Senator Josh Hawley, the Missouri Republican, said on Monday that he had decided to support the nomination of Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Medicare and Medicaid because Dr. Oz told him that he would no longer support transgender care for minors and was “unequivocally pro-life.” The Senate is expected to vote on Dr. Oz’s nomination…
NEW DELHI: The Assam government on Sunday announced that single fathers working in state government departments will now be eligible for child care leave. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma shared this decision through a post on X. “Sometimes life may take unexpected turns, and a man may have to be the sole caregiver for a…
New Delhi: The poem posted online by Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi preached non-violence and love and there was nothing objectionable to initiate criminal proceedings against him, SCsaid on Friday.“No prima facie case can be said to have been made out against the appellant qua the sections invoked. In such a case, registration of the FIR…
Millions of Americans are going into debt simply to pay for basic medical care. According to a recent West Health and Gallup survey, at least 31 million Americans borrowed money in the pervious year to cover medical bills. Americans racked up $74 billion in medical debt. The survey also found that 12% of the population…
US Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military’s health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters. The move comes just a week after President Donald Trump fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and…
Since 2023, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor nominated by President Trump to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been a high-priced pitchman for iHerb, a California supplement retailer. He has aggressively promoted iHerb products on social media, recommending supplements that he says will stimulate hair growth and provide smoother skin. Olive…
Watch out for interest rates. Not the short-term rates controlled by the Federal Reserve. Barring an unforeseen financial crisis, they’re not going anywhere, especially not after the jump in inflation reported by the government on Wednesday. Instead, pay attention to the 10-year Treasury yield, which has been bouncing around since the election from about 4.8…
Much of the NHL will scatter to the winds next week for a rare 10-day in-season break — a chance to recharge and heal up ahead of the playoff push. But while they’re back home in Europe or hanging with the family stateside or lounging on a beach in the Caribbean sipping piña coladas, most…
JAMMU: While no new cases of the mystery illness — that has claimed 17 lives in Badhaal village in J&K’s Rajouri district since Dec 2024 — have been reported since Jan 24, the district administration is continuing with “intensive preventive care” for residents, with 87 Badhaal families comprising 364 members kept in isolation after being…
US prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against a Texas doctor and self-described whistleblower on transgender care for minors, who was accused of illegally gaining access to records about patients not under his care at Texas Children’s Hospital. Just days after Republican President Donald Trump returned to office on Monday, federal prosecutors in Houston moved to…