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A 2nd Tommy John rehab could be tougher for Angels' Shohei Ohtani. But it's not a given 09/02/2023 09:05am • NEW YORK (AP) — If Shohei Ohtani has a second Tommy John surgery, it’s possible his recovery might be more difficult than the first — but not a given. “My first one, my rehab was pretty tough and I never felt 100%," Chicago Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon said. "People would come up to me and a AP photos of Kashmir's mental health clinics show the invisible scars of decades of conflict 09/02/2023 12:27am • SRINAGAR, India (AP) — After consulting with several doctors in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aayat Hameed was advised to seek help from a mental health expert for her bouts of unspecified anxiety, random palpitation attacks and occasional but strong suicidal thoughts. A psychiatrist Jury awards former Howard County employee nearly $1 million for racial harassment 09/01/2023 09:17pm • A jury awarded a former Howard County public works employee more than $960,000 in compensatory damages in a lawsuit claiming racial harassment by white coworkers. In a verdict delivered Wednesday evening in Howard County Circuit Court, the jury found that Darrell Fletcher, 54, was discriminated a States and families wrestle over compassion in transgender youth care bans in Tennessee, Kentucky 09/01/2023 07:40pm • Questions over which side was being more compassionate emerged as a key fault line in a federal appeals court Friday, as judges heard arguments on whether to block transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care in Kentucky and Tennessee. Supporters of trans kids being able to get puberty blo Court revives doctors' lawsuit saying FDA overstepped its authority with anti-ivermectin campaign 09/01/2023 07:29pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority in a campaign against treating COVID-19 with the anti-parasite drug ivermectin. Ivermectin is commonly used to treat parasites in livestock. It Data Doctors: Are phones really listening to our conversations? 09/01/2023 05:41pm • Q: If my phone isn't listening to my conversations, how are ads appearing around things I was just talking about? A: I've written about the impracticality of bulk storage and secrecy requirements of recording everything you say and why Big Tech doesn't need to use such an archaic method to target Doctors warn that some weight loss drugs could be bad for your health 09/01/2023 05:18pm • Copycat versions of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are popping up all over the internet, but doctors warn that they could cause more harm than good. For Upper Marlboro, Maryland, resident Kasandra Styles, losing weight was a struggle after the pandemic. "I can certainly understand i Bill 'Spaceman' Lee reportedly laughing and talking after collapsing on minor league field 08/31/2023 10:26pm • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee collapsed on the field during pregame ceremonies before a Triple-A game between the Worcester Red Sox and the Norfolk Tides on Thursday. He walked off on his own and was laughing and talking in the dugout after, MassLive Alabama lawmaker resigns and agrees to plead guilty to voter fraud 08/31/2023 08:56pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislator will plea guilty to a felony voter fraud charge that he used a fraudulent address to run for office in a district where he did not live, according to an agreement filed Thursday. Republican Rep. David Cole, of Huntsville, resigned from the Alabama Hous What Is Assisted Living? 08/31/2023 08:00pm • During the aging process, everyday tasks that were previously staples of independent living can become increasingly difficult for older adults. Cooking a nutritious meal, for instance, once a source of passion and creativity, now poses a mental and physical burden to execute. Even a simple morning r Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell can continue with his work schedule, congressional physician says 08/31/2023 07:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The attending physician to Congress said Thursday that he had cleared Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to continue with his planned schedule after evaluating an incident in which McConnell appeared to freeze up at an event in Kentucky. But the health episode — his seco Yale President Peter Salovey to step down next year with plans to return to full-time faculty 08/31/2023 03:33pm • NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University President Peter Salovey, who has led the Ivy League school for the past decade, announced Thursday that he will step down from his post next year and plans to return to Yale's faculty. Salovey, 65, has been president since 2013 after having served just over Visual artists fight back against AI companies for repurposing their work 08/31/2023 02:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly McKernan’s acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks and purples. The style, in the artist’s words, is “surreal, ethereal … dealing with discomfort in the human journey.” The word Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect 08/31/2023 02:15pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on transgender children. Legal advocates who sued on behalf of the families and doctors, inc 5 people have died in a meningococcal disease outbreak in Va. 08/31/2023 12:14pm • There have now been five deaths across Virginia in a "statewide outbreak of meningococcal disease," according to Virginia's health department. The state has seen nearly 30 cases of the disease since June of last year, including five that turned deadly. "That is above what we would expect to se