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Texas girl dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba

According to the Facebook page #LilyStrong , Lily Mae had a headache September 8 which was quickly followed by a fever. According to a Facebook Page created to...

Year-old girl safe after attempted abduction in Howell Township, New Jersey

She said she had been playing outside with friends, but when they went inside, she stayed to clean up toys, police said. She was not injured during the incident...

New York Times corrects story detailing misconduct claim against Brett Kavanaugh

The story, about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Kavanaugh during the 1983-84 school year at Yale, was published Saturday by The New York Times , which...

Message from UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on World AIDS Day

But 10 per cent of Australians with HIV are unaware of their positive status. Not long after he arrived in the country, he found out he was HIV positive. HIV in...

Missouri confirms 2 vaping illnesses, studying 7 other cases

Missouri health officials have confirmed two state residents are suffering from lung illnesses related to vaping, and seven other possible cases are being inv...

Kevin Hart to need 'round-the-clock' medical support

Earlier this month, it was reported that Hart had to be taken to a hospital after suffering from "major back injuries" in a auto crash around 1 AM in the Mali...

Keke Palmer Describes 'Hustlers' Co-Star Jennifer Lopez in One Word

Destiny (Wu) is the new gal at the strip club when she first meets Lopez's Ramona, a confident pro who takes Destiny under her wing. But everybody's human. "I f...

US Officials revise vaping illness count to 380

The devices, available in the United States since 2006, work instead by heating a liquid that turns into vapor and is inhaled. "While the CDC investigation of...

Donald Trump moves to ban flavoured vaping products because 'people are dying'

While e-cigarettes do not contain the estimated 7,000 chemical constituents present in traditional cigarettes, a number of substances have been identified as po...

Trump's 'African-American' Is Leaving The Republican Party

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar , Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib were the straws the broke the camel's back so to speak. "Look at him! Are you the ...

One In Three Hoosiers Suffer From Obesity

It's a slight increase from 2017 when obesity prevalence was 35 percent or higher in seven states. That puts Iowa behind only Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louis...

Braun wears Yelich's Brewers jersey in latest victory

Yelich, the reigning National League MVP, is tied for second in the NL with a.329 batting ordinary and 44 property operates. "The time frame of return is like...

Harrisonburg Democratic Committee chair weighs in on Democratic debate

It was a signal that the policy-focused strategy that has buoyed her presidential campaign is unlikely to change, and that she is betting she can let other cand...

Democrats have spent years denying they'll take people's guns. Not anymore

On the debate stage, he drew praise from the other candidates for his passion, including from former Vice President Joe Biden, who cautioned that new gun cont...

California boy, 4, dies of flu-related illness, officials say

Health officials did not say if the 4-year-old boy from Perris had received the flu shot prior to coming down with the virus. There were nine flu-associated d...

European Central Bank injects fresh stimulus in bid to inspire sluggish eurozone

European stocks rose and the euro dipped after the European Central Bank (ECB) announced it will cut deposit rates even further below zero and renew its b...

University of MI teams up with Apple for research on hearing health

Conducted in partnership with academic and healthcare institutions, the studies aim to tap almost any Apple product customer as a potential research participant...

Nintendo unveils its new fitness game 'Ring Fit Adventure'

Ring Fit Adventure relies on two accessories: a leg strap and a device called the Ring-Con. Ring Fit Adventure tracks your daily workout routines and turns s...

How To Watch The Third Democratic Debate On TV And Online

Ed Rendell , the former Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, slammed Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) in the pages of the Washington Post on Thursday fo...

O's' Villar hits MLB's record-setting 6,106th HR

The previous mark was set in 2017. It was Villar's career-high 21st homer. "Somebody told me after the homer". "That's impressive for me, not for me, it's for...

Rise in vaping injuries concerning for health officials

The person was hospitalized "with symptoms that progressed rapidly". According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ), more than 450 potent...

Cancer survival improved in UK but lags other high income nations

Latest analysis of the data shows that overall cancer survival had increased in all seven of the participating nations in the 20 years to 2014 but that survival...

Teen's memory resets every two hours following head injury

Riley Horner, 16, was accidentally kicked in the head by a student who was crowd-surfing at a dance during a youth agriculture convention in IL. Despite dozen...

New Blood Test Accurately Detects Prostate Cancer

In young men, the size of the prostate is typically that of a walnut. That's why studies show prostate cancer is most common in, but not exclusive to, men older...

Senators pitch Trump on expanded gun background check bill

The committee considered the legislation in the wake of an August in which 53 people were killed in mass shootings in the US, according to Judiciary Chairman J...

Gujarat Government Makes Massive Cuts In Fines Under New Motor Vehicles Act

These reduced fines will come in effect from September 16 in Gujarat . For triple-riding on two-wheeler, the fine in Gujarat will continue to be ₹ 100 and no...

High blood pressure is becoming more common for pregnant women

He noted that older mothers were more likely to have chronic high blood pressure . In this study, researchers analyzed much more than 150 million childbirth-...

Sixth vaping-related death confirmed by Kansas officials

Farah Ahmed. Many, but not all, of the cases have involved those who used the devices to vaporize oils containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive...

Patriots trade Demaryius Thomas to Jets

He signed a one-year contract with the Patriots in April, and figured to be among a veteran group of receivers catching passes from Tom Brady this season as New...

Occasional daytime napping may be linked to a healthy heart

But they add; "While the exact physiological pathways linking daytime napping to [cardiovascular disease] risk is not clear, [this research] contributes to the ...