Tag: health

Vermont medical marijuana user fired after drug test loses appeal over unemployment benefits

A Vermont man who was fired from his job after he said a random drug test showed he used medical marijuana while off...

North Carolina court says speedway can sue top health official over COVID-19 closure

RALEIGH, N.C. -- RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue...

Pharmacist pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan deaths from meningitis outbreak

A Massachusetts pharmacist pleaded no contest Thursday to involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 11 people in Michigan, all victims of tainted steroids...

FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in days

WASHINGTON -- U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, shots designed to more closely target recent virus strains -- and hopefully whatever...

Montana asbestos clinic seeks to reverse $6M in fines, penalties over false claims

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A health clinic in a Montana town that was polluted with deadly asbestos will ask a federal appeals court on...

Alicia Silverstone ‘Alive and Well’ After Potentially Toxic Fruit Scare

Alicia Silverstone Daniel Kroll/BSR Agency/Getty Images Alicia Silverstone is doing just fine after seemingly eating a potentially poisonous fruit. Silverstone, 47, frightened fans after...