Health

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (1848+ words) Diablo, a goat that lives by the Wyodak Power Plant near Gillette, has become a victim of its own celebrity. People stop to give him scratches and snacks — which is causing the aging mascot people call "Goatalope" to get really…...

13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (746+ words) State and federal officials have warned about surges in multiple mosquito-borne illnesses this season. See which states have been most affected....

10+ hour, 23+ min ago   (628+ words) The Nevada swimming instructor who was viciously attacked by a “ruthless” otter in Lake Tahoe “has taken a bit of a turn” — undergoing surgery after an infection developed in her finger. Less than a week after the attack, Lynnette Bellin…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (336+ words) California regulators ordered Health Net to fix how it’s handling the termination of assisted living services for low-income residents after the insurer’s abrupt decision left patients and providers scrambling. The state’s corrective action plan requires Health Net to extend services…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (421+ words) Many California countertop workers diagnosed with silicosis from engineered stone are struggling to obtain workers' compensation benefits as insurers deny claims. FARIDA JHABVALA ROMERO, BYLINE: Eleazar Resendiz Cortes is only 39 but gasps for air doing things that used to be…...

14+ hour, 10+ min ago   (898+ words) Chickens – which can test positive for viruses but cannot spread them – an ideal early warning system for mosquito-borne disease The start of West Nile virus transmission began unusually early in some US states, with the most cases in early summer…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago   (568+ words) Written by Dr Alan Black on September 12, 2026. Posted in Current News If you are a member of the British public and you want to complain about something a pharmaceutical company has done, said or written, you effectively have one option....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (614+ words) CMS is finishing work on a rule that would limit what states can route to providers through Medicaid managed care. The agency proposed it in May, closed comments in July, and Administrator Mehmet Oz has framed the whole effort around…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (33+ words) Nearly 37,000 attorneys participated in the survey conducted by mental health expert Patrick Krill, in conjunction with the ABA, and nearly half of them reported high or very high levels of burnout....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (377+ words) A new treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of the disease, has been approved by the FDA. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a landmark new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest…...