Health

The situation in the war-torn Afghan city of Kunduz became more precarious for residents caught between government troops and Taliban militants after the withdrawal Sunday of an aid group that was one of the last providers of medical services there. The aid organization, Doctors Without Borders, said it was leaving Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, after…

Government officials are shutting down a nonprofit health insurer in New York set up under ObamaCare because of its financial struggles, the latest blow to the health care law’s nonprofit plans. State regulators and the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced on Friday that they are winding down the co-op operations of the…

A nonprofit in Indiana has dropped the price of a drug for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis roughly 90 percent after reacquiring rights to the medicine from Rodelis Therapeutics, the latest sign of a growing outcry over skyrocketing costs for rare disease treatments. The price for the drug, called cycloserine, briefly soared to $360 per capsule, or…

Congress could finally hear directly from Planned Parenthood's leader next week after months of controversy—on the day before it confronts a potential government shutdown spurred by conservatives demanding an end to the group's federal funding. The timing of the possible Sept. 29 hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has Democrats crying foul,…

Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration is trying a new approach to remove Planned Parenthood from Louisiana's Medicaid program, this time saying it has a reason to block the organization's clinics. Jindal, an anti-abortion Republican running for president in 2016, had initially ended Medicaid provider agreements with Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast's clinics in Baton Rouge and New…

Target Corp. is ending a trademark giving program through which it has sent hundreds of millions of dollars to schools over nearly two decades. The Minneapolis-based retailer began notifying schools on Monday that it will discontinue its “Take Charge of Education” program, through which the company donates 1 percent of Redcard holders’ purchase total to…

National nonprofit organization Grow for Vets is raising money and support for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and other medical conditions, as well as handing out free marijuana. The organization hosted a free cannabis giveaway and rally at Refuge PDX in Portland on Saturday. Both veterans and non-veterans received gift bags containing information about Grow…

Conservative lawmakers who demanded Planned Parenthood executives answer for “alleged atrocities” are holding the first in a series of congressional hearings on Wednesday on the video controversy that has rallied anti-abortion Republicans and could become the flashpoint in a battle over government shutdown. Noticeably absent from the hearing, however, is Planned Parenthood itself. The House…

When he was 6 months old, Woody Duff (now 4)—son of Shamrock Rovers winger Damien Duff (formerly Chelsea, Newcastle and Fulham)—underwent heart surgery. In a show of gratitude to the hospital that operated on his son, and to help other families that aren’t blessed enough to include a family member with his ball-kicking prowess, Damien…

A partnership between Uber and the Red Cross in New Zealand was announced this week. A similar partnership between Uber and the American Red Cross earlier in the month went almost unnoticed. How come? The clue may be in the recent abandoning of a plan for Uber to partner with UN Women, as reported in…