June 29, 2023 Jury rules clinic of MT Superfund town sent 300 false asbestos claims, causing unnecessary Medicare coverage A health clinic of a Montana Superfund site submitted hundreds of false asbestos claims that allowed patients to wrongly receive Medicare benefits, according to a jury.
June 26, 2023 Rock Hudson was terrified of 'Dynasty' kiss with costar Linda Evans after AIDS diagnosis: 'Nobody knew' Rock Hudson passed away in 1985 at age 59 from AIDS. The '50s idol's life is being explored in a new documentary on HBO and Max titled "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed."
June 4, 2023 Most US adults are declining COVID boosters as CDC warns of health risks: 'Relatively little protection' Adults who aren’t up to date on their COVID-19 boosters may have “relatively little remaining protection" against hospitalization compared to those who haven’t been vaccinated: CDC
June 3, 2023 Food poisoning recently? Sick restaurant workers might be to blame, says CDC Some 40% of foodborne outbreaks with an identifiable cause were associated with sick workers, according to a CDC report — most often due to norovirus. Here's what to know.
June 2, 2023 'Charlie's Angels' star Farrah Fawcett was 'a fighter' during cancer battle, pal says: 'She wanted to live' Farrah Fawcett, the '70s poster girl who starred as Jill Munroe in "Charlie's Angels," passed away in 2009 at age 62 following a lengthy battle with anal cancer.
May 31, 2023 COVID impacts: People lost track of time as a result of pandemic lockdowns, says study A recent study found that people are losing track of time — tying the results back to negative effects from the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns across the world.
May 30, 2023 Seaweed piles in Florida may contain flesh-eating bacteria Scientists are warning that piles of Sargassum algae on the East Coast may mingle with plastic litter and foster growth of a flesh-eating bacteria.
May 26, 2023 Mary Tyler Moore ‘was nearly blinded’ by diabetes in her final years as she fought the disease: husband Mary Tyler Moore, star of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show," died in 2017 at age 80. She is the subject of the HBO documentary "Being Mary Tyler Moore."
May 9, 2023 Minnesota Senate approves plan to entitle state workers to paid leave when sick, caring for ill relatives A plan to entitle Minnesota workers to paid leave when they're sick or caring for ill relatives has been approved by the state's Senate.
May 4, 2023 Detroit elementary school temporarily closes for deep cleaning to combat flu-like illness The Garvey Academy, a Michigan elementary school, will shut down for the remainder of the week for deep cleaning. The deep cleaning is being done to combat a flu-like illness.