WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of medical contrarians and health care critics to fulfill an agenda aimed at remaking how the federal government oversees medicines, health programs and nutrition.

2. New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants - Friday, November 22, 2024

People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV under a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials.

Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies. The new rule, which takes effect Wednesday, is expected to shorten the wait for organs for all, regardless of HIV status, by increasing the pool of available organs.

3. New FDA rules for TV drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications' risks and side effects.

4. Don't wait for a holiday surge. Now is a good time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you missed the early fall push for flu and COVID-19 vaccines, it's not too late.

Health officials say it's important to get vaccinated ahead of the holidays, when respiratory bugs tend to spread with travel and indoor celebrations.

5. Trump and Harris both support a bigger child tax credit. But which families should get it? - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit — a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families out of poverty.

6. RFK Jr. wants federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe, Trump transition co-chair says - Friday, November 1, 2024

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A co-chair of Donald Trump's transition team said Trump supporter Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants access to federal health data so he can show vaccines are unsafe and lead to them being pulled from the market in a second Trump administration.

7. EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug - Friday, November 1, 2024

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission said Thursday it has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival company's development of a competing medicine.

8. McDonald's E. coli case count rises as federal officials inspect an onion grower - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday reported more cases of E. coli poisoning among people who ate at McDonald's, as government investigators seeking the outbreak's source identified an "onion grower of interest" in Washington state.

9. People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead - Friday, October 25, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Transplant experts are seeing a spike in people revoking organ donor registrations, their confidence shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead.

10. At least 75 people are sickened as the deadly McDonald's E. coli outbreak expands - Friday, October 25, 2024

A deadly outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders has expanded, with at least 75 people sick in 13 states, federal health officials said Friday.

A total of 22 people have now been hospitalized, and two have developed a dangerous kidney disease complication, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. One person has died in Colorado.

11. McDonald's and Boar's Head outbreaks may have you worried. Experts say the food supply is safe - Friday, October 25, 2024

From Boar's Head deli meat and waffles to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, this year's illness outbreaks — some deadly — and food recalls may have Americans wondering whether there are new risks in the U.S. food supply.

12. More frozen waffles and pancakes recalled over possible listeria contamination - Friday, October 18, 2024

A recall of hundreds of frozen waffle products and other toaster foods sold in many U.S. grocery stores has expanded because they may be contaminated with dangerous listeria bacteria, the manufacturer said Tuesday.

13. Hospitals' IV fluid shortage may impact surgeries for weeks - Friday, October 18, 2024

Surgery schedules around the country may be washed out for several more weeks while a crucial IV and sterile fluids factory remains shut down for hurricane-related damage.

People often plan non-emergency surgeries in the fall and early-winter months when their insurance coverage will pick up more of the bill, but they may have to wait while health systems preserve supplies for emergencies.

14. USDA launches an internal investigation into the deadly Boar's Head outbreak - Friday, October 11, 2024

U.S. Agriculture Department officials have launched an internal investigation into how the agency handled reports of serious problems at a Boar's Head deli meat plant tied to a deadly listeria outbreak, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

15. Harris will sit with Bret Baier for her first Fox News interview - Friday, October 11, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will be interviewed by Fox News anchor Bret Baier on Wednesday in Pennsylvania as she steps up her travel and conversations with media outlets in the closing stretch of the presidential campaign.

16. Expect employers to get more picky about who you see for care - Friday, October 11, 2024

A health care spending surge looms in the new year, and Business Group on Health is helping employers understand it.

The nonprofit found in a recent survey that large employers expect the cost to treat patients will jump nearly 8% next year before they make coverage changes to address it. That's the highest growth rate in a decade.

17. Company recalls nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry dishes for listeria contamination - Friday, October 11, 2024

A company is recalling nearly 10 million pounds of meat and poultry products made at an Oklahoma plant because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria that can cause illness and death.

BrucePac of Woodburn, Oregon, recalled the roughly 5,000 tons of ready-to-eat foods this week after U.S. Agriculture Department officials detected listeria in samples of poultry during routine testing. Further tests identified BrucePac chicken as the source. The recall includes 75 meat and chicken products.

18. Bakery that makes Sara Lee and Entenmann's pushes back on FDA sesame warning - Friday, October 4, 2024

A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame — a potentially dangerous allergen — when they don't.

19. Swine fever sweeps Italy's north, threatening production of prized prosciutto and livelihoods - Friday, September 27, 2024

CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli's sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within a week, all 6,200 sows, piglets and fattening pigs on his farm south of Milan were slaughtered under strict protocols to halt the disease threatening Italy's 20 billion euro prosciutto, cured sausage and pork industry.

20. It's time to roll up sleeves for new COVID, flu shots - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fall means it's time for just about everybody to get up to date on their flu and COVID-19 vaccines – and a lot of older adults also need protection against another risky winter virus, RSV.

21. Policing group says officers must change how and when they use physical force on US streets - Friday, September 20, 2024

An influential group of law enforcement leaders is pushing police departments across the U.S. to change how officers use force when they subdue people and to improve training so they avoid "consistent blind spots" that have contributed to civilian deaths.

22. High insulin prices spur a federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers - Friday, September 20, 2024

The federal government is suing some big pharmacy benefit managers over a system of drug rebates that regulators say has made the price of insulin soar for diabetic patients.

Three companies that process about 80% of prescriptions in the United States — Caremark, Express Scripts and OptumRx — have engaged in anticompetitive practices that spur price increases, the Federal Trade Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday.

23. Key takeaways from a debate that featured tense clashes and closed with a Taylor Swift endorsement - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced each other on the debate stage for the first — and possibly the last — time.

The Democratic vice president opened Tuesday night's faceoff with a power move, marching across the stage to Trump's lectern to shake his hand.

24. SpaceX launches billionaire to conduct the first private spacewalk - Friday, September 6, 2024

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA's Apollo moonshots.

Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX this time around, which included developing and testing brand new spacesuits to see how they'll hold up in the harsh vacuum.

25. Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S. drug supply are still struggling to get back to where they were in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended factory inspections in the U.S. and across the world, The Associated Press has found.

26. Boar's Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show - Friday, August 30, 2024

A Boar's Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and equipment, newly released records show.

27. FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days - Friday, August 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains -- and hopefully whatever variants cause trouble this winter, too.

28. COVID-19 is on the upswing in the US - Friday, August 16, 2024

COVID-19 hasn't gone away, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests it's on the upswing around the country.

"We've seen these summer increases every summer that COVID-19 has been with us," said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a Johns Hopkins University infectious disease physician. "What's different about these cases this summer vs. prior summers is that they don't translate into hospitals in crisis."

29. Tennessee family's lawsuit says video long kept from them shows police force, not drugs, killed son - Friday, August 16, 2024

A mother whose son was having a seizure in his Tennessee apartment said in a federal lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected the 23-year-old to "inhumane acts of violence" instead of treating him, then covered up their use of deadly force.

30. FDA approves first nasal spray to treat dangerous allergic reactions - Friday, August 9, 2024

U.S. health officials on Friday approved a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, the first needle-free alternative to shots like EpiPen.

The Food and Drug Administration said it approved the spray from drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals Inc. as an emergency treatment for adults and older children experiencing life-threatening allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis.

31. Bloomberg gives $600M to Meharry, 3 other Black medical schools' endowments - Friday, August 2, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Bloomberg's organization Bloomberg Philanthropies committed $600 million to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools to help secure their future economic stability.

32. Drugstores tinker with new looks as their usual way of doing business faces challenges - Friday, August 2, 2024

America's drugstores are testing smaller locations and more ways to offer care as price-sensitive shoppers look elsewhere.

Customers may see Walgreens stores that are one-fourth the size of a regular location or CVS drugstores with entire primary clinics stuffed inside. If these experiments succeed, the new stores might improve access to care and create a more lasting connection with customers, analysts say.

33. Boar's Head expands recall to include 7 million more pounds of deli meats tied to listeria outbreak - Friday, July 26, 2024

The popular deli meat company Boar's Head is recalling an additional 7 million pounds of ready-to-eat products made at a Virginia plant as an investigation into a deadly outbreak of listeria food poisoning continues, U.S. Agriculture Department officials said Tuesday.

34. Blood test for colon cancer screening is approved by US regulators - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a first-of-its-kind blood test for colon cancer, offering a new way of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths.

Test manufacturer Guardant said the Food and Drug Administration approved its Shield test for screening in adults 45 and older who have an average risk of colon cancer. The test isn't a replacement for colonoscopies, but provides a noninvasive approach to screening.

35. Infants' tongue-tie may be overdiagnosed and needlessly treated, American Academy of Pediatrics says - Friday, July 26, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Tongue-tie — a condition in infants that can affect breastfeeding — may be overdiagnosed in the U.S. and too often treated with unnecessary surgery, a prominent doctors' group said Monday.

36. Blood tests for Alzheimer's may be coming to your doctor's office. Here's what to know - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer's disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported Sunday – but some appear to work far better than others.

It's tricky to tell if memory problems are caused by Alzheimer's. That requires confirming one of the disease's hallmark signs — buildup of a sticky protein called beta-amyloid — with a hard-to-get brain scan or uncomfortable spinal tap. Many patients instead are diagnosed based on symptoms and cognitive exams.

37. Too many pills? How to talk to your doctor about reviewing what's needed - Friday, July 19, 2024

Swallowing a handful of pills is a daily ritual for many people, from young adults coping with anxiety to older adults managing chronic conditions. Overall, 13% of people in the U.S. take five or more prescription drugs. For those 65 and older, that number is 42%.

38. FDA OKs best-selling e-cigarette Vuse Alto, but only in tobacco flavor - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Thursday authorized sales of the best-selling e-cigarette in the U.S., Vuse Alto, allowing manufacturer Reynolds American to keep the vaping brand on the market for years to come.

39. Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents - Friday, July 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done.

Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscape of American life in ways wholly distinct from the other.

40. Celebrities are getting $2,000 MRI scans to learn about their health. Should you? - Friday, July 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — What if there was a way to peer into your body and spot early signs of cancer and other life-threatening ailments before they became serious?

That's the pitch from a new cluster of companies selling high-tech scans to healthy people interested in learning more about their wellness.

41. Tiny homes, built largely with philanthropic support, offer more patch than solution to homelessness - Friday, July 5, 2024

In response to a nationwide crisis that has left more than 650,000 people without housing, 100 tiny home villages for the homeless have opened in the United States over the past five years.

That growth, from just 34 in 2019 to 123 today, represents a quadrupling, according to data collected by Yetimoni Kpeebi, a researcher at Missouri State University. At least 43% of these villages are privately funded through donations from philanthropists, businesses, and corporations, Kpeebi said.

42. A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one.

Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely rare, and normally aren't an option for people with active cancer. Marty Kedian is only the third person in the U.S. ever to undergo a total larynx transplant – the others, years ago, because of injuries – and one of a handful reported worldwide.

43. FDA approves a second Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow disease - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.

44. FDA approves a second Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow disease - Friday, June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.

45. Dollar Tree left lead-tainted applesauce pouches on store shelves for weeks after recall, FDA says - Friday, June 14, 2024

Dollar Tree failed to effectively recall lead-tainted applesauce pouches linked to reports of illness in more than 500 children, leaving the products on some stores shelves for two months, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.

46. Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court's decision. Here's what you need to know - Friday, June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Access to the abortion pill mifepristone will not change after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort Thursday by anti-abortion groups to roll back its availability, a win for abortion rights supporters and millions of women in states where abortion is legal.

47. Senators blast health regulators and law enforcement over illegal e-cigarettes - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators on Wednesday blasted top health and law enforcement officials for not doing more to combat the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar business that has flourished amid haphazard enforcement.

48. Alzheimer's drug that can slow disease gets backing from FDA advisers - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched Alzheimer's drug from Eli Lilly won the backing of federal health advisers on Monday, setting the stage for the treatment's expected approval for people with mild dementia caused by the brain-robbing disease.

49. FDA and DOJ pledge more cooperation on illegal e-cigarettes ahead of congressional hearing - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators and law enforcement officials on Monday vowed to work more closely to stop sales of illegal electronic cigarettes, which have grown into a multibillion-dollar business in the U.S. while skirting government oversight.

50. FDA advisers urge targeting JN.1 strain in recipe for fall's COVID vaccines - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers Wednesday said it's time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall -- targeting a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus called JN.1.

51. Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-a-kind proposal to begin using the mind-altering drug MDMA as a treatment for PTSD was roundly criticized Tuesday — a potentially major setback to psychedelic advocates who hope to win a landmark federal approval and bring the banned drugs into the medical mainstream.

52. Fauci testifies publicly before House panel on COVID origins, controversies - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, faced heated questioning Monday from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.

53. Psychedelic drug MDMA faces questions as FDA considers approval for PTSD - Friday, May 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to move psychedelic drugs into the medical mainstream.

54. FINN’s Button, Lindsley now senior partners - Friday, May 31, 2024

FINN Partners has promoted Lisa Button and Andrea Lindsley to senior partners in recognition. Button and Lindsley lead the fast-growing Community Impact Group in the Southeast, along with senior partner Philip McGowan.

55. Despite surging demand for long-term care, providers struggle to find workers - Friday, May 24, 2024

The hardest part of Culix Wibonele's first job in long-term care was not getting injured.

Originally from Kenya, Wibonele worked as a certified nursing assistant in Atlanta in 2014. She went to the homes of mostly older clients, helping them with everything from bathing to cooking. Wibonele worked alone and sometimes had to lift clients much bigger than her.

56. Black Americans are underrepresented in residential care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds - Friday, May 24, 2024

Norma Upshaw was living alone south of Nashville when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis.

Her closest family lived 40 miles away, and they'd already scrambled once when the independent senior living facility the 82-year-old had called home — a community of largely Black residents — had closed with 30 days' notice. Here they were searching, yet again, for an assisted living facility or maybe an affordable apartment that was closer.

57. Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever? - Friday, May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — How good would an algorithm have to be to take over your job?

It's a new question for many workers amid the rise of ChatGPT and other AI programs that can hold conversations, write stories and even generate songs and images within seconds.

58. AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from the European market - Friday, May 10, 2024

LONDON (AP) — The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator.

In an update on the European Medicines Agency's website Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for AstraZeneca's Vaxzevria had been withdrawn "at the request of the marketing authorization holder."

59. A subset of Alzheimer's cases may be caused by two copies of a single gene, new research shows - Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer's disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene.

Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people's risk for Alzheimer's, including simply getting older. The vast majority of Alzheimer's cases occur after age 65. But research published Monday suggests that for people who carry not one but two copies of the gene, it's more than a risk factor, it's an underlying cause of the mind-robbing disease.

60. Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says - Friday, May 3, 2024

The Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic form of security: multifactor authentication.

61. Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says - Friday, April 26, 2024

The Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic form of security: multifactor authentication.

62. US challenges 'bogus' patents on Ozempic and other drugs in effort to spur competition - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are challenging patents on 20 brand name drugs, including the blockbuster weight-loss injection Ozempic, in the latest action by the Biden administration targeting industry practices that drive up pharmaceutical prices.

63. FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy, safety - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by the testing industry.

64. Philips will pay $1.1B to resolve US lawsuits over breathing machines that expel debris - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical device maker Philips said Monday it will pay $1.1 billion to settle hundreds of personal injury lawsuits in the U.S. over its defective sleep apnea machines, which have been subject to a massive global recall.

65. Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would have banned menthol-flavored cigarettes - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in recent months, President Joe Biden's administration has delayed a plan to ban menthol cigarettes, a decision that is certain to infuriate anti-smoking advocates but could avoid angering Black voters ahead of November elections.

66. What to know about Zyn, the tiny nicotine pouch that's sparked a big health debate - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A tiny Philip Morris product called Zyn has been making big headlines, sparking debate about whether new nicotine-based alternatives intended for adults may be catching on with underage teens and adolescents.

67. National Enquirer was the go-to American tabloid for many years. Trump helped change that - Friday, April 26, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret deals. Friends helping friends.

Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker at Donald Trump's hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America's best-known tabloid and may one day be seen as the moment it effectively died.

68. Remnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA says - Friday, April 19, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows.

The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings "do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers." Officials added that they're continuing to study the issue.

69. Company that made millions of defective sleep apnea machines ordered to overhaul manufacturing - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company responsible for a global recall of sleep apnea machines will be barred from resuming production at U.S. facilities until it meets a number of safety requirements, under a long-awaited settlement announced Tuesday by federal officials.

70. Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds - Friday, April 5, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval program is meant to give patients early access to promising drugs. But how often do these drugs actually improve or extend patients' lives?

71. ALS drug will be pulled from US market after study showed patients didn't benefit - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig's disease that recently failed in a large study said Thursday it will pull the medicine from the market, acknowledging it didn't help patients with the deadly neurological condition.

72. NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster - Friday, March 29, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock.

It's not quite a time zone like those on Earth, but an entire frame of time reference for the moon. Because there's less gravity on the moon, time there moves a tad quicker — 58.7 microseconds every day — compared to Earth. So the White House Tuesday instructed NASA and other U.S agencies to work with international agencies to come up with a new moon-centric time reference system.

73. Civil litigator joins tpmbLAW as partner - Friday, April 5, 2024

Stefan Richard “Rick” Hughes has joined Taylor, Pigue, Marchetti and Blair PLLC (tpmbLAW) as a partner.

Hughes, who has three decades in private practice in Nashville and Bowling Green, will continue his focus on civil litigation.

74. Lawsuit seeks to force ban on menthol cigarettes after months of delays by Biden administration - Friday, March 29, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-smoking groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been idling at the White House for months.

The lawsuit is the latest effort to force the government to ban menthols, which are disproportionately used by Black smokers and young people. It comes amid growing concerns from advocates that the federal plan could be derailed by election-year politics.

75. New study finds no brain injuries among 'Havana syndrome' patients - Friday, March 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed "Havana syndrome, " researchers reported Monday.

76. Third test flight of SpaceX's mega rocket ends with loss of spacecraft - Friday, March 15, 2024

SpaceX's mega rocket blasted off on another test flight Thursday and made it farther than two previous attempts, but the spacecraft was lost as it descended back to Earth.

The company said it lost contact with the spacecraft as it neared its goal, a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, about an hour after liftoff from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border.

77. Massive health care hack is now being investigated by the federal Office of Civil Rights - Friday, March 15, 2024

Federal civil rights investigators are looking into whether protected health information was exposed in the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare.

The Office for Civil Rights said Wednesday that it also will examine whether Change Healthcare followed laws protecting patient privacy.

78. Maker of much-debated ALS drug says it may stop selling it after study showed it didn't work - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig's disease said Friday its therapy failed to help patients in a large follow-up study, but stopped short of committing to follow through on a prior pledge to pull the drug from the U.S. market.

79. Obesity drug Wegovy is approved to cut heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients - Friday, March 8, 2024

The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy, which has helped millions of Americans shed pounds, can now be used to reduce the risk of stroke, heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems in patients who are overweight or who have obesity, federal regulators said Friday.

80. How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health.

81. First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin.

82. Zyn nicotine pouches are all over TikTok, sparking debate among politicians, health experts - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's nothing complicated about the latest tobacco product trending online: Zyn is a tiny pouch filled with nicotine and flavoring.

But it has stoked a debate among politicians, parents and pundits that reflects an increasingly complex landscape in which Big Tobacco companies aggressively push alternative products while experts wrestle with their potential benefits and risks.

83. Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years - Friday, February 23, 2024

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact.

84. Silent brain changes precede Alzheimer's. Researchers have new clues about which come first - Friday, February 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alzheimer's quietly ravages the brain long before symptoms appear and now scientists have new clues about the dominolike sequence of those changes — a potential window to one day intervene.

85. FDA expands use of asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies - Friday, February 16, 2024

A medication used to treat asthma can now be used to help people with food allergies avoid severe reactions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

Xolair, the brand name for the drug omalizumab, became the first medication approved to reduce allergic reactions caused by accidental exposure to food triggers. Patients as young as age 1 with allergies can take the drug by injection every two to four weeks, depending on their weight and their body's response to allergens.

86. Nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline, UN report says - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday.

Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change.

87. Maker of millions of recalled sleep apnea machines agrees to halt sales in US - Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines said Monday it will stop selling the devices in the U.S., under a tentative agreement with regulators that could cost the company nearly $400 million.

88. Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research - Friday, January 26, 2024

Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, announced Jan. 22 it's requesting retractions and corrections of scientific papers after a British blogger flagged problems in early January.

89. CDC expands warning about charcuterie meat trays as salmonella cases double - Friday, January 19, 2024

Federal health officials are expanding a warning about salmonella poisoning tied to charcuterie meat snack trays sold at Sam's Club and Costco stores.

At least 47 people in 22 states have been sickened and 10 people have been hospitalized after eating Busseto brand and Fratelli Beretta brand meats, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

90. A surgeon general report once cleared the air about smoking. Is it time for one on vaping? - Friday, January 12, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America.

Today, some public health experts say a similar report could help clear the air about vaping.

91. Top Davidson County residential real estate transactions Dec. 2023 - Friday, January 12, 2024

Top Davidson County residential real estate sales for December 2023, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

92. Moon landing attempt by US company appears doomed after 'critical' fuel leak - Friday, January 5, 2024

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first U.S. moon landing attempt in more than 50 years appeared to be doomed after a private company's spacecraft developed a "critical" fuel leak just hours after Monday's launch.

93. Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida's first-in-the-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought approach to accessing cheaper medications that follows decades of frustration with U.S. drug prices.

94. After recalls and infections, experts say safer eyedrops will require new FDA powers - Friday, December 22, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — When you buy eyedrops at a U.S. store, you might assume you're getting a product made in a clean, well-maintained factory that's passed muster with health regulators.

But repeated recalls involving over-the-counter drops are drawing new attention to just how little U.S. officials know about the conditions at some manufacturing plants on the other side of the world — and the limited tools they have to intervene when there's a problem.

95. Subscription-based care moves beyond peddling birth control and helping with hair loss - Friday, December 22, 2023

Need help losing weight or handling depression? How about a pill that lowers cholesterol and treats erectile dysfunction?

Online subscription services for care have grown far beyond their roots dealing mainly with hair loss, acne or birth control. Companies including Hims & Hers, Ro and Lemonaid Health now provide quick access to specialists and regular prescription deliveries for a growing list of health issues.

96. Elf Bar and other e-cigarette makers dodged US customs and taxes after China's ban on vaping flavors - Friday, December 15, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — In only two years, a small, colorful vaping device called Elf Bar has become the most popular disposable e-cigarette in the world, generating billions in sales and quickly emerging as the overwhelming favorite of underage U.S. teens who vape.

97. Barefoot workers, cracked floors found at factory that made recalled eyedrops, FDA says - Friday, November 17, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Indian company that recently recalled eyedrops sold in the U.S. had a host of sanitation and manufacturing problems, including barefoot workers, cracked floors and altered records, U.S. health inspectors found.

98. RSV is straining some hospitals, and US officials are releasing more shots for newborns - Friday, November 17, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — RSV infections are rising sharply in some parts of the country, nearly filling hospital emergency departments in Georgia, Texas and some other states.

To help counter the surge, federal officials on Thursday announced they were releasing more doses of a new RSV shot for newborns that have been in short supply.

99. Eating less meat would be good for the Earth. Small nudges can change behavior - Friday, November 17, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Preston Cabral eats meat nearly every day at home, but his favorite meals at school are served on "Meatless Mondays" and "Vegan Fridays."

"Today I ate chips, tangerines and this thing that looked like chili but without the meat — just beans," the 12-year-old said after lunch on a Friday at I.S. 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos.

100. Nearly two dozen toddlers sickened by lead linked to tainted applesauce pouches, CDC says - Friday, November 10, 2023

U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children after at least 22 toddlers in 14 states were sickened by lead linked to tainted pouches of cinnamon apple puree and applesauce.