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FILE - In this Monday, March 30, 2020 file photo, a worker moves items at a Federal Medical Station for hospital surge capacity set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia. According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early June 2021, the U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020. And experts believe a main reason may be that many people who suffered dangerous symptoms made the lethal mistake of staying away from the hospital for fear of catching the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
US deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed amid COVID

By Mike Stobbe Jun. 09, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

Christian Hainds plays with his dog, Reyna in the backyard of his home in Hammond, Ind., Monday, June 7, 2021. Health officials have warned since early on in the pandemic that obesity and related conditions such as diabetes were risk factors for severe COVID-19. It wasn't until he was diagnosed as diabetic around the start of the pandemic that he felt the urgency to make changes. Hainds lost about 50 pounds during the pandemic, and at 180 pounds and 5 feet, 11 inches tall is no longer considered obese. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
Pandemic shows risk of obesity, and challenge of weight loss

By Candice Choi Jun. 09, 2021 11:34 AM EDT

Drummer Kyle Sharamitaro hugs his wife, Katherine, moments after they both received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. After getting his shot, Kyle joined the Soul Brass Band who were playing near the entrance (Chris Granger /The Advocate via AP)
Louisiana widens vaccine access for preexisting conditions

By Melinda Deslatte Mar. 09, 2021 01:23 PM EST

Chef Jermaine Wall stacks containers of soups at Community Servings, which prepares and delivers scratch-made, medically tailored meals to individuals & families living with critical & chronic illnesses, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Food is a growing focus for insurers as they look to improve the health of the people they cover and cut costs. Insurers first started covering Community Servings meals about five years ago, and CEO David Waters says they now cover close to 40%. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Insurers add food to coverage menu as way to improve health

By Tom Murphy Jan. 23, 2021 08:53 AM EST

New Washington law sets $100 cap on copayments for insulin

Jan. 02, 2021 03:37 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — Many Washington residents with diabetes will have an easier time affording insulin this year, as a law imposes a $100 cap on patient copayments....

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials

By The Associated Press Oct. 27, 2020 04:26 PM EDT
Star Tribune, MInneapolis, Oct. 24 Now is not the time to relax on COVID-19 Minnesotans don’t put away the snowplows,...

2nd ICE detainee in Georgia dies from COVID-19 complications

Aug. 13, 2020 10:19 AM EDT
LUMPKIN, Ga. (AP) — A diabetic Costa Rican man in federal immigration custody has become the second detainee in Georgia to die from COVID-19 complications...

Nurses Karla Salazar, right, and Marisol Perez work in a tent set up to help treat COVID-19 patients at El Centro Regional Medical Center in El Centro, Calif., Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Virus ravages poor California county along Mexican border

By Elliot Spagat Aug. 04, 2020 09:55 AM EDT

This May 2020 selfie photo provided by Terrence Nichols, 44, shows him in Chicago after a COVID-19 infection. Nichols has recovered physically from a relatively mild case of COVID-19, diagnosed in March. But as a Black man in Chicago, knowing its impact in his community has left Nichols feeling fearful, vulnerable and angry over the president’s push to reopen. (Terrence Nichols via AP)
Virus, Floyd death merge in brutal blow to Black well-being

By Lindsey Tanner Jul. 05, 2020 10:08 AM EDT

This May 2020 selfie photo provided by Terrence Nichols, 44, shows him in Chicago after a COVID-19 infection. Nichols has recovered physically from a relatively mild case of COVID-19, diagnosed in March. But as a Black man in Chicago, knowing its impact in his community has left Nichols feeling fearful, vulnerable and angry over the president’s push to reopen. (Terrence Nichols via AP)
Virus, Floyd death merge in brutal blow to Black well-being

By Lindsey Tanner Jul. 05, 2020 10:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2019, file photo, Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Andy Rose pauses while responding to questions during a media availability ahead of the MLS soccer team's training camp, in Vancouver, British Columbia. When the MLS Is Back tournament starts next week in Florida, the vast majority of the league’s players will be taking part. For some, that includes balancing their own personal underlying health concerns with the opportunity to return to their profession. That includes the likes of Vancouver's Andy Rose and Seattle's Jordan Morris, who both have Type 1 diabetes. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
MLS players balance health history with virus risk

By Tim Booth Jul. 03, 2020 05:14 PM EDT

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, right, listens as Nicole Smith-Holt, right, and her husband, James Holt Jr., parents of Alec Smith, address the media Wednesday, July 1, 2020 in St. Paul, Minn. as Minnesota's new law mandating that drug makers provide emergency and longer-term insulin supplies to diabetics who can't afford them went into effect. Their 26-year-old son Alec died of diabetic complications in 2017 because he was forced to ration his supply of the drug. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Minnesota governor, insulin activists blast industry lawsuit

By Steve Karnowski Jul. 01, 2020 06:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, May 7, 2020 file photo, a pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries with hundreds during a food pantry sponsored by Healthy Waltham for those in need due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass. On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its list of which Americans are at higher risk for severe cases of COVID-19, adding pregnant women and removing age alone as a factor. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
U.S. officials change virus risk groups, add pregnant women

By Mike Stobbe Jun. 25, 2020 04:50 PM EDT

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Washington, As White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, left, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien, and White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, far right, listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump spars with Twitter on voting, protests

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 01, 2020 02:09 AM EDT

A protester holds up an American flag as about a dozen people gather on the corner of Esplanade Ave. and N. Claiborne Ave., Friday, May 29, 2020, in New Orleans, La., to protest the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in police custody after he pleaded for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck in Minneapolis. (Max Becherer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate)
AP FACT CHECK: Trump vs. Twitter on truth and consequences

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 30, 2020 09:23 AM EDT

This image made available by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, May 28, 2020 shows a label for the drug metformin. U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall versions of the widely used diabetes medication after testing revealed elevated levels of a contaminant linked to cancer in several lots. (FDA via AP)
FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug

By Matthew Perrone May. 29, 2020 12:46 PM EDT