Science US vaping illnesses top 500, Missouri man is 8th deathAssociated Press - By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical WriterNEW YORK (AP) — More than 500 people have been diagnosed with vaping-related breathing illnesses, but the cause remains unknown, U.S. health officials said Thursday. An eight death was also reported. the
Amazon 'Middle of the herd' no more: Amazon tackles climate changeAssociated Press - By JOSEPH PISANI and BANI SAPRA, AP Business WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — Online shopping giant Amazon revealed a carbon footprint Thursday that rivals that of a small country and vowed to reduce the damage to the planet by cutting its use of fossil fuels.
U.S. Politics Pelosi offers Medicare negotiation plan to curb drug pricesAssociated Press - By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, trying to seize the agenda on a top consumer issue, announced an ambitious prescription drug plan Thursday that would allow Medicare to negotiate prices for
California Air Resources Board California promises fight to keep auto emission authorityAssociated Press - By ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Preparing for a lengthy legal battle with the Trump administration about how much pollution to allow from cars, California regulators on Thursday said they were considering cracking
Birds Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970Associated Press - By SETH BORENSTEIN and CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — North America's skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970, a comprehensive study shows. The new study focuses on the drop in sheer
World News Greece: Oxygen-starved fish dying in drought-hit lakeAssociated Press - By COSTAS KANTOURIS, Associated PressKORONEIA, Greece (AP) — Tens of thousands of dead fish have been found on the banks of a lake in a protected nature reserve in northern Greece after high temperatures and drought conditions caused a severe
Science US awards $3M to fill gaps in medical marijuana researchAssociated Press - By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical WriterThe U.S. government will spend $3 million to find out if marijuana can relieve pain, but none of the money will be used to study the part of the plant that gets people high. Nine research grants announced
World News From DNA, scientists create skull of Neanderthal cousinAssociated Press - By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Scientists say they've deciphered features of the skull and some other details of a mysterious, extinct cousin of Neanderthals by analyzing its DNA. The genetic material came from the bone
Polio Philippines declares new polio outbreak after 19 yearsAssociated Press - By JIM GOMEZ, Associated PressMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine health officials declared a polio outbreak in the country on Thursday, nearly two decades after the World Health Organization declared it to be free of the highly
Science Rare California trout species returns to native habitatAssociated Press - CHRISTOPHER WEBER, Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — For the first time in nearly a century, a rare California trout species is swimming in a mountain creek that is its native habitat, marking a major milestone that conservationists hope
Science Will combo pill catch on in US to prevent heart attacks?Associated Press - By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical WriterA cheap, daily pill that combines four drugs has been tested for the first time in the United States to see if it works as well among low-income Americans as it has in other countries to treat conditions
Science Feds propose major habitat protections for killer whalesAssociated Press - By SALLY HO, Associated PressSEATTLE (AP) — U.S. protections for the waters that a group of endangered orcas call home could soon expand beyond the Seattle area to encompass much of the West Coast, from the Canadian border to central
Mosquitoes Uptick seen in rare mosquito-borne virus in some US statesAssociated Press - By MIKE STOBBE and JENNIFER McDERMOTT, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. deaths and illnesses from a rare mosquito-borne virus are higher than usual this year, health officials report. Eastern equine encephalitis has been diagnosed in 21 in
Nicotine Teen vaping of nicotine jumped again this year, survey findsAssociated Press - By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical WriterNEW YORK (AP) — A greater share of U.S. teens are vaping nicotine e-cigarettes. About 25% of high school seniors surveyed this year said they vaped nicotine in the previous month, up from about 21% the
NASA NASA manager casts doubt on 2024 moon landing by astronautsAssociated Press - By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A top NASA manager cast doubt Wednesday on the space agency's ability to land astronauts on the moon by 2024. Kenneth Bowersox, acting associate administrator for human exploration
Abortion Number of abortions in US falls to lowest level since 1973Associated Press - By DAVID CRARY, AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday.
Science Appeals court asked to halt discharge of Airmen with HIVAssociated Press - By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs WriterRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lawyers for two Air Force members who are HIV-positive urged a federal appeals court Wednesday to uphold an injunction that bars the Trump administration from continuing with discharge
Science AP-NORC Poll: Americans somewhat confident in climate fightAssociated Press - By SETH BORENSTEIN and EMILY SWANSON, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans are at least somewhat confident that the world will step up in its fight against global warming — but there are limits to their optimism. That's according to a new poll
Business Humana co-founder David Jones Sr. diesAssociated Press - By BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated PressDavid A. Jones Sr., who borrowed $1,000 to launch a nursing home company that grew into the $37 billion health insurance and health care giant Humana Inc., died Wednesday at age 88. Jones, an amateur in
Vaping India's government approves ban on e-cigarettesAssociated PressNEW DELHI (AP) — India's government on Wednesday decided to ban e-cigarettes, expressing concern at the alarming rate at which vaping is becoming popular among the country's youth and causing breathing
Science Sri Lankan doctors strike over salary 'injustice'Associated Press - By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Associated PressCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Doctors at state-run hospitals across Sri Lanka began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, demanding that the government resolve what they say is a salary "injustice." Two years ago,
Abortion Number of abortions in US falls to lowest since 1973Associated Press - By DAVID CRARY, AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) — The number and rate of abortions across the United States have plunged to their lowest levels since the procedure became legal nationwide in 1973, according to new figures released Wednesday.
Business University of California to dump fossil fuel investmentsAssociated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California is dumping fossil fuel investments from its nearly $84 billion pension and endowment funds because they are a financial risk, its top financial officers
Science Panel approves ban on sale of flavored e-cigs in New YorkAssociated Press - By DEEPTI HAJELA and DAVID KLEPPERNEW YORK (AP) — New York became the first state to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes Tuesday, a move that comes as federal health officials investigate a mysterious surge of severe breathing illnesses
Purdue Pharma Purdue Pharma to stay in business as bankruptcy unfoldsAssociated Press - By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated PressWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A judge cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to stay in business while it pursues bankruptcy protection and settlement of more than 2,600 lawsuits filed it
Purdue Pharma 'Blood money'? Purdue settlement would rely on opioid salesAssociated Press - By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CLAIRE GALOFARO, Associated PressThe tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma would raise money to help clean up the opioid mess by ... selling more OxyContin. That would amount to blood money, in the
Measles Correction: Measles Outbreak storyAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) — In a story Sept. 16 about measles, The Associated Press reported erroneously how long it had been since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported no new cases. The last such
Placenta Study finds air pollution reaches placenta during pregnancyAssociated Press - By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — A new study suggests when a pregnant woman breathes in air pollution, it can travel beyond her lungs to the placenta that guards her fetus. Pollution composed of tiny particles from exhaust,
Business Knockoff pot vapes raise concerns for licensed companiesAssociated Press - By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — A short walk from police headquarters in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a cluster of bustling shops are openly selling packaging and hardware that can be used to produce counterfeit
