Good info for tax preparers to add to their education packet to clients for this upcoming season.
HEALTH
JULY 06, 2016
Villegas torn between PGA Tour card and Olympics
Camilo Villegas is torn between trying to keep his PGA Tour card and playing for Colombia in the Olympics. Villegas said in …
JULY 06, 2016
Panel: VA should sharply expand private health care for vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs needs “fundamental, dramatic change” to improve the health care it provides to more than …
JULY 06, 2016
Court backs jail for Iowa egg executives in salmonella case
A father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a massive 2010 salmonella outbreak can be required to serve …
JULY 06, 2016
US to raise cap for docs prescribing opioid addiction drug
The Obama administration is increasing the number of patients whom doctors can treat for opioid addiction with a medication …
JULY 05, 2016
Brendon de Jonge out of Olympics to try to keep his card
Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe withdrew from the Olympics on Tuesday because he didn’t want to miss two tournaments in his bid …
JULY 05, 2016
Tainted water prompts Capitol officials to offer blood tests
Lead-contaminated water in the drinking fountains at a U.S. Capitol office building has prompted officials to offer blood …
JULY 05, 2016
Judge: Kansas can’t cut Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid money
Kansas cannot cut off Medicaid funding for two Planned Parenthood affiliates, a federal judge said Tuesday. U.S.
JULY 05, 2016
Amid Zika fears, bug repellent supplier named for Rio Games
Consumer products maker SC Johnson says its OFF! brand has been named the official insect repellent supplier for next month’s …
JULY 05, 2016
Guns, immigration and Zika top agenda as Congress returns
Gun control, immigration and money to combat the Zika virus top the congressional agenda as lawmakers sprint toward the …
JULY 05, 2016
NIH funds study of Zika infections in US Olympic athletes
Researchers will study some U.S. athletes for Zika during the summer Olympics and Paralympics in Brazil, to better understand …
JULY 05, 2016
Texas teen loses part of leg when 180 sparklers explode
A Texas teenager who lit 180 sparklers that were taped together needed to have part of his leg amputated and suffered burns …
JULY 05, 2016
FDA approves first dissolving stent for US patients
A medical implant that slowly dissolves into the body could be the answer to long-standing safety concerns with devices used …
JULY 05, 2016
Apple urges organ donation via new iPhone software
Apple wants to encourage millions of iPhone owners to register as organ donors through a software update that will add an …
JULY 04, 2016
Practice surgeries go virtual at Chicago medical center
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is adopting virtual reality technology to train its obstetrics and gynecology …
JULY 04, 2016
California pot exhibit aims for debate on provocative plant
It’s known as Mary Jane, ganja, Chronic and even the sticky icky and has been featured in countless movies, including one …
JULY 03, 2016
Texas accused of ignoring mentally disabled in nursing homes
It took more than 40 years for Leonard Barefield to finally get to choose where he lived. The intellectually-disabled Texas …
JULY 03, 2016
Also fighting ALS, OJ Brigance to pay tribute to Lou Gehrig
Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker O.J. Brigance will take his personal fight against ALS to the baseball diamond on the 77th …
JULY 02, 2016
New cigarette taxes could be on ballot in hesitant states
An entire generation has come of age since the last time Missouri raised its cigarette tax, from 13 cents a pack to 17 cents, …
JULY 01, 2016
CDC: Amoeba didn’t die in whitewater center’s murky churn
The chlorination and filtration systems at an artificial water rapids course where Olympic kayakers train were inadequate to …
JULY 01, 2016
Obama urges Congress to pass Zika prevention bill
President Barack Obama says a vaccine for the Zika virus could be developed in “fairly short order” if Congress acts quickly …
