schools 10/02/2023 08:00pm • One question premedical students frequently ask is, "Do I need to do research in order to be competitive for medical school?"My short answer: No. It's not necessary for a medical school applicant to be involved in research, let alone publish a paper, in order to have a strong application. However, r Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers 10/02/2023 06:48pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train. The lawsuit announced Mo