NASHVILLE, Tenn. — More women on Monday joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The legal challenge is part of a handful of lawsuits filed across the U.S. in Republican-dominant states seeking clarity on the circumstances … Read more
Editor’s note: The above video shows KXAN’s morning headlines for Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. AUSTIN (KXAN) —A pet food manufacturer is denying health and safety issues with their products amid social media speculations. The social media platform TikTok has countless videos and millions of views on videos claiming Purina Pro Plan dog food was responsible … Read more
Liver disease illustration (Image: Getty/Science photo library) When Sharan Verma’s father was diagnosed with liver disease at the age of 50, her family was shocked. “We were flabbergasted as he wasn’t a big drinker,” she says. “Then we learned that you don’t have to drink to develop non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. “But then it went … Read more
If you’re looking for advice, you can call friends and family. You can speak with a spiritual leader or life coach. But if you ask your therapist, you may be disappointed if you hope to leave the appointment with a specific to-do list. Melba Vasquez, PhD, a psychologist in independent practice in Austin, TX, has … Read more
Advocates for LGBTQ rights have announced a lawsuit to block enforcement of Louisiana’s new ban on transgender health care procedures including hormone treatments, gender reassignment surgery or puberty-blocking drugs for anyone under 18 NEW ORLEANS — A lawsuit to block enforcement of Louisiana’s new ban on transgender health care procedures for anyone under 18 was … Read more
AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the thick of respiratory season and cedar fever, Austin Public Health officials are reporting upticks in local COVID-19 cases. Janet Pichette, APH’s chief epidemiologist, told KXAN the agency saw COVID case counts increase by 600 new cases last week. It comes as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more
Cold weather has sparked fears a new Covid variant could result in the UK’s largest-ever wave of infections. Experts raised concerns after one in 16 people were infected in London in mid-December, which was the hardest hit area of the UK. UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data revealed that Covid rates doubled in less than … Read more
When a man gets a cold, everything shuts down. They’re on the couch in misery — unwilling to do anything (even go to the doctor). But a woman with a cold just bucks up and goes on about their day. Or so the myth of the so-called “man cold” goes. “If a woman has a viral infection … Read more
UPPER DARBY, Pa. — Federal investigators say they have been unable to determine what caused a medical flight to go haywire before the helicopter crash-landed without losing any lives nearly two years ago. The pilot somehow avoided a web of power lines and buildings as it came out of a nose-dive, slamming sideways to the … Read more
Olympic gymnastics great Mary Lou Retton said she faces a long battle recuperating at home from a rare form of pneumonia in which doctors weren’t sure whether she would survive. In an interview that aired Monday on NBC’s “Today” show, Retton said while wearing a breathing tube pumping oxygen through her nose that she was … Read more
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