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Aneri Pattani | KFF Health News (TNS) This year, about $1.5 billion has landed in state and local government coffers from court settlements made with more than a dozen companies that manufactured, …
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New online tool helps caregivers pass on plans for loved ones with disabilities
When we think of planning for our family’s future, the focus is usually on finances, a last will outlining after-death preferences and documents specifying the guardianship of minor children. Yet …
America’s sugar shortfall leaves candy-makers scrounging
Ilena Peng | (TNS) Bloomberg News Bonbons and candy canes may dominate the American holiday aesthetic, but U.S. confectionery companies are feeling anything but jolly as they head into one …
Why airlines are delaying flights for hours rather than canceling
Alexandra Skores | The Dallas Morning News (TNS) DALLAS — If you’ve felt like your flights have been delayed rather than canceled altogether this year, you’re not alone. This year, …
US medical schools grapple with first admissions since end of affirmative action
Richard Abbey, Ilena Peng, Marie Patino | (TNS) Bloomberg News American medical schools are confronting their first major challenge since the U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision to outlaw race-based college …
People are buying pricey fertility drugs from strangers on the internet
Kristen V. Brown | Bloomberg News (TNS) After in vitro fertilization led to a miscarriage, Lindsay found herself with thousands of dollars’ worth of fertility drugs she could no longer …
Emerging COVID variant is spreading ahead of the holidays. Are you still protected?
Irene Wright | (TNS) The Charlotte Observer For a third season, COVID-19 cases are rising ahead of the holidays, this time with a more recent variant driving infections. JN.1, a variant …
Traveling for the holidays? Here’s how to check flu and COVID levels at your destination
When you get ready to travel for the holidays, you may want to know how sick people are in destination where you are going. As of Friday, 17 states are …
Can police avoid hurting individuals with autism? Florida cops learn how
Donna Lorman wanted her son’s green pop tube, so she tried to take it from him. Drew Lorman, a 31-year-old man with autism, protected it, pushing his mother back harder …
Social Security clawbacks drive some into homelessness
Fred Clasen-Kelly | (TNS) KFF Health News More than a year after the federal government first cut off her disability benefits, Denise Woods drives nightly to strip malls, truck stops, …