GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Authorities say three workers have been injured in a transformer fire in…
Category: Health
Missouri launches campaign to stop youths from vaping
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri officials are stepping up enforcement of laws that ban selling…
Novel drugs may offer new ways to fight heart disease
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Doctors are reporting that novel drugs may offer fresh ways to reduce heart…
Wisconsin girl with inspirational love of dogs dies at age 8
HARTLAND, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin girl with an inoperable brain tumor who received tens of…
Trump backing off banning vaping flavors popular with teens
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is backing away from the idea of banning most flavored…
California sues e-cigarette maker Juul over ads and sales
WASHINGTON (AP) – California is suing the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker, alleging Juul Labs deliberately targeted…
Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections
Mailing free home HIV tests to high-risk men offers a potentially better strategy for detecting infections…
10 Seattle Children’s ORs to be closed through January
SEATTLE (AP) – Seattle Children’s Hospital says 10 of its operating rooms will now remain closed…
Woman who lied about medical problems convicted of theft
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – A Waterloo woman has been found guilty of scamming a couple out…
Va. health department reports rise in meth overdose deaths
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Health officials in Virginia say the number of fatal overdoses from methamphetamine…
Tennessee hunter hurt in 20-ft fall from broken tree stand
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) – Wildlife officials in Tennessee say a hunter suffered serious injuries when his…
No training, no gloves: Zimbabwe’s desperate childbirths
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) – When her contractions became unbearably painful, 18-year-old Perseverance Kanyoza rushed to a…
DNA links man to kidnapping, assault of S Carolina jogger
CHERAW, S.C. (AP) – DNA has led to an arrest in the case of a South…
Snooze cruise: Study sees future for hibernating astronauts
BERLIN (AP) – The European Space Agency says putting astronauts into a state of suspended animation…
Serbia’s president released from hospital
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) – Serbia’s president has been released from the hospital where he was treated…
Virginia Tech to establish biomedical research center
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – Virginia Tech and Children’s National Hospital have announced a plan to establish…
Symposium on opioid crisis set this week in West Virginia
ROANOKE, W.Va. (AP) – West Virginia University’s School of Public Health is working with partners across…
Samoa shuts schools, declares emergency as measles kills 6
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Samoa has closed all its schools, banned children from public gatherings…
Cincinnati Zoo announces death of 12-year-old giraffe
CINCINNATI (AP) – An Ohio zoo says a 12-year-old male giraffe has died following a recent…
China diagnoses 3rd case of bubonic plague
BEIJING (AP) – China says a 55-year-old man has been diagnosed with bubonic plague after killing…