WASHINGTON (AP) — With COVID-19 on the rise again and many nursing home staffers unvaccinated, families still lack easy access to crucial Medicare immunization data that will help them pick the right facility for their loved one. Medicare has a "Care Compare" website for consumers it has spent years refining. But that's not where the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to a 29 percent increase. "This is a staggering loss of human [...]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's office staring at a photo of his older brother's face, a familiar feeling welled in his chest. Williams' father was shot and killed in 1996, when Williams was 11, and the ebb and flow of grief had washed over him for 20 [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — When Pat Curry spotted bite-sized wood-fire rotisserie chicken with portabella mushroom at her local Costco in early June, she felt "giddy." After a 14-month hiatus, free samples were back. "It was one of the markers that told me that we turned a corner," said the 60-year-old who lives in Augusta, Ga. [...]
A new study led by Ohio State University researchers found that most Americans don’t follow national dietary guidelines for cancer prevention. Between 63 to 73 percent of the more than 30,000 participants fell short of the recommended daily intake of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, while roughly 90 percent of respondents failed to meet the [...]
Soon after a new coronavirus began spreading around the world, little-known vaccine developer Moderna began working with the U.S. National Institutes of Health to create a vaccine using a new technology. That vaccine is now one of the pillars of the U.S. COVID-19 response, with 130 million doses administered just six months after regulators authorized [...]
The latest coronavirus relief package did more than dole out $1,400 checks. The law also made health insurance free for millions more people and reduced costs for others, at least for now. The American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed in March, expanded subsidies for people buying their own insurance on Affordable Care Act [...]
Customers wanting to wine, dine and unwind to live music at the City Winery's flagship restaurant in New York must show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination to get in, but that's not required at most other dining establishments in the city. And it's not necessary at other City Winery sites around the country. If City [...]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Every Sunday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Joseph Jackson Jr. praises the Lord before his congregation. But since last fall he's been praising something else his black community needs: the COVID-19 vaccine. "We want to continue to encourage our people to get out, get your shots. I got both of [...]
Long pandemic lockdowns forced many older adults to become comfortable with video calls to stay connected with family. That in turn means that long-distance caregivers have a better way to see how their loved ones are faring. "You can't tell on the phone that they're wearing the same clothes every day, or they're not bathing [...]