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Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plants

An 11-year study of the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in the state ended Thursday with university researchers saying they found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Illinois at ...

Jindal adviser: LSU privatization deals on track

Gov. Bobby Jindal's top budget architect said Thursday the state will have enough money to cover the costs of privatizing nearly all of the LSU-run hospitals next year without shrinking services to the poor and uninsured. Three deals have been signed, for the hospitals in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and ...

Senate passes additional Newtown-related bills

Connecticut lawmakers on Thursday began building on a package of reforms the General Assembly passed in April that addressed the Newtown school shooting, requiring annual firearms safety training for armed security in local schools and improvements in mental health services for children. Senate Minority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, whose district ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Hornsby family shows JaNae Hornsby. JaNae, who was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on May 20, 2013, is described by her father Joshua Hornsby as a "special baby" who made friends with everyone she met. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Hornsby Family)

Tornado took town's youngest as it swept through

One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are ...

Wash. kids play with dead bats, get rabies shots

The Grant County Health District says some Moses Lake, Wash., children are getting precautionary rabies shots after they were found playing with several dead bats. The health district says the bats were too damaged to be tested for rabies. A statement from the district said the children are related to ...

Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state agency running the state's new health exchange, announced the plans and prices that will be offered by private insurers during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2013.  Some of the state's largest health insurers will be among those companies offering competing polices to millions of Californians who are expect to purchase coverage under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Health reform plans, pricing released in Calif.

Californians are finally getting to see what "Obamacare" means for them. President Barack Obama's health care overhaul made a big leap Thursday when California's health insurance exchange announced the plans and the prices that will be offered to those buying individual coverage. Some of the state's largest individual health insurers, ...

This undated photo provided by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., shows its co-founders David and Barbara Green who are asking a federal appeals court in Denver on Thursday, May 23, 2013,  for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.  The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argues that businesses, and not just religious groups, should be allowed to seek exemptions from that part of the health law if it violates their religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Hobby Lobby)

Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate

In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued ...

McDonald's can't shake criticism about nutrition

McDonald's once again faced criticism that it's a purveyor of junk food that markets to children at its annual shareholder meeting Thursday — including some sharp remarks from a 9-year-old girl. The world's biggest hamburger chain has been looking to keep up with changing tastes as people increasingly opt for ...

China's Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, delivers a speech during the 66th World Health Assembly at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease samples, the head of the World Health Organization warned Thursday. Dr. Margaret Chan, in a blunt warning to the U.N. agency's ...

Rep. DesJarlais reprimanded for sex with patients

Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday. The Republican won re-election last year despite revelations he had affairs with patients and once urged one ...

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