Health News

November 16, 2018

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even ...

November 16, 2018

Judge allows class-action lawsuit by mentally ill veterans

Thousands of Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who developed post-traumatic stress disorder but were ...

November 16, 2018

North Korea running low on TB meds, experts fear epidemic

The withdrawal of a major international aid organization threatens to leave tens of thousands of tuberculosis patients in ...

November 16, 2018

Wildlife officials seize mountain lion kitten fed bratwurst

Wildlife officials who seized a mountain lion kitten from a southern Colorado home say the feline fell ill after the ...

November 16, 2018

Smoke spreading from California fires sparks health concerns

Smoke masks. Eye drops. No outdoor exercise. This is how Californians are trying to cope with wildfires choking the state, ...

November 16, 2018

UN says 8 peacekeepers killed in fight against Congo rebels

Eight U.N. peacekeepers and at least 12 Congolese soldiers were killed in a joint military operation against rebels in ...

November 15, 2018

Former Syracuse All-American Tim Green says he has ALS

Former Syracuse and NFL defensive lineman Tim Green has revealed he has Lou Gehrig's Disease. Green wrote in a Facebook post ...

November 15, 2018

Nurse's kidney donation triggers bi-state transplant chain

A nurse's decision to donate a kidney to a patient triggered a series of events that led to three people getting new organs ...

November 15, 2018

Corrected study: Building, mining have high suicide rates

U.S. health officials say the workers with the highest suicide rates have construction, mining and drilling jobs. That was ...

November 15, 2018

Twins separated by surgery are healing, sticking together

Medical staff say that conjoined twins from Bhutan who were separated at an Australian hospital last week have been healing ...

November 14, 2018

Food safety officials stress safe handling of raw turkey

Food safety officials are stressing the importance of proper handling and cooking practices amid a nationwide outbreak of ...

November 14, 2018

US officials report a record number of tick diseases

U.S. health officials say a record number of tick-borne diseases were reported last year. The 2017 tally of more than 59,000 ...

November 14, 2018

Cambodia accuses 11 pregnant women of breaking surrogacy law

A Cambodian court on Tuesday charged 18 people, including 11 pregnant women, with violating laws against surrogate births.

November 13, 2018

More US kids get paralyzing illness, cause is still unknown

More children have been diagnosed with a mysterious paralyzing illness in recent weeks, and U.S. health officials said ...

November 13, 2018

More leeway for states to expand inpatient mental health

The Trump administration Tuesday allowed states to provide more inpatient treatment for people with serious mental illness ...

November 13, 2018

AP Interview: US VP's wife champions art therapy in Japan

Karen Pence, the U.S. vice president's wife, announced Tuesday a $54,000 U.S. grant to a teacher at Tsukuba University in ...

November 13, 2018

Dead in cars and homes: Northern California fire toll at 42

The dead were found in burned-out cars, in the smoldering ruins of their homes, or next to their vehicles, apparently ...

November 13, 2018

NHL, retired players reach $19M concussions settlement

The National Hockey League announced a tentative $18.9 million settlement Monday with more than 300 retired players who sued ...

November 12, 2018

More women in poor countries use contraception, says report

More women and girls in poor countries are using modern contraception, signifying progress in efforts to involve women in ...