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Adolescent ER visits for eating disorders saw big jump during pandemic: Ont. study
The biggest jump in Ontario emergency room visits and hospitalizations for eating disorders during the first 30 months of the pandemic was seen in adolescents aged 10 to 17, according to a new study.
Oct 3, 2023 1:00 AM
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Iowa promises services to kids with severe mental and behavioral needs after lawsuit cites failures
Iowa’s health agency will take steps to develop home and community-based services for children with severe mental and behavioral needs as part of an initial agreement with civil rights groups that filed a class action lawsuit.
Oct 2, 2023 4:14 PM
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Man convicted of stealing $1.9 million in COVID-19 relief money gets more than 5 years in prison
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was sentenced Monday to more than five years in federal prison for organizing a scheme that stole nearly $2 million in government aid intended to help businesses endure the coronavirus pandemic. A U.S.
Oct 2, 2023 1:50 PM
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Selma Blair helps White House salute landmark disability legislation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor and disability rights advocate Selma Blair on Monday helped President Joe Biden mark the legacy of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act , displaying a touch of the comedic timing that made her a star
Oct 2, 2023 1:49 PM
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Kentucky AG announces latest round of funding to groups battling the state's drug abuse problems
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state commission has awarded nearly $14 million in the latest round of funding to groups serving “in the trenches” to combat Kentucky's drug abuse problems, Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Monday.
Oct 2, 2023 1:30 PM
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Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic — technology that's also being studied to fight cancer an
Oct 2, 2023 12:52 PM
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Cigna is paying over $172 million to settle claims over Medicare Advantage reimbursement
Health insurance provider The Cigna Group will pay more than $172 million over claims it gave the federal government inaccurate Medicare Advantage diagnoses codes in order to inflate reimbursement.
Oct 2, 2023 11:19 AM
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California's new mental health court rolls out to high expectations and uncertainty
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven Californi
Oct 2, 2023 9:55 AM
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Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded Monday to two scientists whose work led to the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. As countries prepared to roll out those shots, The Associated Press took a look at how the vaccines were developed so quickly.
Oct 2, 2023 9:26 AM
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Parents in Pakistan could face prison time for not vaccinating their kids against polio
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in one Pakistan province are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison.
Oct 2, 2023 8:48 AM
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