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Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs: Everything You Need to Know 05/20/2024 08:00pm • Getting into medical school is difficult, especially for students who have a lower GPA or lack prerequisite credits. One option to boost their application is by enrolling in a postbaccalaureate premedical program. However, this route can be expensive, so it's important for students to do research an Montana's attorney general said he recruited token primary opponent to increase campaign fundraising 05/20/2024 07:27pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's attorney general told supporters he skirted the state’s campaign finance laws by inviting another Republican to run against him as a token candidate in next month's primary so he could raise more money for the November general election, according to a recording fro US pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding 05/20/2024 06:02pm • People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change. The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations it had in Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran's acting president after a helicopter crash? 05/20/2024 11:54am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's first Vice President Mohammad Mokhber was appointed acting president of the Islamic Republic on Monday after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Mokhber, 68, has largely been in the shadows compared to other politicians in Iran's S Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26-June 1 05/20/2024 10:31am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26-June 1: May 26: Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 85. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 79. Singer Stevie Nicks is 76. Actor Pam Grier is 75. Actor Philip Michael Thomas (“Miami Vice”) is 75. Country singer Hank Williams Junior is 75. Actor Marga Generational diagnoses drove DC-area family to participate in largest cancer study of Black women 05/20/2024 07:25am • Cancer researchers are looking for thousands of Black women to lend their voices and experiences to a 30-year study. The American Cancer Society (ACS) launched its “VOICES of Black Women” research that will study 100,000 women over 30 years. It is the largest and longest cancer study of Bl The buffet is back and why it’s ‘the best place’ to hold a party 05/20/2024 06:57am • It was well past lunch but not quite dinnertime Saturday afternoon on Mother’s Day weekend, but already a constant stream of diners were being seated quickly at the Blue Pearl Buffet in Springfield, Virginia. Like a well-oiled machine, servers led people to their seats. As soon as they sat Biden tells Morehouse graduates that scenes in Gaza from the Israel-Hamas war break his heart, too 05/20/2024 02:26am • ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students' anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of historically Black Morehouse College that he heard their voices of protest and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart, too. “I After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians 05/20/2024 01:13am • WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (AP) — Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently. So Saudi Arabia's 88-year-old King Salman has a lung infection and will take antibiotics, doctors say 05/19/2024 09:31pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia's 88-year-old King Salman has been diagnosed with a lung infection and will undergo treatment with antibiotics after falling ill with a fever and joint pain, state media reported early Monday. King Salman underwent medical examinations at the Royal The 20 Most Stressful Jobs 05/19/2024 08:00pm • Stressful jobs can be fulfilling because they make a difference -- in people's health, public safety or a company's bottom line. And high-stress jobs often come with high pay. Find out whether your job is among the most stressful careers, according to experts, and how it compares with other high-str Your Guide to Plastic Surgery Financing 05/19/2024 08:00pm • From face-lifts to liposuction to breast enhancements, cosmetic surgery is more popular than ever. There were nearly 1.5 million procedures completed in 2022 (up 19% from pre-pandemic levels), according to the most recent statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. While plastic surger 10 Signs of Strep Throat 05/19/2024 08:00pm • If you or your child suddenly feel a fiery, stabbing pain in the throat that makes swallowing difficult and unpleasant, you may have a case of strep throat. This respiratory illness is more prevalent in children than adults, but it can affect anyone at any age. While it's more likely to occur in the In Oregon's Democratic primaries, progressive and establishment wings battle for US House seats 05/19/2024 02:05pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party’s voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions in a critical presidential election year. The state’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes much of libe Slovak prime minister's condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid 05/19/2024 12:45pm • BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarized European U