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Minnesota health plan rates for individuals to rise as much as 5.5% next year
MNsure estimates that federal tax credits will drive out-of-pocket premium reductions of about 5% on average next year for qualifying households.
What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway
Updated COVID-19 vaccines may be getting a little easier for adults to find but they're still frustratingly scarce for young children. Health officials said Thursday the kid shots have started shipping — and reminded most everyone to get a fall flu shot too.
COVID-19 death toll in Minnesota reaches 15,000
The pace of mortality has slowed as the virus evolves, but it's still claiming two lives every day right now.
Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment
As Nebraska's new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. But exactly what and how much change is anyone's guess.
Mississippi sees spike in child care enrollment after abortion ban and child support policy change
Mississippi has seen a consistent rise in the number of families accepting public assistance for child care since lawmakers banned abortion in almost all circumstances, with the sharpest increase coming after a child support policy change in May, the state human services director said Friday.
A doctor caught in the crossfire was among 4 killed in a gunbattle at a hospital in Mexico
Hitmen stormed a hospital in northern Mexico in a bid to kill a patient but they clashed with other gunmen already inside, sparking a gun battle that left four people dead, including a doctor apparently caught in the crossfire, police said Friday.
Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones arrested in protective order violation, authorities say
Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones has been arrested on accusations of violating a domestic violence temporary protection order, authorities said.
Judges maintain bans on gender-affirming care for youth in Tennessee and Kentucky
Tennessee and Kentucky can continue to ban gender-affirming care for young transgender people while legal challenges against those state laws proceed, federal appeals judges ruled.
FDA wants to regulate thousands of lab tests that have long skirted oversight
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday laid out a proposal to begin regulating laboratory medical tests, a multibillion-dollar industry that the agency says poses a growing risk to patients because of potentially inaccurate results.
Dutch hospital official says questions were raised over alleged gunman's mental state
A medical student accused of killing three people in shootings at an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch city of Rotterdam had been told to undergo a psychological evaluation to establish whether he was mentally fit to become a doctor, a hospital official said Friday.
Another arrest made in toddler's fentanyl-linked death at Bronx day care center
A man who fled a New York City day care center where a child died and three others were hospitalized with suspected fentanyl poisoning is in custody in California — the latest person to face charges in what investigators said was a drug lab run out of a place where toddlers played and napped.
Red Sox say Tim Wakefield is in treatment, asks for privacy after illness outed by Schilling
The Boston Red Sox say announcer and former knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is undergoing treatment for a disease they did not specify and asked for fans to respect his privacy after his illness was outed without his consent by ex-teammate Curt Schilling.
Portland police are investigating nearly a dozen fentanyl overdoses involving children, with 5 fatal
Nearly a dozen children, including a 1-year-old, have overdosed on fentanyl since June in Portland, Oregon, its police bureau said Thursday, intensifying alarm in a city like so many others that has struggled to address the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history.
Judge sentences a woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic to 5 years in prison
Emotional and physical abuse by parents who expected her to someday play a ''supporting role'' in her own life in deference to a future husband featured in the childhood of a woman who burned what was to be Wyoming's first full-service abortion clinic in at least a decade, a judge said Thursday in handing down the minimum prison sentence for the crime.
Former lawmaker who led Michigan marijuana board is sent to prison for bribery
A man formerly known as a powerful Michigan lawmaker was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in federal prison for accepting bribes as head of a marijuana licensing board.
Woman pleads guilty to calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children's Hospital
A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to calling in a fake bomb threat to Boston Children's Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths.
State officials in Michigan scratched from lawsuit over lead in Benton Harbor's water
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed state officials from a lawsuit related to past lead contamination in a small southwestern Michigan city's drinking water but said the case could proceed against city officials, including the mayor.
Republican offers new twist on abortion exceptions as issue stays at forefront of Kentucky campaign
The complexities of abortion-related politics in the post-Roe v. Wade era continue to put the squeeze on Republican Daniel Cameron, who appeared to redefine his position on Kentucky's strict anti-abortion law for the second time in two weeks while campaigning for governor.
FDA advisers vote against experimental ALS treatment pushed by patients
Federal health advisers voted overwhelmingly against an experimental treatment for Lou Gehrig's disease at a Wednesday meeting prompted by years of patient efforts seeking access to the unproven therapy.
2 years in prison for psychologist who collected $819K in false claims from Mdewakanton Sioux
"For many years, he prioritized his family's material comfort and security over the integrity of his professional licensure," prosecutors told the court.