Health

Employers in Pennsylvania offer bereavement leave at their own discretion, so workers who experience a death in the family aren’t always guaranteed time off.

A grand jury in Massachusetts has indicted a doctor who is accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients over a period of more than a decade. The patients sued Dr. Derrick Todd, who has been accused of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations and other unwarranted procedures on patients dating back to 2010. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office says Todd was indicted on Thursday for two counts of rape involving two women who were his patients.

The Biden administration says popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been added to Medicare’s list of medications that will be negotiated directly between the government and drug manufacturers. The price negotiations for the additional 15 drugs selected Friday will be handled by the incoming Trump administration and almost assure billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. U.S.

MIDDLEBURG — Gaudenzia drug and alcohol counselor Lorie Kurrell knew more resources were needed for people in recovery, so she made it happen.

Adrienne Mael, the head of the Susquehanna Valley United Way, will step away from the nonprofit at the end of the month, officials announced Thursday.

MILTON — Students in Milton Area School District could soon enroll in a 3-year curriculum on a path to a career in health care services.

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and also take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements. A group of global experts proposed the recommendations in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal on Tuesday. Obesity is estimated to affect more than 1 billion people worldwide and about 40% of adults in the U.S. The report introduces two new diagnostic categories: clinical obesity and pre-clinical obesity. It's not clear how widely or quickly the recommendations could be adopted.

SpaceX has launched a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business up there. The two landers rocketed away early Wednesday from Florida, the latest in a stream of private spacecraft aiming for the moon. They shared the ride to save money but planned to peel away on separate roundabout routes. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander should arrive in March. Tokyo's ispace company expects its Resilience lander to get there by May or June. This is the second moon mission for ispace. Its first ended with a crash in 2023.

U.S. regulators are banning the dye called Red 3 from the food supply. The move comes nearly 35 years after the dye was barred from cosmetics such as lipsticks because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug Administration officials on Wednesday granted a 2022 petition filed by consumer advocates. The groups argued that some studies found the dye causes cancer in laboratory rats. FDA officials cited a statute known as the Delaney Clause, which requires FDA to ban any additive found to cause cancer in people or rats. Officials say the cancer risk has not been documented in people.

A rise in cases of children ingesting edible cannabis concerns pediatric care professionals.