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Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown 04/23/2023 08:45pm • At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Teri Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey's law that allows medically assisted suicide -- but she was bedbound, too sick to travel. So last Nov. 17, surrounded by three of her children, Sheridan d What Is Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults? 04/23/2023 08:00pm • We have a very good understanding about the symptoms, diagnostic tools and standards of medical care for Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Type 2 diabetes encompasses the majority of diabetes cases (90% to 95% of all diagnosed cases) while Type 1 diabetes affects 5% to 10% o Evenepoel keeps Liège title, Vollering gets Ardennes triple 04/23/2023 12:15pm • LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — World champion Remco Evenepoel put on an impressive attacking display Sunday to win Liège–Bastogne–Liège for the second year in a row with a solo effort as his main rival Tadej Pogacar crashed out of cycling’s oldest classic with a fractured wrist. Back to racing afte Indian climber pulled from crevasse in Nepal improving 04/23/2023 09:52am • KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days in a 300-meter (980-foot) -deep crevasse is recovering in a Kathmandu hospital but his condition is still critical, his family said Sunday. Anurag Maloo had fallen into the crevasse while descending Mount Annapurn Sudan rivals pledge evacuation help, US diplomats airlifted 04/23/2023 02:54am • KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — American embassy staffers were airlifted from Sudan early Sunday, as forces loyal to rival generals battled for control of Africa's third-largest nation for a ninth day amid fading hopes for deescalation. The warring sides said they were helping coordinate the evacuation of German publisher apologizes for fake Schumacher AI interview 04/22/2023 04:34pm • BERLIN (AP) — A German publisher has fired one of its magazine’s editors and apologized to the family of Michael Schumacher for publishing a fake interview with the Formula One great that was generated by artificial intelligence. “This tasteless and misleading article should never have appeare For transgender kids, a frantic rush for treatment amid bans 04/22/2023 12:51pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As a third grader in Utah, mandolin-playing math whiz Elle Palmer said aloud what she had only before sensed, telling a friend she planned to transfer schools the following year and hoped her new classmates would see her as a girl. Several states northeast, Asher Wilcox-Broek What's next for abortion pill after Supreme Court's order 04/22/2023 12:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nothing will change for now. That's what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill. A court case that began in Texas has sought to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone. Lower courts had said that women s 'Keep those suckers at bay': Va. doctor warns about tick season 04/21/2023 09:40pm • As the weather warms up, doctors say it's time to be aware of a familiar parasite that could be in your very own backyard. "This is definitely prime tick season until late fall," explained Dr. Troy Baker with Kaiser Permanente in Virginia. Baker says the beginning of tick season means you shou Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now 04/21/2023 08:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, What Supreme Court action on abortion means for patients 04/21/2023 07:23pm • The Supreme Court's action Friday regarding a key drug used in medication abortions may leave many women wondering: What does this mean for me? On Friday, the court preserved access to mifepristone, which is used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S., by rejecting lower-court restrictio Phillies remain cautiously optimistic Harper hits May return 04/21/2023 05:50pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper was in full Phillies uniform not long after a pregame workout where the two-time NL MVP hit pitching, dove head-first into first base and fielded grounders at first. His change into the home uni did not go unnoticed. “I got to do scoreboard stuff,” Harper said. Minn. Senate protects gender-affirming care, abortion rights 04/21/2023 05:43pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Senate waded into the culture wars Friday by passing bills to make Minnesota a refuge for youth seeking gender-affirming care, out-of-state abortion patients and providers seeking protection, and to ban so-called conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth. All three b Kansas governor nixes abortion, anti-diversity budget items 04/21/2023 05:43pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed anti-diversity and anti-abortion provisions in Kansas' next state budget Friday, intensifying a conflict with the Republican-controlled Legislature over culture war issues that could see her scotch a dozen or more conservative initiatives. Th Colorado says it won't enforce 'abortion reversal' ban 04/21/2023 04:52pm • DENVER (AP) — Colorado is promising not to enforce its new ban on unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions until state regulators go through a process to determine if they should be allowed. The move came in response to a lawsuit filed by a Catholic clinic challenging the ban when it wa