BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s agriculture ministry said on Monday that 14 pigs have died in a fresh outbreak of African swine fever in the province of Liaoning. The outbreak in the city of Anshan is the fifth reported in the northeastern province. China has so far reported some 30 outbreaks […]
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Low-income people in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid are much more likely to forgo needed medical care than the poor in other states, according to a government report due out Monday amid election debates from Georgia to Utah over coverage for the needy. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office worked with […]
In a windowless conference room, Republican Senate candidate Martha McSally was asking executives at a small crane manufacturing company how the GOP tax cut has helped their business when one woman said: “I want to ask you a question about health care.” Marylea Evans recounted how, decades ago, her husband […]
LONDON (Reuters) – International aid financing and innovation has helped to save nearly 700 million lives in the past 25 years, but those gains could be lost if momentum and political wane, global health experts said on Monday. A report by international aid advocacy group the ONE Campaign said the […]
(Reuters Health) – Hispanic infants with certain heart defects have worse-than-average outcomes, and the disparity may be linked with their family’s reliance on public health insurance and lower education levels in moms, a California study suggests. A mother’s lack of education and reliance on public insurance may, in turn, simply […]
In a windowless conference room, Republican Senate candidate Martha McSally was asking executives at a small crane manufacturing company how the GOP tax cut has helped their business when one woman said: “I want to ask you a question about health care.” Marylea Evans recounted how, decades ago, her husband […]
MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least 55 people have tested positive for the Zika virus in India’s tourist city of Jaipur, up from 22 a week ago, the local health department said on Sunday, raising fears the virus is spreading just ahead of peak tourist season. Around 280 health officials are […]
Guards and inmates at a Connecticut prison find themselves on the same side of a legal fight against the state, which they say did not do enough to prevent their exposure to radon. A federal judge last month ruled against the state’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit by 13 inmates […]