Kansas won't have legal medical pot or expand Medicaid for at least another year
Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Washington police issue alarm after 3 babies overdosed on fentanyl
Officials are sounding alarms after three babies overdosed — one fatally — on fentanyl left unsecured inside three Washington state homes in less than one week (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Biden officials indefinitely postpone ban on menthol cigarettes amid election-year pushback
President Joe Biden’s administration is again delaying a sweeping plan to ban menthol cigarettes (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Mississippi legislative leaders swap proposals on possible Medicaid expansion
Mississippi Senate leaders are saying for the first time that they are willing to expand Medicaid to the full level allowed under a federal law signed 14 years ago by then-President Barack Obama (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Long flu season winds down in US
The U.S. flu season appears to be over (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes
(Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
A ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care also would bar advocacy for kids' social transitions
A proposed ban in Kansas on gender-affirming care for minors also would bar state employees from promoting it or even children’s social transitioning (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
What to know about Bell's palsy, the facial paralysis affecting Joel Embiid
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
USDA tells producers to reduce salmonella in certain frozen chicken products
U.S. poultry producers will have to reduce salmonella bacteria in certain chicken products to very low levels to prevent food poisoning (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Takeaways from AP's investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives
An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that the practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
South Korean police raid office of doctors' group head over protracted strikes
South Korean police have searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of a doctors association and confiscated his mobile phone (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion
Seventeen states are challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Tennessee lawmakers OK bill penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care
Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse has given their final approval on legislation penalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Selling weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York is now illegal
It's now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
