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What to know about President Donald Trump's order targeting the rights of transgender people
An executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day back in office offers a new federal government definition of the sexes that could have a major impact on transgender people nationwide. The order calls for the federal government to define sex as only male or female...
How to organize your financial life ahead of natural disasters
NEW YORK (AP) — If you live in a part of the world prone to wildfires, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, or earthquakes, there are ways you can make sure you're financially prepared for disaster, beyond insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Association and the Red Cross advise...
Surprise finding sheds light on what causes Huntington's disease, a devastating fatal brain disorder
Scientists are unraveling the mystery of what triggers Huntington’s disease, a devastating and fatal hereditary disorder that strikes in the prime of life, causing nerve cells in parts of the brain to break down and die. The genetic mutation linked to Huntington's has long been...
Britain's Princess of Wales says her cancer is in remission
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales said Tuesday that her cancer is in remission after she spent the day supporting other cancer patients at the hospital where she received treatment. In a statement on social media, she offered her thanks to everyone who helped her and her husband,...
How to help those affected by the California wildfires
Since Jan. 7, fires across Los Angeles have killed dozens, forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, and destroyed more thousands of structures. Here are some of the organizations accepting support for those impacted: Children Baby2Baby: The national nonprofit...
Kate returns to cancer center where she was treated to offer gratitude to medical teams
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer on Tuesday, offering gratitude to the medical teams who helped her and give support to patients now undergoing treatment. Kate, as she is commonly known, conducted the solo engagement at the...
Up to 4 in 10 people could develop dementia after 55. What you can do to lower your risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought: After age 55, people have up to...
Here's the advice Biden's top health official has for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people were dying from COVID-19 every day. Americans were still being ordered to stay-at-home or mask in public. Millions of people were eager to line up for jabs of the newly-released COVID-19 vaccines. That's the scene the nation's top health...
How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers
NEW YORK (AP) — Lenders will no longer be able to consider unpaid medical bills as a credit history factor when they evaluate potential borrowers in the U.S. for mortgages, car loans or business loans, according to a rule the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized Tuesday. ...
5 things we know and still don't know about COVID, 5 years after it appeared
Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn't have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off a pandemic that exposed deep inequities in the global health system and reshaped public...
