Listen Live To Athens News & Weather Station Online Anywhere, Anytime
Hi, (not you?) | Member Center | Sign Out
Health
More than 50 hurt when Indiana school buses crash
A school bus slammed into the back of another one, setting off a chain-reaction crash involving four buses in northern Indiana, leaving about 50 middle and high students with non-serious injuries and one driver seriously injured. The crash injured 55 people Wednesday, including three of the four bus drivers, Kosciusko ...
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. Increasingly the plant's operator is struggling to find enough workers, a trend that many expect to worsen and hamper progress in the decades-long effort to safely decommission it. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the ...
NH Senate considering legalizing medical marijuana
The Senate is voting whether New Hampshire should join 18 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana to treat their conditions. The Senate votes Thursday on a House bill that would legalize marijuana use and possession by patients with conditions such as ...
Birth control coverage up for federal appeal
In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain ...
Tennessee Smokies scrub stadium for allergic fans
The Tennessee Smokies have scrubbed their ball park and kick off a home stand Thursday with a peanut-free night. The game against the Huntsville Stars is being played for the Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Center. It's intended to allow fans who have peanut allergies to safely and comfortably enjoy a ...
2-day worker walkout to end at UC hospitals
A two-day strike held by workers at University of California hospitals over staffing and pension is coming to an end. Union officials say the strike formally ends at 4 a.m. Thursday, after thousands of hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room assistants and other health care workers observed the 48-hour walkout. ...
Mount Sinai, RPI announce collaboration plan
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy say they'll collaborate on medical education, research and development. Officials say the partnership announced Wednesday will draw on RPI's strength in engineering and invention and Mount Sinai's concentration on biomedical research ...
News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:58 a.m. EDT
Ky. needs more doctors ahead of Medicaid expansion FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The planned expansion of Kentucky's Medicaid program coupled with a push to help the uninsured obtain health coverage could exacerbate the state's shortage of physicians, according to a report released Wednesday. Deloitte Consulting, a technology firm that's helping ...
Decade-long cancer study at Pratt & Whitney ends
A massive, 11-year study of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney is coming to an end with what could be definitive information about fatal occupational illnesses at Connecticut plants. The subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. is set to unveil on Thursday the third and final phase of ...
Teen birth rates decline in most US states
The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate per 1,000 by state in 2011, and percentage decline ...
From Our News Partners
© 2013 Cox Media Group. By using this website,
you accept the terms of our Visitor Agreement and Privacy Policy, and understand your options regarding Ad Choices
.
You're Almost Done!
Select a display name and password
{* #socialRegistrationForm *} {* socialRegistration_displayName *} {* socialRegistration_emailAddress *} {* traditionalRegistration_password *} {* traditionalRegistration_passwordConfirm *}Tell us about yourself
{* registration_firstName *} {* registration_lastName *} {* registration_postalZip *} {* registration_birthday *} {* registration_gender *} {* agreeToTerms *}