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September 27, 2018

Michigan township allows autistic boy to keep therapy ducks

New guidelines will allow a 12-year-old western Michigan boy with autism to keep his ducks, which are his emotional support ...

September 27, 2018

UK investigative group: Spy poisoning suspect is GRU colonel

An investigative group in Britain said Wednesday that it has identified one of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ...

September 27, 2018

APNewsBreak: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in US

An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease's highest death toll in at least ...

September 27, 2018

11 people charged in drug treatment fraud involving pellets

Eleven people including doctors have been charged in Southern California in an alleged insurance-fraud scheme involving an ...

September 26, 2018

Countries pledge billions to fight tuberculosis worldwide

The World Health Organization says governments have agreed to contribute $13 billion a year by 2022 to prevent and treat ...

September 26, 2018

UK: health worker infected with smallpox-like disease

British officials say a health worker involved in treating a patient with monkeypox has been infected with the rare disease, ...

September 26, 2018

Congo says Ebola efforts can resume after deadly attack

Congo's health ministry says efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak can resume Wednesday in a key community where a ...

September 26, 2018

Governments to discuss tackling tuberculosis at UN summit

Governments from around the world will gather Wednesday to discuss the persistent scourge of tuberculosis, which last year ...

September 26, 2018

Vikings DE Griffen remains out with mental health trouble

Last week, the Minnesota Vikings were concerned enough about Everson Griffen's state of mind that they barred the three-time ...

September 25, 2018

Priest accused of child sex abuse behind bars pending trial

A former New Mexico priest who fled the U.S. decades ago amid allegations of child sex abuse will await trial behind bars, ...

September 25, 2018

Newborn syphilis cases in US reach highest level in 20 years

The number of U.S. babies born infected with syphilis has reached the highest level in 20 years. It is still rare for babies ...

September 25, 2018

Thai police hand over 100 kilos of marijuana for research

Thai police on Tuesday handed over around 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of seized marijuana for medical research, as officials ...

September 24, 2018

Suspected rebels kill 18 in Congo's east amid Ebola

A Congolese civil society group says that 18 people have been killed in attacks by suspected Allied Democratic Forces rebels ...

September 24, 2018

Implant, intense rehab help 3 paralyzed for years take steps

Three people whose legs were paralyzed for years can stand and take steps again thanks to an electrical implant that zaps the ...

September 23, 2018

Judge: California child can take cannabis drug to school

A California kindergartner can keep bringing a cannabis-based drug used for emergency treatment of a rare form of epilepsy ...

September 22, 2018

Italy extends time for vaccine proof for young school kids

Italian parents have more time before having to produce proof to schools that their children have received 10 mandatory ...

September 22, 2018

Lawsuit alleges Party City denied job to woman with autism

A New Hampshire woman who was hoping to land a sales job at Party City was turned down after a manager realized she has ...

September 22, 2018

Congo reports Ebola death close to busy Ugandan border

A Congolese woman who refused an Ebola vaccination and then disappeared has died of the virus near the heavily traveled ...

September 22, 2018

Sheriff: Motive unclear for Maryland shooter who killed 3

Law enforcement officials said Friday they might never know the motive for a female shooter's violent rampage that killed ...