Public Health

AP interview: Couple reflects on gay marriage

By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case. After 13 years of raising four boys together, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier

APNewsBreak: Ex-surgeon general joins e-cig board

By MICHAEL FELBERBAUMAP Tobacco Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Former U.S. surgeon general Dr. Richard Carmona, who highlighted the dangers of secondhand smoke and supported a ban on all tobacco products, is joining the board of directors for NJOY Inc., the nation's leading electronic cigarette

AP interview: Lesbian couple in gay marriage case

By MARK SHERMANAssociated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Big change is coming to the lives of the lesbian couple at the center of the fight for same-sex marriage in California no matter how the Supreme Court decides their case. After 13 years of raising four boys together, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier

Obama health law anniversary finds 2 Americas

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched