Health & Safety

Health & Safety

Parents Demand Hanes/Lowrance Schools Be Shut Down At Packed Meeting

7:12am January 29, 2015

At what was at times a volatile meeting, hundreds of parents and students filled Hanes auditorium in Winston-Salem Wednesday night to discuss the contaminated grounds underneath Hanes and Lowrance&

A hospital bed is draped with a flag after a veteran died in the hospice ward at St. Albans VA in Queens, N.Y.

VA Steps Up Programs As More Veterans Enter Hospice Care

4:32pm January 28, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

As the generation that served in World War II and Korea grows older, the demand on the Department of Veterans Affairs for end-of-life care is growing with them. Now, the VA is trying new ways to help.

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Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of premature birth, stillbirth and infant death.

Is It OK To Pay Pregnant Women To Stop Smoking?

2:42pm January 28, 2015

by Nancy Shute

It's notoriously hard to get people to quit smoking. Pregnant women in Scotland were more apt to stop if they got $600 in gift cards. But are those kinds of payments ethical?

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Am I Responsible If The Insurance Exchange Flubs My Subsidy?

2:12pm January 28, 2015

by Michelle Andrews

Mistakes are made. If the health insurance marketplaces screw up in calculating subsidies for consumers, it's the individual who is likely to be on the hook for repaying the excess.

A marijuana bud displayed in Denver. Don't legalize pot, the pediatricians say, but don't lock teenagers up for using it, either.

Pediatricians Say Don't Lock Up Teenagers For Using Marijuana

2:11pm January 28, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Making pot legal for adults means teens will be more likely to use it too, say pediatricians. And while they're concerned about health effects, they say there are better ways to deter usage than jail.

Rhett Krawitt, 6, outside his school in Tiburon, Calif. Seven percent of the children in his school are not vaccinated.

To Protect His Son, A Father Asks School To Bar Unvaccinated Children

2:09pm January 28, 2015

by Lisa Aliferis

A 6-year-old can't be vaccinated against measles because he is recovering from leukemia. He faces a higher risk because parents at his California school have chosen not to vaccinate their kids.

Orange County Fights To Contain Measles Outbreak

6:30pm January 27, 2015

Melissa Block talks with Dr. Eric G. Handler, health officer for Orange County, Calif. The biggest number of measles cases have been reported in his county, a dozen of which are linked to Disneyland.

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A Pakistani polio vaccination worker gives a dose to a child in Islamabad during a 2014 campaign.

For Dollars Donated To Vaccine Campaigns, Norway Wears The Crown

6:12pm January 27, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

Donations to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization hit $7.5 billion. The UK and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation were the most generous dollar-wise. Norway is the per capita champ.

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WS/FC Schools: Testing On Air Quality Recommended At Hanes, Lowrance

5:38pm January 27, 2015

by Emily McCord

UPDATE 1/28/15 8:31

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Cattle in holding pens at the Simplot feedlot located next to a slaughterhouse in Burbank, Washington on Dec. 26, 2013. Merck & Co Inc is testing lower dosages of its controversial cattle growth drug Zilmax drug in an effort to resume its sales to the $44

Beef Packers Block Plan To Revive Growth-Promoting Drug

2:08pm January 27, 2015

by Dan Charles

Beef processors continue to block efforts to bring back Zilmax, a drug that makes cattle put on weight faster. Is it because they're concerned about animal welfare, or beef exports?