COLUMBIA, SC (AP) – South Carolina's poor, disabled and elderly will see fewer prescription drugs as state budget cuts are implemented.
Health and Human Services Director Emma Forkner said at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday the state will have to reduce prescription drug coverage under Medicaid to handle across-the-board cuts that have been ordered.
Forkner says prescriptions will be filled with a maximum of 31 pills instead of 34. About 3,000 people Read the rest of this entry »

Released on the eve of the seventh anniversary, the study looked at the health effects among all 71,437 participants of the registry, which includes rescue and recovery workers, lower Manhattan residents, area workers, commuters and passersby. Among the registrants: more than half reported being in the dust cloud from the collapsing World Trade Center towers; 70 percent witnessed a traumatic sight, such as a plane hitting a tower; and 13 percent suffered Read the rest of this entry »