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November 30, 2018

Repeat outbreaks pressure produce industry to step up safety

After repeated food poisoning outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce, the produce industry is confronting the failure of its own ...

November 29, 2018

Abortion foes seek Trump's help to offset midterm setback

Anti-abortion leaders are seeking help from the Trump administration as they shift their political strategies now that the U.

November 29, 2018

Trump to sign bill extending HIV/AIDS program, Pence says

President Donald Trump will soon sign legislation to extend a 15-year-old HIV/AIDS program that has helped millions, ...

November 29, 2018

Babies born in withdrawal new complication in opioid cases

The expansive court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation's opioid crisis has a new complication: How ...

November 29, 2018

Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy

Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are ...

November 29, 2018

Tumor-free flounder: Study underscores Boston Harbor rebirth

A canary in a coal mine? How about a flounder in a harbor? In a study published last week in the journal Diseases of Aquatic ...

November 29, 2018

China halts work by team on gene-edited babies

China's government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first ...

November 29, 2018

The Latest: China halts work by team on gene-edited babies

The Latest on a Chinese scientist's claim to have made the world's first gene-edited babies (all times local): 7:30 p.m.

November 29, 2018

HIV cases in children dropping but still too slowly, UN says

The United Nations children's agency says the number of youths living with HIV could drop by about one-third to 1.9 million ...

November 29, 2018

California court reverses ruling against assisted suicide

A California appeals court overturned a lower court order that had imperiled the state's assisted suicide law, but a longer ...

November 29, 2018

FDA permits 'export only' medical devices not for use in US

Australian Army veteran Wolfgang Neszpor was stunned when he heard his recently repaired shoulder squeak. "You could really ...

November 28, 2018

Younger school entry could set stage for ADHD diagnosis

The youngest children in kindergarten are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in early ...

November 28, 2018

Girlfriend: Shooter prone to violence before deadly rampage

The girlfriend of a woman who gunned down three co-workers at a Maryland warehouse told investigators her companion was prone ...

November 28, 2018

US waived FBI checks on staff at growing teen migrant camp

The Trump administration has put the safety of thousands of teens at a migrant detention camp at risk by waiving FBI ...

November 28, 2018

Denver is latest city pushing for 1st US drug injection site

Despite federal opposition, Denver is trying again to become what could be the first U.S. city to open a supervised drug ...

November 28, 2018

Gene-editing Chinese scientist kept much of his work secret

The Chinese scientist who says he helped make the world's first gene-edited babies veered off a traditional career path, ...

November 27, 2018

US officials: It's OK to eat some romaine, look for labels

It's OK to eat some romaine lettuce again, U.S. health officials said. Just check the label. The Food and Drug Administration ...

November 27, 2018

Proposed changes on Medicare drugs create winners and losers

The Trump administration on Monday proposed changes to Medicare's prescription drug benefit that would affect patients' costs ...

November 26, 2018

Q&A on scientist's bombshell claim of gene-edited babies

Designer babies might be here sooner than anyone reckoned. A Chinese researcher who says he created gene-edited babies ...