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President Trump 'Open to Visiting Moscow' If Putin Formally Invites Him

He has such an invitation, I told him that", Mr Putin said while speaking at the Brazil, Russia , India and China (BRIC) economic summit in Johannesburg, South...

Elagolix for Endometriosis Pain Receives FDA Approval

AbbVie has scored a major new approval from the FDA, getting a green light yesterday for elagolix in endometriosis-related pain - becoming the first new oral...

Visitors claim they contracted hookworm from South Florida beach

Hreiz said most people catch it early on, but it doesn't hurt to take precaution. "It's a crater in his foot", she said. Doctors said the teen had multiple ...

Meeder Asset Management Inc. Buys 38,193 Shares of HCA Healthcare Inc (HCA)

Going back previous 30 days we noticed that HCA performed along premium change of 1.33%. Shares of NYSE:HCA opened at $108.16 on Wednesday. Following a re...

Hot Cheetos may be to blame for teen having gallbladder removed

Rene Craighead said her 17-year-old daughter, also named Rene, loves Hot Cheetos and spicy Takis so much so that she eats whole bags of them. She says her daugh...

Teen infected with hookworms after walking on Florida beach

Now, Kelli says she's sharing her son's story to warn parents about the parasites and prevent a similar situation from occurring to their children. Michael Du...

Congo confirms end of latest deadly Ebola outbreak

The first case in Liberia was reported in March 2014, and infection then spread rapidly across the country, killing more than 4800 people. Dr Tedros urged the...

China arrests 15 people after vaccine maker admits wrongdoing

Chinese state media say a total of 15 people have been detained in a growing scandal over the faking of records by a rabies vaccine maker. The case has gone...

West Nile Virus Detected In Stanley County Mosquitoes

The Maryland Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that the virus was found in bugs collected two weeks ago in the Riverdale Park area. Spraying was also ...

HPV vaccines for boys in UK

Robert Music, chief executive at Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, said: "It is fantastic that boys are to be offered the same protection against HPV-related cancers ...

Teenage girls bearing brunt of global AIDS epidemic

Out of the 30 hourly infections in 2017, about 20 were girls aged 15 to 19, which represents a "crisis of health as well as a crisis of agency", according to ...

Hundreds pack Toronto's Greektown neighbourhood for shooting vigil

Toronto police executed a search warrant at Hussain's seventh floor apartment unit where he lived with his family. "Our son had severe mental health challenge...

Another heat wave set to strike Southern California

A cool front pushed its way through North Texas, but did little to alter the triple digit temperatures. Then it reached 116 degrees Tuesday, tying the record ...

CDC investigating Salmonella outbreaks linked to live poultry in backyard flocks

Infected birds can appear to be healthy and show no signs of illness. "There might have been products in the United States and they're going to deal with that...

LifePoint Health and RCCH Healthcare Partners to merge

The valid range indicator is the greatest of the following: current high less the current low, the absolute value of the current topless the previous close an...

ISIS claiming responsibility for Toronto's Danforth shooting

The assertion was swiftly shot down by Toronto's police chief. "We're starting the walk where the attack ended", said Howard Lichtman, a spokesman for the...

Global warming is making more people kill themselves

Unless greenhouse-gas emissions are reduced, Burke predicts this link between suicide and temperature will result in another 14,000 to 26,000 USA deaths by s...

Backyard flocks sicken people in 44 states

Dozens of people have been hospitalized. Most people infected with salmonella develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. At this time, no deaths linked t...

First malaria drug in 60 years given approval

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Queensland Viagra study halted after 11 babies die in Dutch trial

But last week the trial was terminated when an independent committee overseeing the research found that more babies than expected were being born with lung prob...

Hormone Levels Likely Influence A Woman's Risk Of Alzheimer's, But How?

Associations between dementia risk and number of children, number of miscarriages, age at first menstrual period, and reproductive period (years between first m...

A Potentially Rabid Fox Is Attacking Westchester Humans

Authorities are now searching for the aggressive fox that is believed to be rabid. The first incident occurred on Saturday when an early morning jogger was bi...

High Risk For West Nile

Most people who become infected with West Nile virus experience no symptoms or a mild, flu-like illness. In 2017, MS had 63 WNV cases and two deaths. Be sure ...

'dangerous Complacency' Feared As Aids Conference Opens

At an ongoing major world conference on AIDs , experts warned that the epidemic risks resurging and spiralling out of control unless billions of extra dollar...

Panic grows over vaccine safety in China after producer fakes records

Following the outcry, Premier Li Keqiang in a statement on Sunday said the vaccine case has crossed a moral line, and the nation deserves a clear explanation....

Officials say 2 cases of Legionnaires' at Laughlin casino

The cooling towers in questions are between 145th and 155th streets in Upper Manhattan and all of the people infected are older than 50 years old. Legionnair...

Scientists Develop Wearable Sensor to Detect Stress Level From Sweat

Scientists from Stanford University have created a patch with sensors that measure the level of stress hormone - cortisol . Cortisol (best known as the ...

More Young Americans Dying From Liver Disease, Drinking to Blame

Deaths of young adults due to liver failure rose by an average of 10.5 percent per year from 2009-2016, according to the study. And young Americans who drin...

Increased risk of West Nile Virus in parts of Kansas

Steps to avoid contracting West Nile include using insect repellent with DEET, wearing long-sleeved, light coloured shirts, trousers and a hat while doing activ...

CVS pharmacist fired after refusing to fill transgender woman's hormone prescription

Hall said she reached out to the CVS corporate office multiple times, but no one ever addressed her concerns. On Thursday, Hall said she chose to file a complai...