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He said the suspect was a student but gave no further information. At approximately 7:30 AM PST, the shooter opened fire with a.45-caliber semiautomatic pis...

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Police responding to Southern California high school shooting

There were no bullets left in the firearm when investigators recovered it. Multiple sources have identified him as Nathaniel Berhow , and the Los Angeles Ti...

Stanford publishes its massive Apple Watch heart-rate study

Apple's heart study with Stanford Medical Study not only detects irregular heartbeats but also paves the way for future digital treatment. NEJM editor Dr...

Health officials advise getting flu shot before holidays

However, some ingredients in the shot remain the same each year. University of Georgia researchers are receiving millions of federal dollars to help create a ...

IN reports fourth vaping related death

Three more vaping-related deaths were reported Thursday , bringing the total to 42. "Sadly, we report the tragic impact e-cigarettes have had on another Miss...

Diabetes cases soar, 1-in-11 adults affected: doctors

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Climate change is already damaging health of children, says Lancet report

With increasing diarrhea diseases, more unsafe heat waves, air pollution and increases in mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever and malaria, man-made g...

The EU just approved a vaccine to prevent Ebola

It permits the development of medicine to move forward with less comprehensive data than is usually required, only if the benefits outweigh the risks. These res...

More people dying from antibiotic resistance than previously believed — CDC

The report "shows us that our collective efforts to stop the spread of germs and preventing infections is saving lives", said CDC Director Robert Redfield. An...

In Alabama, lung cancer patients have the greatest risk of death

Lung cancer is the most common one, which has affected more than 2.09 million people worldwide till now. The report explores how lung cancer varies by state b...

Trump, Erdogan Hold Meeting After Turkish Invasion in Syria

Kobane accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Operation Peace Spring, which is seeking to clear the Kurds from 20 miles into Syria , of giving I...

Artificial Intelligence Better Than Doctors at Predicting Deadly Heart Attacks

We have an AI technique that can forecast volcanic eruption , and an algorithm that can write believable fake news within seconds. The AI was able to co...

Vehicle bombing kills 7 civilians in Afghanistan

Besides Haqqani, Afghan officials have said two other prominent Taliban militants - Hafiz Rashid Omari and Haji Milli Khan - were released. In January 2017, t...

Daca: US Supreme Court seems to back Trump on key immigration case

In her first statement on Tuesday, she asked why more consideration was not being given to Donald Trump's repeated declarations that he would help Daca rec...

WHO prequalifies first Ebola vaccine

In a statement welcoming yesterday's European Commission approval Seth Berkley, MD, Gavi's chief executive officer, said the vaccine has "huge potential" and ...

5th case of vaping-related lung illness in Mississippi

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Pneumonia, the forgotten killer, claims one life every 39 seconds: Health agencies

In a report on what they described as a "forgotten epidemic", the United Nations children's fund UNICEF, the global charity Save The Children and four other hea...

Kaiser Permanente CEO Bernard Tyson dead at 60

Tyson "unexpectedly passed away early Sunday morning in his sleep", Kaiser Permanente said in a press release . In addition to his role at Kaiser Permane...

2 flu-related deaths confirmed in Nevada

It is important that people understand how the flu vaccine works. People are at the greatest risk of getting the flu in the late fall and winter in Canada, wh...

Related Lung Disease And Vitamin E Acetate: What You Should Know

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway told reporters earlier this week vape shops may be exempted, leaving open the possibility that outlets like gas stations an...

Doctor arrested, accused of performing ‘unnecessary surgeries’ on patients

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Google was allegedly collecting millions of Americans' healthcare data

The Journal reported that Nightingale's scope "pertains to lab results, doctor diagnoses and hospitalization records, among other categories, and amounts to a...

U.S. CDC reports 'breakthrough' in vaping lung injury probe

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Spain confirms first case of sexually transmitted dengue

Health officials have confirmed a case of a person spreading dengue through sex, which is the world's first such virus because till now only mosquitoes have r...