Health Care October 2017

On a Positive Note—FARE Campaign Helps Make Halloween Safer for Children with Food Allergies

Born out of one mom’s desire to help ensure that children with food allergies would not feel left out on Halloween, the Teal Pumpkin Project®, now in its fourth year as a national awareness campaign led by Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), has spread far and wide – reaching millions across the U.S. and beyond -- in an effort to help create a happier, safer Halloween for all.

Health Care October 2017

Texas A&M Tests Galveston Bay for Possible Harvey Contaminants

As the R/V Trident sped northwest through Galveston Bay, students and researchers from Texas A&M University's Galveston campus donned blue latex gloves and bright orange life vests, silently mouthing the words to Foreigner's "Cold As Ice" blaring over the boat's loud speakers.

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TOP STORY--Vegas Hospitals Swamped with Victims after High-rise Attack

It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, with at least 59 killed and 527 injured, some by gunfire, some during the chaotic escape. University Medical Center of Southern Nevada was one of many hospitals that were overflowing.

Health Care September 2017

On a Positive Note—Community College’s French Pastry School Bakes a Difference for Hurricane Survivors Left Stranded in Shelters

The French Pastry School of Kennedy-King College at City Colleges of Chicago rallied local businesses to come together to help make and 'personally deliver' over 60,000 Vanilla Butter Cookies to people left homeless and stranded at shelters across Houston and South Florida.

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In Mexico, Survivors Recount Amazing Escapes from Quake

A tree branch saved a maintenance mechanic from the collapsing building where a dozen co-workers died when last week's earthquake rocked central Mexico.

Health Care September 2017

2 Ohio Colleges Apply for Medical Marijuana Testing

Two colleges have applied to handle testing for Ohio's nascent medical marijuana program.

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TOP STORY--Congress at Crossroads after Another GOP Health Care Failure

Congress is at a crossroads after Republicans' stinging failure to repeal Barack Obama's health care law.

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TOP STORY--The Latest: White House Holds Out Hope for GOP Health Bill

The Latest on the Republican effort to overhaul the Obama health law (all times local).

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TOP STORY--Health Care Bill Teeters, GOP Adds Money to Woo Dissidents

Top Republicans are adding money to their staggering effort to repeal the Obama health care law and say they're pushing toward a climactic Senate faceoff this week.

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Search for Mexico Quake Survivors Enters Day 4, Some Success

Survivors are still being pulled from rubble in Mexico City as rescue operations stretch into a fourth day Friday, spurring hope among desperate relatives gathered at the sites of buildings collapsed by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake.

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TOP STORY--AP FACT CHECK: Kimmel's Take on Health Care Harder to Refute

Who's right — President Donald Trump and Sen. Bill Cassidy, or late-night host Jimmy Kimmel?

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Earthquake Update: Body Found at Collapsed Mexico School; Girl Still Trapped

A delicate effort to reach a young girl buried in the ruins of her school stretched into a new day on Thursday, a vigil broadcast across the nation as rescue workers struggled in rain and darkness to pick away unstable debris and reach her.