Wisconsin Rapids, WI, United States (KaiserHealth) – For the vast majority of parents-to-be, giving birth involves a stay at a hospital or birthing center. But a growing minority are choosing instead to have babies at home, where, they hope, they can have a more private, low-tech experience and allow the process to unfold naturally. It [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 21 rose by 21,000 to 377,000, compared with the previous week’s revised figure of 356,000, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The less volatile four-week moving average was 377,500, a drop of 2,500 from the [...]
Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is promising a legal challenge to federal rules the Obama administration reaffirmed Friday requiring health insurers to provide women with a range of preventive health services, including birth control, without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or deductible. The Department of Health and Human [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial unemployment claims dropped to 352,000 during the week ending Jan. 14, their lowest level in nearly four years. First time claims for jobless benefits dropped by 50,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 402,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...]
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Trenton, MI, United States (AHN) – Kathleen Edward, the sick 9-year old girl who made national headlines after being taunted by a neighbor on Facebook, has lost her battle with Huntington’s Disease. Kathleen’s father told Fox2 News Detroit that his daughter passed away at 10:07 p.m. Wednesday. Kathleen suffered [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to close 259 offices nationwide as part of a program to cut costs and improve service. In a statement that coincided with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual meeting, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced changes to his [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – First time claims for unemployment compensation benefits during the week ending Dec. 31 dropped by 15,000 from the previous week to 372,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The less volatile 4-week moving average also fell, registering a decrease of 3,250 to [...]
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Cincinnati, OH, United States (AHN) – Most children attending preschools and nursery schools, and spending time at child care centers, are not getting enough playtime outside, and are spending too much time on sedentary activities, a new study shows. According to researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, reasons [...]
New York, NY, United States (IRIN) – Severe drought, exacerbated by poverty and conflict, hit at least four countries in 2011 — Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia — displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Thousands in Somalia and Ethiopia began the year by making the dangerous journey to Yemen. Others from these two countries headed [...]
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The 2011 curtain on the ongoing political drama in Washington came down on Friday as President Barack Obama signed a bill extending payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits for two months, and urged Congress “to keep working without drama” to extend them through [...]
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