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This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement 06/18/2024 12:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave from her job as head custodian at a South Carolina high school after she turned in a doctor's note asking to be exempt from t This law is a lifeline for pregnant workers even as an abortion dispute complicates its enforcement 06/18/2024 12:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Victoria Cornejo Barrera thought the legal helpline for workers sounded too good to be true and wondered if it was a scam. A month earlier, Cornejo Barrera had been forced to take leave from her job as head custodian at a South Carolina high school after she turned in a doctor's n Is Mifepristone Safe? Side Effects, Uses and How It Works 06/17/2024 08:00pm • Although it's been prescribed for over two decades, mifepristone, or Mifeprex, is still steeped in controversy. The nicknamed "abortion pill" mifepristone is often the focal point of many abortion ban discussions and political hearings. Recently, the drug withstood a legal challenge to its usage, as 8 Ways to Increase Weight Loss on Wegovy 06/17/2024 08:00pm • How can I increase my weight loss on Wegovy?Have you considered Wegovy to help you lose weight? Or are you using this injectable semaglutide medication now? If you need to lose weight for medical purposes, like to treat obesity or to manage risks of certain adverse health effects associated with obe Grounding Techniques: Exercises for Anxiety and Panic Attacks 06/17/2024 08:00pm • Priscilla Warner, 70, suffered her first panic attack at the age of 15. Back then, nobody had a word for what she was experiencing, and therapy wasn't on anyone's radar. Her doctor prescribed Librium -- an antianxiety medication -- to calm her nerves, but the medication made her groggy and didn't re 10 Best Health Care Stocks to Buy for 2024 06/17/2024 08:00pm • Health care stocks underperformed the S&P 500 in 2023, but they can often be a solid defensive play in an uncertain economy. People don't typically reduce their prescription drug purchases or put off trips to the doctor just because the economy slumps. U.S. health care spending totaled an estima Rangers' deGrom on mound for first time since surgery and Scherzer close to Texas season debut 06/17/2024 07:23pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom threw off a mound Monday for the first time since reconstructive right elbow surgery just over a year ago, while the next start for Max Scherzer could be his season debut for the Texas Rangers. DeGrom threw 15 pitches, none of th An Oregon nurse faces assault charges that she stole fentanyl and replaced IV drips with tap water 06/17/2024 06:35pm • MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A former nurse at a southern Oregon hospital is facing criminal charges that she harmed nearly four dozen patients by stealing fentanyl and replacing it with non-sterile tap water in intravenous drips. Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 of them died, but Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general who asks Congress to act 06/17/2024 05:09pm • The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people's lives, similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contribu Montgomery Co. public schools name longtime Virginia school administrator new superintendent 06/17/2024 03:50pm • Montgomery County Public Schools has announced a new superintendent for Maryland's largest school system. Thomas Taylor, who most recently served as superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia, will serve as the new school chief, officials announced during a news conference Monda Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 23-29 06/17/2024 10:08am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 23-29: June 23: Singer Diana Trask is 84. Actor Ted Shackelford (“Knots Landing”) is 78. Actor Bryan Brown (“The Thorn Birds”) is 77. Actor Jim Metzler (“North and South”) is 73. Former “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson is 68. Actor Frances At least 9 dead, dozens injured as trains collide in India's Darjeeling district, a tourist hotspot 06/17/2024 08:09am • NEW DELHI (AP) — A cargo train rammed into a passenger train in India's eastern state of West Bengal on Monday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, officials said. Television channels showed video of one train rammed into the end of the other, with one compartment rising ve Too much caffeine? Doctor alerts parents and teens to the dangers 06/17/2024 05:45am • Do you know what your teen is drinking? If they’re enjoying coffee, energy drinks and bubble teas, they might be drinking too much caffeine. “I see teens going on group dates to coffee shops and they have a favorite coffee drink that they enjoy,” said Dr. Christina Brown, a pediatrician wit Trump allies hope his daughter Tiffany's father-in-law can help flip Arab American votes in Michigan 06/16/2024 08:06am • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — One of Donald Trump’s emissaries to Arab Americans is a Lebanese-born businessman who moved to Texas as a teenager, speaks Arabic, English and French, and recently joined the Trump family when his son married the former president’s younger daughter. Massad Boulos has take Dodgers' Yamamoto leaves start vs. KC after 2 innings due to triceps tightness. IL stint is possible 06/16/2024 01:17am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto could be heading to the injured list after he left his start Saturday night against Kansas City after two innings due to triceps tightness. “It’s a high possibility,” manager Dave Roberts said after the Dodgers' 7-2 loss. “The next step