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Dems block Senate GOP bill on infants surviving abortions

See how your senators voted or failed to vote. The vote was preceded by intense debate on the Senate floor, during which Democrats falsely claimed that ...

Vancouver Coastal Health confirms 2 new cases of measles

The local Health agency also vowed to strengthen its information campaign on vaccination by allocating budget for the procurement and use of injection devices a...

Semi-identical twins have been discovered for only the second time

Researchers say they're unusual because they share 100 percent of their mother's DNA , but only some of their father's. Non-identical twins, or dizygotic t...

Washington state leads challenge to Trump's abortion policy

New Jersey received $8.8 million through the program this year, which was distributed among 47 family health programs. Tong's office could not say if there were...

Ontario dissolves local health networks, creates central body

At the announcement Tuesday in Toronto, Health Minister Christine Elliott said too much time and money is spent maintaining a fragmented system. "At the same ...

GE inks US$21 billion biopharma sale to Danaher

Danaher was said to be paying roughly $20 billion net of tax benefits, or 17x EBITDA and 6x sales, for the unit with earnings accretion 45 to 50 cents expect...

Measles has been confirmed in British Columbia and Alberta

It is unknown where the second passenger was travelling when the individual contracted measles. Two new cases were reported in the province Sunday, bringing t...

Doctor Reveals Dangerous Content In YouTube Kids Videos

A fellow mother, a physician, had initially alerted her to the clip on YouTube Kids , saying it had been "intentionally planted on YouTube Kids to harm our c...

3rd Child Flu Death Reported In Massachusetts

Previous year (2017-2018), there was one flu-related pediatric death in MA. The opposite ends last week had been four males -ages 82, 73, 62 and 56 - and all ha...

Trump To Bar Family Planning Clinics From Abortion Referrals

The rule would also require "clear financial and physical separation between Title X funded projects and programs or facilities where abortion is a method o...

Clamour for vaccines as measles outbreak kills almost 1,000 children in Madagascar

And Collins says it's pretty certain why the disease- which was declared "eliminated" from the USA back in 2000- is now making a comeback. "Like many countr...

CDC Issues New Warning About Chronic Wasting Disease or 'Zombie Deer Disease'

Overall, infection rates in animals across the United States remain low, however, the disease can prove to be very persistent in areas where it has established ...

Young Blood Transfusions To Stop Aging Unproven And Potentially Harmful, FDA Warns

According to Gottlieb, young blood infusions are particularly unsafe because they involve the transmission of large volumes of blood , which in turn heighten...

Vancouver measles outbreak sending unvaccinated youth to doctors for shots

The infection can lead to serious complications, such as pneumonia and encephalitis, and can be fatal. Nine out of 10 unvaccinated people who are exposed to t...

Deadly Brain-Wasting Deer Disease Could Infect Humans, Health Scientists Warn

Chronic wasting disease is sometimes referred to as "zombie deer disease", or some other variant. " It is probable that human cases of chronic wasting disea...

Clark County confirmed measles cases climb to 59

Cases are occurring in staff, students, and family members of those who attend the schools. One of the infected individuals visited the B.C. Children's Hospit...

Theater evacuation during SF ‘Hamilton’ performance leads to injuries

Instead, commotion ensued when a woman had a medical emergency during a scene in which Founding Father Alexander Hamilton is shot on stage. A representative...

'40 push-up test' linked with lower incidence of future cardiovascular disease

A recent study discusses the prediction of a 96% lower risk of getting affected by a cardiovascular disease (CVD ) event with the help of a remarkably accura...

Health experts urge Facebook to crack down on anti-vaccine groups

Facebook said it is "thinking through what the right approach for this effort might look like" in a statement to Business Insider . This dilemma was brought...

Diet drinks 'increase risk of stroke and heart disease'

After an average followup of almost 12 years, the scientists found that women who drank two or more artificially sweetened drinks a day had a 23% higher risk of...

There's Still Time to Get a Flu Shot

But the vaccine has not provided significant protection for older adults, with an 8 percent reduction in the need for medical attention for flu , according to ...

Trump has gained weight, still in 'good health,' doctor says

Someone with a weight of 240 pounds and at Trump's 6-foot-3 height - a BMI or Body Mass Index of 30.4 - is considered obese and previous year Trump had been adv...

Republicans warn Trump against decision to declare emergency to build border wall

And, as much as the president may like to spin this as a victory by other means, he still backed down in the face of Democratic resistance in Congress . As an ...

11 additional measles cases confirmed, ‘This is a totally preventable disease!’

California revoked the option for philosophical exemptions following a 2014 outbreak of measles that was traced to youngsters at Disneyland who had not been ...

Processed Foods Linked to Early Death, Study Finds

The researchers found that each 10 percent increase in the amount of ultraprocessed foods consumed was associated with a 14 percent higher risk of early death, ...

Youth smoking decline stalls, and vaping may be to blame

He also said that health agencies such as the Center for Disease Control, warn against vaping because it carries long-term negative health effects. The stud...

'Screen women for breast cancer every year from 35'

In a new prospective trial in younger women (FH02) - led by Professor Gareth Evans at The University of Manchester - 2,899 women aged 35-39 at moderate or hig...

Apple will let veterans access health records from their iPhones

Apple announced today that soon, Veterans will soon be able to see their own health records over an Apple iPhone . Apple is teaming up with the Department...

Australia will reopen its Christmas Island detention centre

Prime minister Scott Morrison will speak at the National Press Club in Canberra on Monday - where he will argue only his government can protect Australians fro...

Teen gets vaccinated, rebelling against anti-vaxxer mom

On Friday, almost 700 people in Olympia protested a proposed bill that would make it more hard for parents to opt out of vaccinating their kids. OH is one of ...

Beer-before-wine formula won't prevent hangover

Determined to find a way to help people have a better day after a night out, the researchers recruited 90 courageous soulsin Germany between the ages of 19 and ...

Pea-Sized Pill Delivers Insulin "Like a Miniature Rocket Launcher"

The scientists have shown that they can deliver enough insulin using this method to lower blood sugar levels to comparable levels achieved using insulin inject...

CDC Plans on-the-Ground 'HIV Elimination Teams' for Trump Plan

More than one million Americans live with the disease. "In so far as the administration is willing to address those issues, which they seem to indicate that the...

Measles Outbreak Declared in Philippine Capital, Nearby Areas

Marlyn M. Convocar, DOH 6 (Western Visayas) director, said that measles isolation rooms were imposed in DOH-run hospitals in the region, such as the Corazon Loc...

RIP John Dingell: Longest-serving member of Congress passed away on Thursday

Congress. John Dingell leaves a towering legacy of unshakable strength, boundless energy and transformative leadership", she said in a statement . That's 11 pre...