Hawaii Reports Additional Cases of Dengue Fever
The number of people infected with dengue fever in Hawaii is climbing, officials said Monday.
The Hawaii Department of Health (More…)
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Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)
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Cholera Outbreak Threatening World’s Largest Refugee Camp
A cholera outbreak is sweeping through the largest refugee camp in the world.
Doctors Without Borders, a medical charity, reported (More…)
Flint Mayor Declares State of Emergency As Lead Seeps Into Water Supply
The new mayor of Flint, Michigan, declared a state of emergency earlier this week, the latest development in the embattled (More…)
UNICEF: 1 in 8 Children Born into Conflict Zones
One in every eight global births this year has occurred in a conflict zone, according to UNICEF.
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New Guidelines Could Force Israeli Paramedics to Treat Terrorists Before Victims
The former Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister has criticized controversial new health guidelines that could, in theory, lead to Israeli paramedics (More…)
California Hospital Warns 350 Newborns May Have Been Exposed to Tuberculosis
A California hospital is warning that about 350 infants might have been exposed to tuberculosis.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (More…)
Study Finds Uranium Seeps into Two Major U.S. Aquifers
Researchers have found that about 2 million Americans in the Great Plains and central California are living close to sites (More…)
Boston College Students Fall Ill, Investigators Probe Link to Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak
Investigators were reportedly trying to determine if the illnesses that several Boston College students reported after eating at a Chipotle (More…)
Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 200 in Seattle
About a third of the 600 people who went to a catered event last week in a Seattle office building (More…)
Beijing Issues First ‘Red Alert’ for Smog
Officials in Beijing have issued the city’s first red alert for smog.
The Chinese capital city’s Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (More…)
