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    Michelle Yeoh to join business and political leaders at Global Citizen NOW summit to fight poverty

    Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced...
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    FILE - Michelle Yeoh arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg are among the diverse group of political, business and philanthropic leaders Global Citizen will convene in New York on May 1 and 2, the nonprofit announced on Thursday, March 28, 2024.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
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    Key findings from AP's investigation into police force that isn't supposed to be lethal

    Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them
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    In this image from Bristol Police Department body-camera video, Austin Hunter Turner, 23, lies restrained face down in an ambulance in Bristol, Tenn., on Aug. 29, 2017. In body-camera videos, from the moment police arrived, Turner was treated as a suspect resisting arrest – not as a patient who was having a seizure. An investigation led by The Associated Press in collaboration with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and FRONTLINE (PBS) has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. (Bristol Police Department via AP)
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    This is how reporters documented 1,000 deaths after police force that isn't supposed to be fatal

    The federal government has struggled for years to track deaths that happened after police used force like physical restraints and Tasers that isn’t supposed to be lethal
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    Some of the documents obtained during the Lethal Restraint investigation by The Associated Press in collaboration with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism and FRONTLINE (PBS) are photographed in New York on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer's knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcement used not firearms but other kinds of force that is not supposed to be fatal. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
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    Why did more than 1,000 people die after police subdued them with force that isn't meant to kill?

    Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them
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    Tom Ware visits the grave of his son, Taylor Ware, on what would have been his 28th birthday, Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. After Taylor Ware ran from a police officer during a manic episode caused by bipolar disorder, he was attacked by a police dog, jolted by a stun gun, pinned on the ground and injected with a sedative. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
    March 28

    Oxford coach blasts Thames pollution as a national disgrace ahead of Boat Race with Cambridge

    The coach of Oxford’s crew taking part in the Boat Race has described the pollution in London’s River Thames as a “national disgrace.”
    March 28
    The Cambridge men's team pass under Hammersmith Bridge during a training session on the River Thames in London, Tuesday March 26, 2024. Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the annual Boat Race between storied English universities Oxford and Cambridge. Now researchers say it comes with a health warning.(John Walton/PA via AP)
    March 28

    Biden is announcing a new rule to protect consumers who purchase short-term health insurance plans

    President Joe Biden is announcing new steps to protect consumers who buy short-term health insurance plans that critics say amount to junk
    March 28
    FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at El Portal restaurant, March 19, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
    March 28

    Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war's toll on Palestinian children

    An international team of doctors was prepared for the worst before visiting a hospital in central Gaza
    March 28
    FILE - Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
    March 27

    Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion 'lite' proposal that would cover fewer people

    A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S. is still alive in the Mississippi Legislature
    March 27
    A Mississippi State Senate Medicaid Committee member reviews a proposed Medicaid expansion bill during the committee's meeting, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
    March 27

    The dangers of disturbing videos: How to protect yourself and your family

    Mental health experts suggest ways you can protect your mental health.
    March 27
    A view of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, March 26, 2024.
    March 27

    West Virginia Gov. Justice vetoes bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies

    West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccination policies
    March 27
    FILE - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his State of the State address, Jan. 10, 2024, in Charleston, W.Va. Justice on Wednesday, March 27, broke with the GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country's strictest school vaccination policies. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
    March 27

    Steward Health Care strikes deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum

    Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances
    March 27
    Democratic U.S. Sen. Edward Markey called on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, for greater oversight of a deal that financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, at a press conference in his office at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston. Markey said Optum must show it can protect health care access by controlling costs and putting patients and providers first. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)
    March 27

    Being HIV-positive will no longer automatically disqualify police candidates in Tennessee city

    A Tennessee city has agreed to update its civil service policies so that having HIV will no longer automatically disqualify someone from serving as a police officer or first responder
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    March 27

    Over 500 dengue fever cases reported in US territory

    At least 549 cases of dengue fever have been recorded this year, officials say.
    March 27
    An Aedes aegypti mosquito sucks blood from a person at a laboratory in La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, on March 26, 2024.
    March 27

    Rowers in England's university Boat Race warned over E.coli levels in the Thames

    Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the annual Boat Race between storied English universities Oxford and Cambridge
    March 27
    FILE - Members of the Oxford University rowing boat crew throw their cox Laurence Harvet into the River Thames as they celebrate their win against Cambridge University at the end of their 160th annual Boat Race on the River Thames, London, Sunday, April 6, 2014. Jumping into London’s River Thames has been the customary celebration for members of the winning crew in the annual Boat Race between storied English universities Oxford and Cambridge. Now researchers say it comes with a health warning. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
    March 27

    A Japanese supplement pill is recalled after two people died and more than 100 were hospitalized

    Health supplement products believed to have caused two deaths and sickened more than 100 people have been ordered to be taken off store shelves in Japan
    March 27
    A factory of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., is seen in Osaka, Japan on March 26, 2024. Health supplement products believed to have caused a few deaths and sickened more than a hundred people have been ordered taken off store shelves in Japan. The products from Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, billed as helping lower cholesterol, contained an ingredient called “benikoji,” a red species of mold.(Keiji Uesho/Kyodo News via AP)
    March 27

    50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat

    Religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia
    March 27
    Men wearing altar-boy robes take part in a pro-life march in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, March 15, 2024. Scores of religious and neo-conservative groups in recent years have been building up pressure in the staunchly Catholic country, trying to force a ban on abortions. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
    March 26

    Lawsuit says Ohio's gender-affirming care ban violates the state constitution

    Two families of transgender minors have filed a constitutional challenge to an Ohio law that severely limits gender-affirming healthcare for youth under 18
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    March 26

    Iowa attorney general not finished with audit that's holding up contraception money for rape victims

    The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault
    March 26
    FILE - Iowa Republican Attorney General candidate Brenna Bird speaks during a Republican Party of Iowa election night rally, Nov. 8, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault despite having a completed draft in hand. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
    March 26

    Cases settled: 2 ex-officials of veterans home where 76 died in the pandemic avoid jail time

    Two former officials of a Massachusetts veterans home where at least 76 people died during the COVID-19 pandemic will avoid jail time in the case
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    FILE-The Holyoke Soldiers' Home is seen in this May 29, 2018 file photo, in Holyoke, Mass. Bennett Walsh, the former superintendent of the Veterans' Home in Holyoke, is expected to change his plea and receive probation in connection with more than 80 COVID-19 deaths at the facility in 2020. (Patrick Johnson/The Republican via AP, File)
    March 26

    Controversial military reproductive health care travel policy was used just 12 times in 7 months

    The Pentagon says a controversial policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel if they or a family member have to go out of state for reproductive health care — including abortions — was only used 12 times from June to December of las...
    March 26
    FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. A new Pentagon study that examined reported sightings of UFOs over nearly the last century has found no evidence of aliens or extraterrestrial intelligence. That conclusion is consistent with past U.S. government efforts to assess the accuracy of claims that have captivated public attention for decades. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
    March 26

    5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

    U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have sweeping implications for how the federal government approves scores of medications
    March 26
    Abortion rights activists unfurl a banner, created by the ACLU, filled with names of people who said they support the continued access to medication abortion, outside the Supreme Court, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake in Tuesday's arguments is the ease of access to a medication used last year in nearly two-thirds of U.S. abortions. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
    March 26

    New concussion guidelines could get athletes back to exercise, school earlier

    American athletic trainers are getting behind guidelines that could allow students who sustain a concussion to return to class and physical activity sooner
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    Kansas legislators pass a bill to require providers to ask patients why they want abortions

    Republican legislators have approved a bill that would require Kansas abortion providers to ask their patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies and then report the answers to the state
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    Cancer rate among Air Force missileers prompts questions, concerns

    Service members who worked at nuclear weapons facilities seek answers.
    March 26
    Bioenvironmental engineers from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and the 341st Operational Medical Readiness Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., assess environmental factors in a launch control center, June 22, 2023.
    March 26

    Biden and Harris argue that Democrats will preserve health care and Republicans would take it away

    President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been promoting their health care agenda during an appearance in Raleigh, North Carolina
    March 26
    Vice President Kamala Harris, left, shakes hands with President Joe Biden, right, after introducing him at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
    March 26

    Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone

    The Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago
    March 26
    Jessica Ellsworth, who represented the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a press conference outside the Supreme Court after the Court heard oral arguments, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court heard arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake in Tuesday's arguments is the ease of access to a medication used last year in nearly two-thirds of U.S. abortions.(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
    March 25

    Cancer rate among Air Force Missileers prompts questions, concerns

    ABC News' Mola Lenghi reports on the mysterious threat potentially emerging for Missileers who believe there may be a link from their cancer diagnosis and their time spent working as Missileers.
    March 25
    VIDEO: Cancer rate among Air Force Missileers prompts questions, concerns
    March 25

    Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases

    Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases
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    March 25

    Dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas test positive for bird flu

    Federal officials say milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu
    March 25
    FILE - Dairy cattle feed at a farm on March 31, 2017, near Vado, N.M. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, March 25, 2024, that milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
    March 25

    Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

    A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether or not abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, has failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it
    March 25
    FILE - Operating room technician Nikki Jordan performs an ultrasound on a patient at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La., on July 6, 2022. A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether or not abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, has failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Jackson, File)
    March 25

    Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication

    The Supreme Court is considering a new abortion case affecting women across the U.S. Abortion opponents want the high court in arguments Tuesday to ratify a ruling from a conservative federal appeals court that would limit access to a medication called...
    March 25
    File - The Supreme Court is seen on Friday, April 21, 2023, in Washington. The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion when it hears arguments Tuesday, March 26, 2024, over mifepristone, a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, for a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, the race for the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
    March 24

    Senior doctors in South Korea submit resignations, deepening dispute over medical school plan

    Senior doctors at major hospitals in South Korea have begun submitting their resignations in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions
    March 24
    Medical professors queue to submit their resignations during a meeting at Korea University in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 25, 2024. Senior doctors at dozens of hospitals in South Korea planned to submit their resignations Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions, their leader said.(Yoon Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)
    March 24

    Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is it?

    The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone
    March 24
    FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
    March 24

    Kate and William 'extremely moved' by support since the Princess of Wales' cancer revelation

    Kate, the Princess of Wales, and her husband, Prince William, are said to be “extremely moved” by the public’s warmth and support following her shocking cancer announcement as tributes continued to pour in from around the world
    March 24
    Newspaper front-pages are seen at a newsagent in London, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales's revelation she is undergoing treatment for cancer has sparked an outpouring of support and well wishes from around the world. (AP Photo/David Cliff)
    March 23

    Wyoming governor vetoes bill to allow concealed carry in public schools and meetings

    Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in schools and government meetings
    March 23
    FILE - Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon speaks during a news conference in Cheyenne, Wyo., Monday, June 3, 2019. Gordon, on Friday, March 22, 2024, vetoed a bill that would have repealed certain gun-free zones, allowing people to carry concealed firearms in schools and government meetings. (Jacob Byk/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP, File)
    March 22

    What to know about Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis

    ABC News’ Victor Oquendo speaks with ABC News medical contributor Dr. Darien Sutton about the potential ramifications of Kate’s diagnosis.
    March 22
    VIDEO: What to know about Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis
    March 22

    Wyoming governor vetoes abortion restrictions, signs transgender medical care ban for minors

    Wyoming’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have erected significant barriers to abortion, should it remain legal in the state
    March 22
    FILE - Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon looks on during the opening of the Western Governors Association Winter Meeting, Nov. 6, 2023, in Teton Village, Wyo. On Friday, March 22, 2024, Gordon vetoed a bill that would have erected significant barriers to abortion, should it remain legal in the state, and signed legislation that bans gender-affirming care for minors. (Bradly J. Boner/Jackson Hole News & Guide via AP, File)
    March 22

    Using public funds or facilities for gender-affirming care banned by GOP-led Idaho Legislature

    Lawmakers in Idaho have passed a bill to ban the use of any public funds for gender-affirming care, including for state employees using work health insurance and for adults covered by Medicaid
    March 22
    March 22

    Texas medical panel won't provide list of exceptions to abortion ban

    A Texas medical panel has rebuffed calls to list specific exceptions to one of the most restrictive abortions bans in the U.S., which physicians say is dangerously unclear and has forced women with serious pregnancy complications to leave the state
    March 22
    March 22

    What is known about Kate's cancer diagnosis

    Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer but hasn't said what kind
    March 22
    This grab taken from a video released by the BBC Studios on Friday March 22, 2024, shows Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales recording her message announcing that following her abdominal surgery in January "tests after the operation found cancer had been present." Kate, said Friday she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. (BBC Studios via AP)
    March 22

    AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

    A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults
    March 22
    This image provided by Earkick in March 2024 shows the company's mental health chatbot on a smartphone. A growing number of AI chatbots are being pitched as a way to address the recent mental health crisis among teens and young adults. But experts disagree about whether these chatbots are delivering a mental health service or are simply a new form of self-help. (Earkick via AP)
    March 22

    Heavy-smoking West Virginia becomes the 12th state to ban lighting up in cars with kids present

    West Virginia has become the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present
    March 22
    FILE - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice delivers his annual State of the State address in the House Chambers of the state Capitol, Jan. 11, 2023, in Charleston, W.Va. Justice signed a bill Friday, March 22, 2024, that would ban smoking in cars with children present. West Virginia has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, File)
    March 22

    Republican lawmaker says Kentucky's newly passed shield bill protects IVF services

    A Republican lawmaker in Kentucky says a bill shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability is broad enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services
    March 22
    FILE - Republican Kentucky Sen. Whitney Westerfield testifies during a State and Local Government Committee meeting at the state Capitol, Feb. 19, 2020, in Frankfort, Ky. On Friday, March 22, 2024, the Republican lawmaker said that a bill shielding doctors and other health providers from criminal liability is broad enough to apply to in vitro fertilization services. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston, File)
    March 22

    The difference between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC

    Dr. Alok Patel shares health advice on everything from THC to potty training.
    March 22
    VIDEO: The difference between Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC
    March 22

    Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week

    Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have protested in the streets demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week
    March 22
    Doctors and other medical staff take part in a protest, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, March 22, 2024. Hundreds of Kenyan doctors have protested in the streets demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week. The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government on Friday, saying it had failed to implement a raft of promises, including a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike during which people died from lack of care. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
    March 21

    Requiring ugly images of smoking's harm on cigarettes won't breach First Amendment, court says

    A federal appeals court says a requirement that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking does not violate the First Amendment
    March 21
    FILE - This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, shows proposed cigarette warning labels. A federal rule requiring that cigarette packs and advertising include graphic images demonstrating the effects of smoking, including pictures of smoke-damaged lungs and feet blackened by diminished blood flow, does not violate the First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, March 21, 2024. (FDA via AP, File)
    March 21

    Allergy season arrived early in US. Here's how to keep pollen from ruining spring

    Allergy season in the U.S. is starting sooner than experts expected
    March 21
    An oak tree with new leaf growth also shows pollen and a drop of water hanging among the branches at a park in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The 2024 allergy season in the U.S. is starting sooner than experts expected. There are three main types of pollen that cause seasonal allergies. Earlier in the spring, tree pollen is the main culprit. After that grasses pollinate, followed by weeds in the late summer and early fall. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
    March 21

    Drug overdoses reach another record with almost 108,000 Americans in 2022, CDC says

    Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022
    March 21
    FILE - A member of the Solutions Oriented Addiction Response organization holds a dose of the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston in Charleston, W.Va., Tuesday Sept. 6, 2022. Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022, according to final federal figures released Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)
    March 21

    Medicare can pay for obesity drugs like Wegovy in certain heart patients

    Certain Medicare patients may get help paying for the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, as long as they also have heart disease
    March 21
    FILE - Donna Cooper holds up a dosage of Wegovy, a drug used for weight loss, at her home, March 1, 2024, in Front Royal, Va. The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy may be paid for by Medicare — as long as patients using it also have heart disease and need to reduce the risk of future heart attacks, strokes and other serious problems, federal officials said Thursday, March 21. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
    March 21

    NFL retirees who say the league's disability plan is a sham can proceed to trial

    A judge says a federal lawsuit against the NFL’s disability plan can proceed to trial
    March 21
    FILE - New York Jets safety Eric Smith (33) watches from the sideline during the third quarter of an NFL preseason football game against the Houston Texans on Monday, Aug. 15, 2011, in Houston. Ten retired NFL players, including Smith, accused the league of lies, bad faith and flagrant violations of federal law in denying disability benefits in a potential class action lawsuit filed Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Baltimore. A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday, March 21, 2024, refused to dismiss a lawsuit that accuses the NFL of flagrantly violating the league's disability plan by denying valid claims.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)