Health News

October 15, 2019

Missouri appeals court overturns $110 million talc verdict

A Missouri appeals court has overturned a $110 million verdict in a case alleging that Johnson & Johnson products containing ...

October 15, 2019

Western governors want nuclear testing compensation expanded

Atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other ...

October 15, 2019

France: Vote set to legalize IVF for lesbians, single women

France's lower house of parliament is expected to approve a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples legal ...

October 14, 2019

Darnold throws 2 TDs in return, Jets edge Cowboys 24-22

Sam Darnold returned — and so did the New York Jets' hopes to turn around a season that was quickly unraveling without him.

October 14, 2019

Increased number of STDs in Hawaii linked to online dating

An increase in sexually transmitted diseases in Hawaii to the highest numbers reported in decades can be linked to the ...

October 13, 2019

Impeachment dominates, but much other work awaits Congress

Impeachment may have leapfrogged to the top of the national agenda, but members of Congress still have their day jobs as ...

October 12, 2019

Knife suspect detained under UK's Mental Health Act

Police said Saturday that a man who allegedly lunged at shoppers with a knife at a northwestern England mall has been ...

October 12, 2019

Nevada governor vows to root out crime in pot marketplace

Nevada's governor expressed outrage Friday and vowed to tighten control of the state's lucrative legal marijuana marketplace ...

October 12, 2019

California to require abortion medication at public colleges

California will be the first state to require abortion medication on college campuses under a law signed Friday by Democratic ...

October 11, 2019

New York to be 1st to require disclosure of tampon materials

New York will become the first state to require the disclosure of ingredients in tampons and other menstrual products.

October 11, 2019

Indiana AG: 165 more fetal remains linked to late doctor

Indiana's attorney general said Friday that 165 sets of fetal remains have been found in the Chicago area inside a car owned ...

October 11, 2019

WHO anti-cholera vaccination campaign begins in Sudan

The World Health Organization has launched a vaccination campaign in two southeastern provinces in Sudan to contain a cholera ...

October 11, 2019

Sanders never considered leaving race after heart attack

Bernie Sanders said Thursday that he never considered dropping out of the presidential race after suffering a heart attack ...

October 10, 2019

US vaping illnesses continue to rise, cause still a mystery

The number of vaping-related illnesses in the U.S. continues to rise, now reaching about 1,300 cases and at least 26 deaths.

October 10, 2019

US urges shared decisions with pain patients taking opioids

U.S. health officials again warned doctors Thursday against abandoning chronic pain patients by abruptly stopping their ...

October 10, 2019

Alaska doctor, nurse charged with vast opioid distribution

An Alaska doctor and nurse practitioner face federal charges of illegally distributing millions of opioid doses to patients ...

October 10, 2019

Melania Trump listens as teens share experiences with vaping

Melania Trump said Wednesday she's glad some stores are pulling electronic cigarettes off the shelves amid an explosion in ...

October 10, 2019

Officials find more fetal remains connected to late doctor

Authorities in Illinois discovered additional fetal remains Wednesday stashed in a car that had belonged to a doctor who ...

October 09, 2019

Measles outbreak kills more than 4,000 in Congo this year

More than 4,000 people have died in Congo this year in the world's largest measles outbreak, the United Nations children's ...