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How to Find a Good Dentist 09/25/2025 08:00pm • Karen Vasso, a farmer from Chelmsford, Massachusetts, is no stranger to taking care of her health. An avid swimmer and triathlete with a background in nutrition, she's long understood that dental health is an important aspect of overall wellness -- and she's made regular dentist visits a priority. When Medicare Stops Paying for Nursing Homes 09/25/2025 08:00pm • While Medicare does not cover long-term nursing home stays, the federal agency provides limited coverage for short-term support in skilled nursing care facilities. These facilities specialize in providing short-term care and rehabilitation for people who are recovering from illness, injury or surger Cubs continue to evaluate pitcher Cade Horton's back injury, leaving his playoff status in question 09/25/2025 07:29pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs were still evaluating the extent of starter Cade Horton's back injury on Thursday, leaving the National League Rookie of the Year candidate's status for the wild-card playoff series in question. Manager Craig Counsell said “Cade is on track still,” though an MRI North Carolina Medicaid patients face care access threat as funding impasse continues 09/25/2025 06:33pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Medicaid patients face a threat of reduced access to services — before separate changes approved within President Donald Trump's spending-reduction law are implemented — as an impasse over state Medicaid funding extends further. Democratic Gov. Josh Stein, European soccer body UEFA moves toward vote to suspend Israel 09/25/2025 02:03pm • GENEVA (AP) — European soccer body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday. A majority of UEFA’s 20-member executive committee is expected to support any vote in favor of su Trump extends Georgia health insurance program with work requirements, despite red tape findings 09/25/2025 12:53pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's program that provides health insurance to some low-income adults that document work or other activities has been extended for 15 months by President Donald Trump's administration. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that the federal government approved that the P Florida captain Aleksander Barkov needs help getting off ice after apparent leg injury 09/25/2025 12:33pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida captain Aleksander Barkov needed to be helped off the ice after appearing to sustain an injury to his right leg during the first full training camp practice of the season for the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions on Thursday. There was no immediate word What we know about how a government shutdown would unfold 09/25/2025 11:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The threat of a government shutdown has become a recurring event in Washington, though most of the time lawmakers and the president are able to head it off. This time, however, prospects for a last-minute compromise look rather bleak. Republicans have crafted a short-term measur Lice concerns rise as children return to school. Here's what parents can do 09/25/2025 07:25am • Children have returned to school and are bringing home stories about the things they learned and the friends they made. But some parents are concerned they could also be bringing home a tiny nuisance — lice. Though schools are not the only place transmission occurs, the Centers for Disease Contro Commanders' Jayden Daniels says he feels good and it's up to the doctors to decide if he can play 09/24/2025 06:29pm • ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels said he feels like himself while recovering from an injured left knee that kept him out of the lineup for the first time since he entered the NFL but also noted Wednesday that's “it's up to the doctors” whether he can play th US accuses a powerful Haitian businessman detained by ICE of ties to violent gangs 09/24/2025 05:57pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Immigration agents in the United States arrested Haitian businessman Dimitri Vorbe because of his alleged ties to violent gangs in his troubled Caribbean country, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday. Vorbe was arrested Tuesday and placed in the custody of the U.S Drone strike on a market in Sudan kills 15, aid worker and local group say 09/24/2025 03:04pm • CAIRO (AP) — An aid worker and a local group in Sudan said a drone strike by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed 15 people at a bustling market in the besieged city of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. The strike on Tuesday came only a few days after the RSF reportedly stru Trump's touting of an unproven autism drug surprised many, including the doctor who proposed it 09/24/2025 02:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump's administration announced it would repurpose an old, generic drug as a new treatment for autism, it came as a surprise to many experts — including the physician who suggested the idea to the nation’s top health officials. Dr. Richard Frye told The Denmark's leader apologizes to Indigenous girls and women in Greenland for forced contraception 09/24/2025 02:13pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At age 13, Katrine Petersen was fitted with a contraceptive device by Danish doctors without her consent. She had become pregnant, and after doctors in the Greenlandic town of Maniitsoq terminated her pregnancy, they fitted her with an intrauterine contraceptive device, 'Nightmare bacteria' cases are increasing in the US 09/24/2025 02:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists. Bacteria that are difficult to treat due to the so-called NDM gene primarily drove the increase,