Health

ATLANTA (AP) — Medicaid expansion was long politically impossible in Georgia. Now it's just unlikely. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns says he wants lawmakers to consider more health coverage in the state as their session begins Monday.

Scientists fear Canadian polar bears may be threatened by the spread of avian flu after officials confirmed the disease killed a bear in Alaska.

The vaccine is manufactured by Pfizer.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Pregnant people in New York would have 40 hours of paid leave to attend prenatal medical appointments under a new proposal by Gov. Kathy Hochul after the state's legislative session kicked off this week.

LONDON (AP) — The longest scheduled strike in the history of Britain's state-funded National Health Service entered its second of six planned days Thursday with doctors in England at loggerheads with hospitals over requests for some to leave the pick

TORONTO — The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians says it is "concerned" about comments made by Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé in December suggesting that unnecessary emergency department visits significantly contribute to ER overcrow

Walgreens is chopping its dividend nearly in half as the drugstore chain looks to strengthen its balance sheet.

BANGKOK (AP) — The swift and safe evacuation of a Japan Airlines jet that caught fire after hitting a Coast Guard aircraft while it was landing Tuesday at Tokyo's Haneda airport reflects a dogged dedication to safety and training by the airline, and

NEW YORK (AP) — More U.S. hospitals are requiring masks and limiting visitors as health officials face an expected but still nasty post-holiday spike in flu, COVID-19 and other illnesses.

PORTLAND, Ore.