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Alternative healer faces manslaughter charge over woman's death at a UK slapping therapy workshop
An alternative healer who advocates a technique known as “slapping therapy” has been charged over the death of a woman at one of his workshops in England4 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - Health - United KingdomLatest
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2 hr ago - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthU.S. Rate of Suicide by Firearm Reaches Record Level
Gun suicides increased from prepandemic rates in all racial and ethnic groups, but the degree of change differed drastically. -
2 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - NASCARBubba Wallace hit by depression following best friend Ryan Blaney's NASCAR championship
Bubba Wallace acknowledged it was difficult for him to find joy in best friend Ryan Blaney’s first NASCAR championship -
4 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - United Kingdom
Alternative healer faces manslaughter charge over woman's death at a UK slapping therapy workshop
An alternative healer who advocates a technique known as “slapping therapy” has been charged over the death of a woman at one of his workshops in England -
4 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - CovidThe UK's former health secretary testifies at COVID inquiry that he argued for an earlier lockdown
Former British health secretary Matt Hancock has told the U.K.’s COVID-19 inquiry that Britain’s government would have saved many lives if it acted sooner and imposed a national lockdown three weeks earlier than it did in March 2020 -
4 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - ClimatePressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive, under fire, takes over climate talks
The pressure to phase out fossil fuels is mounting on the oil company chief who on Thursday took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai amid concerns about what some say is contradictory dual roles -
5 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - ClimateOn 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries hit by disasters like flood and drought
Nearly all the world’s nations finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change, seen as a major first-day breakthrough at this year’s U.N. climate conference as early ... -
5 hr ago - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthBrain Study Suggests Traumatic Memories Are Processed as Present Experience
Traumatic memories had their own neural mechanism, brain scans showed, which may help explain their vivid and intrusive nature. -
15 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthHundreds of thousands in North Carolina will be added to Medicaid rolls this week
Full Medicaid coverage starts this week for hundreds of thousands of uninsured adults in North Carolina -
20 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthResidents in St. Croix sue government over water contaminated with lead and copper
A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix -
23 hr ago - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthLawsuit alleges negligence in train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents from homes
A lawsuit filed in federal court is alleging negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents of a Kentucky town from their homes just before the Thanksgiving holiday -
Nov. 29, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthCould Longevity Drugs for Dogs Extend Your Pet’s Life?
Longevity drugs for our canine companions are moving closer to reality. They also raise questions about what it might mean to succeed. -
Nov. 29, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthUS life expectancy rose last year, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level
U.S. life expectancy rose last year, but it still isn’t close to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic -
Nov. 29, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > Health - CovidU.S. Life Expectancy Creeps Up as Covid Deaths Fall
But the country’s health has not fully rebounded from the pandemic, according to new data from the C.D.C. -
Nov. 29, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthPoland's new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization
State funding of IVF was introduced in 2013, but it was later banned in 2016. -
Nov. 29, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - New ZealandNew Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls in first 100 days
New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the agenda for his first three months in office -
Nov. 29, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthCAR-T, Lifesaving Cancer Treatment, May Sometimes Cause Cancer, FDA Says
The agency is looking into reports that some patients developed new blood cancers after receiving CAR-T treatments. -
Nov. 28, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - Donald TrumpTrump says he will renew efforts to replace 'Obamacare' if he wins a second term
Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act -
Nov. 28, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthBritish inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than 100 corpses
A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years without being detected -
Nov. 28, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - AbortionTexas women who could not get abortions despite health risks take challenge to state's Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court is deciding whether the state's abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications -
Nov. 28, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health
Customer sues Chopt eatery chain over salad that she says contained a piece of manager's finger
A customer has filed a lawsuit against the fast casual chain Chopt over a salad that she says contained a piece of the manager’s finger -
Nov. 28, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthMayo Clinic announces $5 billion expansion of Minnesota campus
The Mayo Clinic has announced a $5 billion expansion plan that includes new buildings designed so they can evolve and expand as patient needs change over the coming decades -
Nov. 28, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthFrance to Ban Smoking in Forests, on Beaches and Near Schools
A government anti-smoking plan also includes costlier cigarettes and a ban on disposable vapes. Smoking is the leading cause of avoidable deaths in France. -
Nov. 28, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthFrance to ban smoking on beaches, aims to avoid 75,000 tobacco deaths per year
France's government plans to ban smoking on all beaches, in public parks, forests and some other public areas -
Nov. 28, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthEgypt Wiped Out Hepatitis C. Now It Is Trying to Help the Rest of Africa.
Effective drugs that have made the disease curable have yet to reach most of the region. -
Nov. 27, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthArtist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state
A year after protests pushed Beijing to end its stringent “zero-COVID” controls, a retired architect is on the road displaying portraits of life under the policy -
Nov. 27, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: HealthFinal trial over Elijah McClain's death spotlights paramedics' role
The last trial in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in suburban Denver is expected to delve into largely uncharted legal territory -
Nov. 27, 2023 - abcnews.go.com - ABC News: Health - United KingdomUK government reaches a pay deal with senior doctors that could end disruptive strikes
Britain’s government has reached a deal with senior doctors in England that could potentially end a series of strikes -
Nov. 27, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthDeaths From Coal Pollution Have Dropped, but Emissions May Be Twice as Deadly
Deaths linked to coal exhaust have dropped but coal exhaust is twice as likely to contribute to deaths as other air pollution, a new study found. -
Nov. 26, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > Health - ChinaIllness Surge in China Is Not From a Novel Pathogen, Data Suggests
The W.H.O. had requested detailed information about a reported surge in respiratory illnesses in children in China. Chinese data suggested the surge was caused by known bacteria and viruses. -
Nov. 25, 2023 - nytimes.com - NYT > HealthCockroaches and Mountains of Trash Plague Acapulco After Hurricane
Residents complain of rashes and stomach ailments as 666,000 tons of garbage overwhelm the city. Uncollected waste after natural disasters can lead to illnesses, experts said.
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