Oct. 02, 2024 08:43 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart's employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo Clinic through the retailer's insurance coverage.
The nation’s largest private employer said Wednesday that those covered by the insurance and diagnosed...
Sep. 12, 2024 12:45 PM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African countries recorded more than 100 mpox-related deaths in the past week, the continental health body said Thursday as it described the rising toll as “not acceptable.”
Dr. Jean Kaseya, director-general of the Africa Center for Disease Control and...
Aug. 15, 2024 17:39 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law Thursday a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, in firefighters’ protective gear.
The chemicals — associated with health problems including several types of cancer, such...