Amazon and Walmart still selling older dressers at risk of tipping over, Consumer Reports finds

Amazon, Walmart and Wayfair are among the retailers that continue to sell older dressers at risk of tipping over — a particular concern for U.S. households with little kids, according to findings... Read more »

Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky’s attorney general has sued Express Scripts, claiming the big pharmacy benefit manager was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis still... Read more »

Journalists Give Insights Into Opioid Settlements and Picking a Nursing Home

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed opioid settlements and the Supreme Court’s overturning of a bankruptcy deal involving Purdue Pharma on the “Front Porch Book Club” podcast on Sept. 17.... Read more »

Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help

One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan’s vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. As her head spun, she said, she called her husband. He picked her... Read more »

Boar’s Head plants nationwide now part of law enforcement investigation, USDA says

Boar’s Head processing plants nationwide are now part of an ongoing law enforcement investigation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture disclosed Thursday, in the wake of a deadly outbreak blamed on some of... Read more »

Sudan military offensive sparks new fighting in Khartoum as cholera outbreak worsens

CAIRO — New fighting rocked Sudan’s capital on Thursday with airstrikes and drone attacks in and around Khartoum amid a worsening cholera outbreak, officials said. Sudan’s military launched an operation in the... Read more »

Journalists Give Insights Into Opioid Settlements and Picking a Nursing Home

KFF Health News senior correspondent Aneri Pattani discussed opioid settlements and the Supreme Court’s overturning of a bankruptcy deal involving Purdue Pharma on the “Front Porch Book Club” podcast on Sept. 17.... Read more »

Nursing Aides Plagued by PTSD After ‘Nightmare’ Covid Conditions, With Little Help

One evening in May, nursing assistant Debra Ragoonanan’s vision blurred during her shift at a state-run Massachusetts veterans home. As her head spun, she said, she called her husband. He picked her... Read more »

Gov. Newsom signs law to shed light on state storage of newborn DNA, prompted by 10-year CBS News California investigation

Amended bill allows California to continue to conceal who is using newborn DNA for research — and why. Bills to shed light on newborn DNA storage in California quietly killed or gutted... Read more »

The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them

WASHINGTON — Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, sent straight to their homes. The U.S. government reopened the program on Thursday, allowing any household to order up to... Read more »
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