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Newspaper: Ohio had more than 4,000 overdose deaths in 2016

A newspaper survey of Ohio county coroners has found more than 4,000 people died from drug overdoses last year in a state ...

Friends recall only nurse killed by hostile fire in Vietnam

Minutes before 6 a.m., Army nurse Martha Green woke with a jolt to a thunderous explosion half a mile away. It was the steamy ...

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India reports its first 3 cases of the Zika virus

India has reported its first three cases of the Zika virus, including two pregnant women who delivered healthy babies.

John R. Simpson

In opioid crisis, a new risk for police: accidental overdose

As Cpl. Kevin Phillips pulled up to investigate a suspected opioid overdose, paramedics were already at the Maryland home ...

S. Korea OKs civilian contact with North Korea over malaria

South Korea will allow a civic group to contact North Korea over help in fighting malaria, the first government approval on ...

Botulism outbreak seems limited to 1 nacho-cheese sauce bag

A deadly botulism outbreak linked to nacho-cheese sauce confiscated from a California gas station appears to be limited to ...

Report: More Americans with Alzheimer's are dying at home

One in 4 Alzheimer's deaths in the United States are now occurring at home — a startling increase that marks a shift away ...

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Poll: Older Americans want Medicare-covered long-term care

A growing number of Americans age 40 and older think Medicare should cover the costs of long-term care for older adults, ...

Elijah Cummings

Democratic congressman has heart valve replacement procedure

The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has undergone a heart procedure and will remain ...

Science Says: What's known and not known about marijuana

A new marijuana study joins a limited record of scientific knowledge about the harms and benefits of pot. The research ...

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South Dakota girl with cancer prevented from graduating

A western South Dakota high school won't allow a student who has brain cancer to walk during its graduation ceremony because ...

Lawsuit: VA contracting changes could cut jobs for the blind

An advocacy group for the blind on Wednesday sued the Department of Veterans Affairs in federal court, alleging the agency ...

Zika hit Florida months before infections found, study says

Zika began spreading in Florida mosquitoes about three months before infections showed up in the Miami area last summer, and ...

2 addiction counselors at halfway house die of drug overdose

Two addiction counselors at a suburban Philadelphia halfway house died of opioid overdoses inside the facility on the same ...

Eric Ueland

Poor and disabled big losers in Trump budget; military wins

The poor and the disabled are big losers in President Donald Trump's $4.1 trillion budget proposal while the Pentagon is a ...

Botulism outbreak tied to nacho cheese kills 1, sickens 9

A botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese dip sold at a Northern California gas station has killed one man and ...

Man dies after being sickened in apparent botulism outbreak

A botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese dip sold at a Northern California gas station has killed one man and ...

After 9 months in space, mouse sperm yield healthy mice

After nine months in space, mouse sperm has yielded healthy mice, Japanese scientists reported Monday. The freeze-dried sperm ...

Billy Horschel

Horschel's wife opens up on battle with alcoholism

Billy Horschel's emotions from winning the AT&T Byron Nelson went far beyond ending more than two years without a victory.

Donald Trump

Science Says: Medications prevent opioid addiction relapse

Remarks by a top U.S. health official have reignited a quarrel in the world of addiction and recovery: Does treating opioid ...

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