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Some UK nurses end strikes but others vow more walkouts 04/14/2023 12:27pm • LONDON (AP) — A British nursing union on Friday rejected a pay offer from the government, dashing hopes of a quick end to a months-long wave of public-sector strikes that has disrupted schools, hospitals and services. However, another major health union voted to accept the deal. The Royal College Optum business helps push UnitedHealth past 1Q expectations 04/14/2023 10:34am • UnitedHealth beat first-quarter forecasts and hiked its 2023 guidance for the first time, pushed in part by more growth from its Optum care segment. The health care giant said Friday that revenue jumped 25% from its Optum segment, which provides care and manages prescription drug benefits. Operating India's stretched health care fails millions in rural areas 04/14/2023 12:01am • SURGUJA, India (AP) — Poonam Gond is learning to describe her pain by numbers. Zero means no pain and 10 is agony. Gond was at seven late last month. “I have never known zero pain,” she said, sitting in the plastic chair where she spends most of her days. The 19-year-old has sickle cell diseas Williams back with Padres, won't coach for at least 4 weeks 04/13/2023 09:34pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres third base coach Matt Williams already had baseball on his mind when the anesthesia was wearing off following colon cancer surgery two weeks ago. “I woke up and I asked what time batting practice was. I let my brother know that I had to get to the ballpark so I Missouri to limit gender-affirming care for minors, adults 04/13/2023 08:44pm • COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Missouri's attorney general announced new restrictions Thursday on gender-affirming care for adults in addition to minors in a move that is believed to be a first nationally and has advocacy groups threatening to sue. Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced plans to restrict Biden says he's expanding some migrants' health care access 04/13/2023 08:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be able to apply for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges. The action will allow participants in the Obama-era Deferred Act DOJ to ask Supreme Court to put abortion pill limits on hold 04/13/2023 08:00pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday that it will again go to the Supreme Court over abortion after a lower court ruling allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available in the U.S. but reimposed past restrictions on getting and using the drug. At stake in the accel What Does a Paralegal Do? 04/13/2023 08:00pm • Paralegals are unsung heroes of the legal system, often working tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure lawyers have everything they need to perform their jobs smoothly. But despite their vital role, many people still don't fully understand what paralegals do. Let's take a closer look at the day-to-d Abortion providers scramble as courts restrict pills 04/13/2023 07:09pm • Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they will continue to provide the most common type of abortion after a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions on a key abortion medication. One telehealth provider would have to shut down for two we Survival diaries: Decade on, Boston Marathon bombing echoes 04/13/2023 06:40pm • BOSTON (AP) — She didn’t even know the Boston Marathon was going on when she wandered out for a walk along Boylston Street. Nor could she understand why someone would run 26.2 miles for “a statement necklace and a banana.” Then, Adrianne Haslet says, “My life changed.” The ballroom dance Survival diaries: Decade on, Boston Marathon bombing echoes 04/13/2023 06:31pm • BOSTON (AP) — She didn’t even know the Boston Marathon was going on when she wandered out for a walk along Boylston Street. Nor could she understand why someone would run 26.2 miles for “a statement necklace and a banana.” Then, Adrianne Haslet says, “My life changed.” The ballroom dance Doctor acquitted in 14 patient deaths sues health system 04/13/2023 05:37pm • DETROIT (AP) — An Ohio doctor acquitted in the deaths of 14 patients who died after they were given painkillers has filed a lawsuit against a national Catholic health system that operates the hospital where he worked in the intensive care unit. William Husel claims malicious prosecution and names Israeli police absolved in killing of Palestinian at Al-Aqsa 04/13/2023 05:02pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities said Thursday that an internal investigation into the killing of a 26-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel earlier this month at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site found no wrongdoing by police. With several details of the incident in question, the case ha 'Water was red': Hawaii surfer recalls costly shark attack 04/13/2023 03:51pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii surfer Mike Morita woke up early and planned to get a few waves in before going to Easter service with his wife. Morita, 58, headed to his regular spot locals call Kewalos, known for reliable waves over shallow reef near the mouth of a harbor not far from downtown Honolulu Chase Elliott vows to continue snowboarding after accident 04/13/2023 01:32pm • Chase Elliott won't stop snowboarding or any of the other off-track activities he enjoys, even after an accident in Colorado sidelined NASCAR's most popular driver with a broken leg. Elliott will return this weekend at Martinsville Speedway after missing six Cup races with a broken left tibia that