Poll: Aging US In Denial About Long-Term Care Need

We’re in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging, and found two-thirds say they’ve done little to no planning. In […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging, and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning. In fact, 3 in 10 would rather

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Unable To Afford Long-Term Care, US Hospitals Deport Undocumented Immigrants

Katie Rucke British comedian Gina Yashere once joked that if she were to be hit by a car in Los Angeles and lose her leg, it would be cheaper to buy two first class tickets back to England — one for her, one for her leg — than it would be to go to an […]

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

Katie RuckeBritish comedian Gina Yashere once joked that if she were to be hit by a car in Los Angeles and lose her leg, it would be cheaper to buy two first class tickets back to England — one for her, one for her leg — than it would be to go to an American hospital without health insurance. But for many non-U.S. citizens, costs of the

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged Over Boston Bombing, Could Face Death Penalty

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence. Tsarnaev, 19, was accused by federal prosecutors of conspiring with his older brother to set off the two pressure-cooker bombs that sprayed […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

BOSTON — Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill — a crime that carries a possible death sentence. Tsarnaev, 19, was accused by federal prosecutors of conspiring with his older brother to set off the two pressure-cooker bombs that sprayed shrapnel

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Prisoners Force Fed, Several Near Death At GITMO With No Trial In Sight

Headline: “I will never forget the first time they passed the feeding tube up my nose. I can’t describe how painful it is to be force-fed this way. As it was thrust in, it made me feel like throwing up,” writes Guantanamo detainee Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel in a New York Times op-ed, “Gitmo […]

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

Headline: “I will never forget the first time they passed the feeding tube up my nose. I can’t describe how painful it is to be force-fed this way. As it was thrust in, it made me feel like throwing up,” writes Guantanamo detainee Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel in a New York Times op-ed, “Gitmo Is Killing Me.” “I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb.

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Boston Nurses Tell Of Bloody Marathon Aftermath

The screams and cries of bloody marathon bombing victims still haunt the nurses who treated them one week ago. They did their jobs as they were trained to do, putting their own fears in a box during their 12-hour shifts so they could better comfort their patients. Only now are these nurses beginning to come […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

The screams and cries of bloody marathon bombing victims still haunt the nurses who treated them one week ago. They did their jobs as they were trained to do, putting their own fears in a box during their 12-hour shifts so they could better comfort their patients. Only now are these nurses beginning to come to grips with what they endured — and

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Ireland: Woman Denied Abortion Died From Hospital Incompetence, Jury Rules

DUBLIN — A miscarrying Indian woman who died from blood poisoning in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion perished because staff bungled her diagnosis and didn’t give her prompt treatment, a jury unanimously ruled Friday in a case that has divided Ireland. The findings from a two-week coroner’s inquest into the causes of […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

DUBLIN — A miscarrying Indian woman who died from blood poisoning in an Irish hospital after being denied an abortion perished because staff bungled her diagnosis and didn't give her prompt treatment, a jury unanimously ruled Friday in a case that has divided Ireland. The findings from a two-week coroner's inquest into the causes of Savita

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