Health

When school starts in West Virginia next month, 240,000 students in districts large and small will notice something missing from their cafeteria trays.

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A procession of mothers wearing red sashes, pushing strollers and tending to toddlers made their way Friday to a little festival in Flint, Michigan, where families received diapers and kids played. It was called a “baby parade.

As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the health-care crisis in underserved communities.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 48 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded Wednesday while waiting for food at a crossing in the Gaza Strip , according to a hospital that received the casualties.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov.

NEW YORK (AP) — The 17 experts who were ousted from a government vaccine committee last month say they have little faith in what the panel has become, and have outlined possible alternative ways to make U.S. vaccine policy. U.S.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge temporarily blocked on Monday Arkansas' first-in-the-nation law that would have prohibited pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies in the state. U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced a plan for a new private health tracking system that will make it easier for patients to access their health records and monitor their wellness across health care systems and technologies.

WINNIPEG — The number of Manitobans concerned about crime and public safety has risen steadily, an opinion poll done for the Manitoba government suggests.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced it is launching a new program that will allow Americans to share personal health data and medical records across health systems and apps run by private tech companies, promising that will make it e