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Vaping Outbreak Death Toll Climbs to More Than 2 Dozen

Officials said 76 percent of the illnesses involve males, and 88 percent have reported vaping products containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana...

Saddle Ridge Fire burns dozens of homes in Los Angeles

Low humidity and gusty Santa Ana winds have helped spread the fire, which broke out Thursday night near the 210 Freeway in Sylmar, and those winds are expecte...

Reported Sexually Transmitted Diseases Reach Epidemic levels in California

According to a 2018 STD Surveillance Report from the CDC , combined cases of syphilis , gonorrhea and chlamydia reached an all-time high in the United State...

Only the privileged can afford to eat on public transport

Dame Sally said the systems of applying Value-Added Tax to food that may not be aligned with healthy eating advice contributed to healthy food and drink often b...

Most pregnant women not getting vaccinated — CDC

In an accompanying Vital Signs edition of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , Megan C. Lindley, MPH, of the CDC, and colleagues examined data from an...

Flu Shot Clinic Scheduled in Hamilton

Public health authorities in ME say the state has received word of the first cases of seasonal influenza for the new flu season. "Protect yourself and loved o...

Rwanda contributes $2.5m to Global Fund

Governments, businesses and philanthropists gathered in France pledged just over $14 billion on Thursday to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS , tuberculosis (TB) a...

Advancements in Breast Cancer Detection

Every year, a woman should get a mammogram. Some of the key points of her presentation included a demonstration of breast self exams as well as sharing statisti...

Ministry unveils mental health awareness drive

While taking a sick day due to a physical illness is normal, there is hardly any provision anywhere for sick day in case of a mental illness . "Workplace gui...

Congenital syphilis: USA reports most cases since 1995

And the syphilis rate rose 15 percent. The increases coincided with public health funding cuts and clinic closures. Between 2017 and 2018, the number of new...

Sanders returns home but will 'change the nature of campaign'

His daughter-in-law, 46-year-old Rainè Riggs , died at a Pennsylvania hospital two days after being diagnosed with cancer, according to an obituary posted on...

STDs in America Hit an All-Time High in 2018

In 2018, there were 25,344 cases of syphilis reported in the state, a 265% increase from 10 years ago. The CDC writes that "urgent action from all types of st...

More help for young people addicted to gaming

The new Centre for Internet and Gaming Disorders goes live at the same time as the children and young person's gambling addiction service. The new service, ...

Dog ownership linked with longer life, especially for heart patients

After studying the research published between 1950 and May 2019, the team found dog owners were 24 percent less likely to die prematurely of any cause; and ha...

Want to live longer? New study says dogs can help

Martha Gulati, who is the editor-in-chief of CardioSmart.org, the American College of Cardiology's patient education platform. In a study of dog-owning and no...

Royals lend voices to celebrity-backed mental health campaign in television first

It also features an array of celebrities including Davina McCall, Bradley Wiggins and Gillian Anderson who talk about their own experiences of mental health p...

Nobel Prize for Medicine winners announced

Goran Hansson, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , said the TV show was a "fantastic achievement" that brought the "world of science ...

Trump Campaign Attacks Mayor Over $530K Rally Security Bill: 'Outrageous'

President Trump and his campaign have accused the Democratic mayor of Minneapolis of "attempting to extort" the campaign with over half-a-million in security fe...

Measles outbreak up to 17 cases

The United States-based Center for Disease Control has revealed in an update that New Zealand has exported two cases of measles to the U.S. this year, more than...

States Warn of Deer With Chronic Wasting Disease

The disease causes abnormal behavior in deer, including lethargy and a loss of fear of humans, the AP reports. J.J. Goicoechea, a state Department of Agricult...

Climate change protests snarl up central London, 135 arrested

Other activists splashed with red dye staged a "die-in" in front of the New York Stock Exchange - playing dead on the ground as tourists watched. The protests...

Immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare not welcome, says Trump

The White House has pushed for policies that would favor wealthier immigrants with special skills over immigrants from poorer countries, including in Latin Amer...

Police raid on Extinction Rebellion storehouse ahead of global protests

In London, officials say they have taken 276 demonstrators into custody, while three have been arrested in Spain for allegedly resisting orders from anti-riot p...

Talks between GM, UAW labor union stall

There is no telling when General Motors and the United Auto Workers will come to a deal that will meet both parties terms of negotiation. Mexico is still a...

Trump wants Poland added to State Department's visa-free travel program

The proclamation is set to come into effect from November 3 onwards, Efe news reported. On Friday, President Trump issued a proclamation requiring certa...

Breaking, kinda: SCOTUS adds Louisiana abortion case to 2019-20 docket

The court will step in on issues where Congress has been in partisan gridlock for years, and move squarely in the center of policy fights. However, Robert's r...

Flu vaccine delays as season starts, manufacturing shortage to blame

Seventy-seven San Diego County residents died of flu complications last season. The report said that 29-year-old Scarlett Levinson died of complications from ...

US vaping-related deaths rise to 18, illnesses surpass 1,000

Nationally, 70% of the reported patients are male, and 80% are under age 35. CDC said those injured are located in 48 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They...

500 new cases per year: Raising awareness for breast cancer

The survival rates and treatment are very similar for both. This year the American College of Physicians announced new screening guidelines, recommending that...

Warren's campaign fires senior staff member for 'inappropriate conduct'

Elizabeth Warren raised $24.6 million in the third quarter, placing her far ahead of Joe Biden and only a bit behind her progressive rival Bernie Sanders . ...

Third-Person Died from EEE Along with 17 Cases Found in Towns

The next day, MI health officials announced that a fourth person in that state had died from the disease, bringing the national death count up to an estimated 1...

Judge nixes two Virginia abortion regs, upholds most pro-life requirements

Abortion supporters, including Planned Parenthood Southeast president and CEO Staci Fox (left) with American Civil Liberties' Union Atty Sean Young. Georgia ...

CVMO selling patches to fight breast cancer

Some men who are undergoing hormone treatment for prostate cancer experience the growth of gynecomastic tissue, and often teenage boys notice this type of breas...

Johnson & Johnson settles with 2 OH counties over opioids - 47abc

The company added it wanted to avoid the "uncertainty of a trial" and said it continues "to seek meaningful progress in addressing the nation's opioid crisis "...

Aerial spraying to combat EEE to begin in SW Michigan

The horse was euthanized on September 23 after showing a "sudden onset of neurologic signs" and the state confirmed the virus on September 27. The state heal...