CHICAGO — Many sick kids can’t or won’t swallow pills — and that can make them sicker. But there may be some pretty simple ways to help the medicine go down, a new study...
WASHINGTON — Women should get a mammogram every two years starting at age 50 — and while routine screening brings little benefit in the 40s, beginning it that early shou...
NEW YORK — The nation’s biggest city, in a far-reaching effort to limit its impact on the environment, is set to mark Earth Day by announcing the ambitious goal of reduc...
Blue Bell closer to finding cause
HOUSTON — A massive recall has brought more attention and put more pressure on a century-old Texas ice cream company that has been searc...
Deadly bird flu found at Iowa farm
DES MOINES, Iowa — Up to 5.3 million hens at an Iowa farm must be destroyed after the highly infectious and deadly bird flu virus was c...
Limited-time deals can be limiting
NEW YORK — Target shoppers found out this weekend that when stores make deals to carry merchandise from high-end designers for a limit...
His book revolved around World War II
NEW YORK — Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See,” an emotional and intimate World War II novel that has been one of the top-...
Health care law includes option
WASHINGTON — Republican or Democrat, the next president will have the chance to remake the nation’s health care overhaul without fighting ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Every day when Dr. Rosslyn Biggs goes to work as a federal government veterinarian she is reminded of her mother, one of 168 people killed in the Oklahom...
Luke Bryan nabs top prize of night
ARLINGTON, Texas — Miranda Lambert won four awards, including album and song of the year, but the singer lost the night’s top prize to ...
