Health

Gynecologist accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients is sentenced to 20 years in prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A gynecologist who sexually abused vulnerable and trusting patients for over two decades at prestigious New York hospitals cried before he was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison by a federal judge who called his crimes unpreceden

Jul 25, 2023 4:43 PM Read more >

The Biden administration proposes new rules to push insurers to boost mental health coverage

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that his administration is moving forward with new rules meant to push insurance companies to increase their coverage of mental health treatments.

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Decades in prison for 3 sentenced in North Dakota fentanyl trafficking probe

A federal judge has sentenced three more men charged in connection with an alleged international fentanyl trafficking operation. U.S.

Jul 25, 2023 3:24 PM Read more >

Ohio voters will decide on abortion access in November ballot

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters will decide this fall whether the right to an abortion should be added to the state constitution, after officials said Tuesday that enough signatures were gathered to get the proposal on the ballot.

Jul 25, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >

Court says OxyContin maker's bankruptcy and protections for Sackler family members can move ahead

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma can start executing a settlement that protects members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids, a court ruled Tuesday. The ruling from the 2nd U.S.

Jul 25, 2023 2:27 PM Read more >

Transgender patients sue the hospital that provided their records to Tennessee's attorney general

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued by its transgender clinic patients, who accuse the hospital of violating their privacy by turning their records over to Tennessee's attorney general .

Jul 25, 2023 2:02 PM Read more >

Women in Poland protest alleged police hostility against patient who took abortion pill

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of women in Poland protested outside police stations Tuesday to oppose the allegedly ruthless way officers treated a woman who had taken an abortion pill.

Jul 25, 2023 11:43 AM Read more >

Block on Iowa's strict abortion law can be appealed, state Supreme Court says

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds can proceed with an appeal on a temporary block on the state’s new, restrictive abortion law, the Iowa Supreme Court said Tuesday.

Jul 25, 2023 11:39 AM Read more >

East Palestine church hosts chemical exposure study in wake of train disaster

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (RNS) — More than five months after a train carrying noxious chemicals derailed down the street from the hydraulic equipment supply store where he works, Tim Cumberlidge is still trying to find out exactly what he was exposed to.

Jul 25, 2023 9:46 AM Read more >

Poland's population constantly shrinking despite pro-family policy

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's population has shrunk again to just under 37.7 million in June despite returning emigrants, the state statistical office said Tuesday.

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