Medical

First flu-related deaths of season reported in Nebraska as winter illnesses pick up

MORE NEWS THIS CATEGORIES

Cancer Treatment Approved for Any Solid Tumor with a Specific Biomarker

The accelerated approval was for solid tumor cancers not eligible for surgery or that have spread in patients identified as having a biomarker called microsat...

Labour will do well to lose only 29 seats, says Unite leader

His comments were dismissed by Labour's elections co-ordinator Andrew Gwynne, who said: "This is absolute rubbish from the Tories and yet another wholly cynical...

How much caffeine is too much?

In particular, stimulants can disrupt the heart's regular rhythm, he said. "So, it could be as simple as having extra beats or as deadly as having a cardiac a...

Take That cancel Liverpool show after Manchester attack

Twitter and Facebook were filled with appeals for the missing. Public transport shut down, and taxis offered to give stranded people free rides home, while re...

Mancester Arena attack: How to explain to the horror to your children

How can we best explain this to our children and young people? "Those reminders make us feel like we're back at the incident, when it's just our bodies react...

The tick-borne disease you should actually worry about

Recently, there have been a few reports involving ticks and the diseases they can spread to humans, including a potentially deadly disease known as the Powas...

Ariana Grande on Manchester Bombing: "I Am So So Sorry"

The attack was the deadliest in Britain since four suicide bombers killed 52 London commuters on subway trains and a bus in July 2005. Police stand by a c...

Gender transition surgeries jumped almost 20% in a year

Such operations included everything from changing the shape of a transgender person's face or body to sex reassignment. Gains in procedures were modest from 2...

Tories accused of 'all out attack' on pensioners over axed triple lock

Labour says three-quarters of pensioners eligible for payments in the Black Country would lose out. "They have laid bare the threat they pose to pensioner se...

Explosion After Ariana Grande Concert in Britain Kills 22

Police have urged people to stay away from the area around the Manchester Arena. She said authorities were trying to determine if he had an accomplice. The En...

SLIDESHOW: Deadly blast at Ariana Grande UK concert

Until they became part of every parent's deepest fear, caught up in a horiffic incident that left 22 people dead and dozens injured. Hopkins said investigator...

Manchester football clubs shocked by terror attack

How do you think organizers of the Ariana Grande world tour should proceed after the Manchester Arena bombing tragedy? Britain's terrorist threat level st...

Trump meeting with Abbas in the West Bank

Netanyahu was forced to order them to do so, even as Israeli protocol gurus were busily upgrading the welcome carpet, having seen the lavish and warm welcome Tr...

General election campaign suspended after Manchester attack

Some witnesses described the panic and carnage following the explosion. "Imagine like a two-story brick wall had separated itself from a building", Ward told ...

Peter Hook says daughter "home safe" after deadly blast in Manchester

His 43-year-old wife also posted a picture of a heart-shaped Manchester balloon and wrote alongside it: "My heartfelt thoughts and prayers for all those effec...

Republicans already giving Trump's budget a cold shoulder

It also requires non-defense discretionary spending to be reduced by 2% each year. Lawmakers are expected to shy away from at least some of the many politically...

President Trump's $4.1T budget relies on deep domestic cuts

At the same time, the White House is expected to leave it largely up to the states to define who may and may not receive Medicaid coverage, such as requiremen...

Just 1 alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, report finds

Cancer experts say they're increasingly confident that at least two lifestyle choices can affect a woman's risk of getting breast cancer: drinking alcohol ...

Gateway Investment Advisers LLC Lowers Position in Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD)

Highland Capital Management Llc sold 32,416 shares as Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD)'s stock declined 8.05%. For the quarter, shares have been noted at -8.05%. Th...

Mt. Pleasant plans Memorial Day parade

Preceding the parade - there will be a brief ceremony at the Carl A Spaatz memorial around 8:30 a.m. and another brief ceremony at the Union Cemetery at 9 a.m.b...

52 genes that make us intelligent uncovered

Taken together, the new batch of "smart genes" accounted for 20 percent of the discrepencies in IQ test results among tens of thousands of people examined, the ...

Report backs sex abuse claims against 13 at prep school

Administrators "failed to adequately investigate allegations of sexual abuse or sexual misconduct when they were brought to the attention of School leadership -...

19 dead, over 50 hurt in Manchester Arena blast

If confirmed, it would be the deadliest militant assault on Britain since four British Muslims killed 52 people in suicide bombings on London's transport sy...

Tax incidence on entertainment services under GST lowered

However, the rates may stabilize as taxes levied by states are subsumed in GST. So, it would be interesting to see whether the government is willing to bend...

United Kingdom police: 19 confirmed dead in explosion at Grande concert

His daughter Abigail said: "I had to make sure I had my sister". In perhaps her biggest brush with controversy, Grande in 2015 released a feminist manifesto...

UK Budget Deficit Widens In April

The expected level of PSNB was GBP 8.8 billion. Martin Beck, senior economic adviser for think tank EY ITEM Club, said the new fiscal year has "began on a dis...

Campaigning Suspended in UK Election After Deadly Explosion at Ariana Grande Concert

The x-ray image of a person injured during the Brussels terror attacks shows a big nail or screw in the chest of the patient treated at the Military Hospital in...

Manchester Arena terror attack: What we know so far

The Latest on an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that authorities say killed several people. "The attacker died detonating the d...

Austrian parties agree to hold snap election on October 15

The list of candidates for election will not only be branded as the "New People's Party", they will also carry Mr Kurz's name - a highly controversial move in a...

Firefighters advance on blaze southeast of San Diego

The fire was 30 percent contained at midday, Sanchez said. The Red Cross has set up a shelter at Otay Ranch High School at 1250 Olympic Parkway, Chula Vista. ...