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Allergan birth control recall: packaging error could lead to ‘unintended pregnancy’

Allergan announced the recall for Taytulla in a Tuesday, May 29 news release, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration pushing out its own warning shortly aft...

WHO’s Congo Ebola plan assumes 100-300 cases over three months

Since its discovery, there hasn't been any treatment for this deadly disease. "The information campaign is being put in place but is still insufficient", Mede...

Sleep deprivation impacts performance even if you don't feel it

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Death suspected from West Virginia hepatitis A outbreak

Howard says the funding will provide 1,000 additional vaccine doses for each county - for a total of 10,000 doses. The Metro Public Health Department is working...

Diet rich in seafood boosts libido and fertility, new study finds

In the study , the researchers found that couples who included more seafood in their diets had sex more often, and tended to get pregnant faster, than coup...

Weekend lie-ins could help you avoid an early death, study says

Sleeping in on weekends to catch up on missed sleep over a long and tiring work week does not only feel wonderful, but it also may help you live longer. For pe...

Nebraska troopers seize 118 pounds of fentanyl during traffic stop

Initially police believed that he had discovered the connection of any drug and cocaine, but on Thursday officials said that testing showed that the drugs were ...

Mussels off the coast of Seattle test positive for opioids

When scientists from the Puget Sound Institute of the University of Washington-Tacoma tested mussels from three sites near the harbors of greater Seattle , ...

Nipah Virus: How it spreads, symptoms and treatment of the infection

There is no cure known yet, and patients are only given supportive care. The Kozhikode Medical College has 136 patients and nearby Malappuram district 24 pa...

World Health Organization warns Ebola in DRC may spread nationally, internationally

Last Thursday, a first case of Ebola was reported in Mbandaka, a Congolese city of around 1.2 million people. The response to the Ebola outbreak by WHO an...

Kerala: Toll in Nipah virus outbreak rises to 12

The first outbreak of the disease occurred in a Malaysian village in 1998, leading to over 100 deaths, including those of many farmers who had contracted it thr...

Trump welcomes NK 'warm' response to canceled summit

After decades of tension on the Korean Peninsula and antagonism with the United States over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, Kim and Trump agreed to what wo...

A Warming Planet Could Zap Nutrition From Rice That Feeds The World

The findings also supported previous research showing rice grown under higher carbon concentrations had less protein, iron and zinc. The nutrient is critical to...

After Kerala, Nipah virus sparks fear in Karnataka; 2 cases suspected

Bhubaneswar: With the deadly Nipah Virus (NiV) reportedly claiming lives of 12 persons in Kerela, the Odisha government has issued an alert to five medical co...

FDA Warns Infant Teething Medications Are Unsafe

Babies who experience these problems should get medical attention immediately. Pharmacists can play an important role in educating patients on the dangers of ...

Sleep in this weekend

That made the risk of death the same as those consistent sleepers getting a good seven hours every night. He said: "You can't keep burning the candle at both en...

Poland hails its first Man Booker International victor

Still, the 56-year-old author counts among Poland's top writers. More than 100 books were submitted for the 2018 prize, which celebrates the best in transla...

North Korea demolishes nuke test site with series of blasts

The North did not invite worldwide nuclear weapons inspectors to the ceremony. "Whether the USA will meet us at a meeting room or encounter us at nuclear-to...

Judge: President Trump can't block critics on Twitter

Columbia University's first amendment organization, the Knight Institute, chose to take up O'Reilly's case, arguing that Trump was violating her First Ame...

JJ Watt visits Santa Fe shooting survivors and nurses at hospital

Days after 10 people were shot to death at Texas high school, Governor Greg Abbott met with politicians and school administrators on Tuesday to consider propo...

S.Korean journalists to visit DPRK for covering nuke test site dismantling

Some in the USA government worry that Moon may be prepared to accept a less-stringent version of North Korean denuclearisation than Washington wants. He said ...

Ryanair's full-year profit up 10% despite cancellations

It warned they included a potential € 400m rise in fuel bills as oil prices continue to climb despite it being 90% hedged. According to Platts data and t...

GE to merge rail division with Wabtec

The company has received $3.6 billion in orders in the last two quarters. According to the announcement, Wabtec and GE Transportation will be combined int...

Justice Department to examine Trump's claim of Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance of campaign

Experts said a demand by Trump for a criminal probe rather than a Justice Department Inspector General inquiry could prompt a similar outcome. Mr Trump's ...

Baltimore County police officer shot

Gov. Larry Hogan tweeted his condolences-well before police confirmed she had been killed, notably-for the female officer's family, indicating she had passed aw...

Steph Curry's mom was not impressed he dropped F-bombs

Few loved this new side of Steph Curry more than teammate Kevin Durant . I won't let two tough games shooting keep me frustrated'. "I mean, you can't do that...

Trump asked me twice the difference between HIV and HPV - Bill Gates

Gates said that he met with Trump after his election at Trump Tower in NY and then again in March of 2017. "Gates continued that Trump knew his daughter...

NWS: EF1 tornado causes damage in several towns

On July 10, 2013, an EF-1 tornado knocked down some trees along an 11-mile path in Tolland County. On June 9, 2011, a brief EF-1 tornado touched down in Litch...

Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts On The Rise Among Young People: 'It's A Critical Public-Health Crisis Right Now'

The researchers found 115,856 such encounters for suicide ideation and attempts in emergency departments at 31 children's hospitals around the U.S. They found...

Ebola Is Back. Here's How The New Outbreak Is Different From 2014

The worst-ever Ebola outbreak started in December 2013 in southern Guinea before spreading to neighbouring west African countries Liberia and Sierra Leone, kill...

FDA Approves First Non-Opioid For Management Of Opioid Withdrawal Symptoms

The symptoms can inflict patients who are using opioids as instructed by a physician, and those patients who are addicted to it. The agency stressed that Luce...

Exercise does not delay decline in people with dementia

While physical exercise may stave off dementia , it does not delay mental decline in people after they've been diagnosed, a study in almost 500 people with t...

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In this tube of lizard blood, green blood plasma is on the left. But how did these lizards evolve to have all this green bile - which is usually toxic at high...

Federation Internationale de Football Association ranking: Super Eagles maintain 47th position in May

For the top 10 ranked countries, Germany retained the first position, Brazil in second, Belgium in third, Portugal fourth and Argentina fifth. However, there ...

Around 2.5 Billion More People Will be Living in Cities by 2050

The report, released on Wednesday and entitled "The 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects ", points out that the world will continue to urbanise in the...