Health & Safety

A Mississippi senator holds a bag of hemp product used by Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven to illustrate to lawmakers what specific portions of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Equivalency Units would look like in January.

Mississippi becomes the 37th state to legalize medical marijuana

7:40pm February 02, 2022

Mississippi voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in November 2020 but the state Supreme Court invalidated it six months later, ruling the measure was not put properly on the ballot.

David Crosby (from left), Graham Nash and Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills & Nash onstage in Los Angeles in 2010. They're supporting former bandmate Neil Young in pulling material from Spotify.

David Crosby, Graham Nash and Stephen Stills ask to pull their content from Spotify

7:05pm February 02, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The former bandmates of Neil Young say they are supporting his protest against COVID-19 misinformation on the music-streaming platform.

First lady Jill Biden listens as President Biden speaks during a "Cancer Moonshot" event at the White House on Wednesday. According to the White House, her advocacy for cancer education and prevention began in 1993, when four of her friends were diagnosed

Here's how the Biden administration says it will halve cancer death rates by 2047

5:56pm February 02, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

President Biden is relaunching "Cancer Moonshot," an initiative he led as vice president. It aims to dramatically reduce cancer deaths and improve the experience of patients, survivors and families.

Flat vector illustration depicting Coronavirus 2019-nCoV symptoms and prevention tips

Health & Safety

So you've got COVID. Here's what to do

5:16pm February 02, 2022

by Suzette Lohmeyer

Omicron is still spreading and it's crazy contagious. Experts share 7 steps to deal with an infection, protect your household from getting sick and stay sane in the process.

Only about 40% of people who are eligible have gotten a COVID booster shot

5:07pm February 02, 2022

by Allison Aubrey

Science shows the value of boosters against COVID, but many vaccinated people haven't gotten the shot. About 40% of people who are eligible have been boosted, which could be bad if COVID surges again.

Hospitals ask Biden administration to help lower the soaring cost of travel nurses

5:07pm February 02, 2022

by Shalina Chatlani

It's now been a year since the American Hospital Association alleged price gouging and asked the White House to investigate and act. Bidding wars among states have only escalated.

Canadian truck drivers block border crossing and protest at capital over vaccine rule

4:51pm February 02, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

Canada's vaccination rate far outpaces the U.S., but it still has a robust anti-vax movement, which this week took the form of truckers camped out in Ottawa.

This is how the White House plans to cut the death rate of cancer in 25 years

4:29pm February 02, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Eric Lander, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, on the Biden administration's plan to cut the cancer death rate by 50% in 25 years.

The first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii is held on Feb. 9, 2021. The Army says it will "immediately begin separating Soldiers from the service" who refuse to be vaccinated.

U.S. Army begins to discharge soldiers who refuse COVID-19 vaccination

12:48pm February 02, 2022

by Avie Schneider

"Unvaccinated Soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness," Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth says. The Army says 96% of active troops have been vaccinated.

National Guard Specialist Austin Alt stands as he fills in as a substitute teacher due to staffing shortages caused by the coronavirus disease pandemic and other non-illness related absences at Pojoaque Valley Middle School in Pojoaque, N.M.

New Mexico asks National Guard to work as substitute teachers to keep classrooms open

12:22pm February 02, 2022

by Alice Fordham

New Mexico is short 1,000 teachers. National Guard volunteers now serve as substitute teachers.