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Governor moves to ban flavored e-cigarettes in MI

They didn't say if the e-cigarette contained marijuana oil or just nicotine. "This is a health crisis that we're confronting, and it would never be permitted ...

Biden Denies Host of Fundraiser is Fossil Fuel Executive

Biden is one 18 Democratic presidential candidates who signed a pledge , crafted by various climate action advocates, "not to take contributions over $200 from...

New York City declares measles outbreak over

The majority of the cases, 72 percent, occurred in the four Brooklyn neighborhoods. "They helped encourage vaccinations and achieve record immunization levels i...

Health Authority Investigating What Could Be Oregon's 1st Vaping-Related Death

If you use these products and are coughing, have painful lungs, vomiting, fever or diarrhea, experts say see your doctor right away. Public health authorities...

Vaping advocates: MI governor's flavor ban will be challenged

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the ban is needed because e-cigarette companies use sweet flavors to hook young people on nicotine. They will prohibit the sale...

Oregon death from lung illness may be linked to vaping

All three required hospitalization. "It's not intended for them", he said. Last week, a death in IL was also linked to vaping. Additional details were not rel...

YouTube to pay $170 million fine after violating kids' privacy law

Numerous huge Silicon Valley companies are also under antitrust investigations aimed at determining whether the companies have unlawfully stifled competition. A...

Premature Death Risk May Increase With High Soft Drink Consumption, Study Says

Potentially, soda drinkers produce other habits that would add to their odds, comparable to smoking or a much less nutritious diet. Bottom Line: Greater con...

Teen goes blind after diet of Pringles, white bread and French fries

If left untreated, it can lead to permanent vision loss. "The teen in this case study sounds like he was eating only junk food , without other meals to s...

Cancer Outpacing Heart Disease as Leading Cause of Death in These Countries …

But that ranged from only 23% per cent in high-income countries (HIC) to 41% in middle-income countries (MIC) and 43% in low-income countries (LIC). The study d...

Teen's junk food diet caused him to go blind, study reveals

Though the 17-year-old was found to have a normal body mass index, doctors also found he was beginning to lose his hearing and was suffering from bone weakness....

Identity of Texas Highway Mass Shooter Revealed

Vice President Mike Pence said he and President Donald Trump are determined to work with Congress "to address and confront this scourge of mass atrocity in our ...

Casablanca at the bottom of the world’s safest cities ranking

Cities don't have to be rich to be safe, the report says, although it acknowledges that cities in developing countries tend to appear lower down the list. Hong ...

Police identify Texas gunman in attack that left 7 dead

The mass shooting incident in the western Texas cities, located 32 km apart, happened almost a month after a gunman killed 22 people and injured over two dozen ...

Virtual Iowa caucus may not happen

The Democratic party has told states either to hold primaries or to allow more participation in their caucuses. The virtual plans were made to open up caucus ...

After Hurricane Dorian's direct hit on Bahamas, a scene of 'total devastation'

Category five hurricanes, with sustained wind speeds of at least 252km/h, are extremely rare, although four other storms - Michael, Maria, Irma and Matthew - re...

CONFIRMED: Mosquitoes infected with West nile Virus found in Ottawa

Seven were collected in Benton County, including in Richland, Kennewick and West Richland . That includes using insect repellant, wearing long clothes and drai...

Menopause hormone therapy 'increases risk of breast cancer after use ends'

Pederson said the effects of hormone replacement on breast tissue and breast cancer risk are very complex and experts are still working to completely understa...

FIRST ALERT Weather: Dorian strongest hurricane to strike Northwestern Bahamas

The eye of the hurricane is due to make its first landfall on the island of Great Abaco in the northern Bahamas. However, Harris says that the Lynden Pindli...

Shocker: Bills releasing RB LeSean McCoy

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Bills have not announced the decision. Now, if that isn't a gift from the football gods for the Houston T...

EEE Risk Is Now "Critical" in Many Massachusetts Communities

The woman who passed has been identified as Laurie Sylvia. State officials also informed animal owners that a vaccine for EEE and West Nile virus is availab...

West Nile Virus Again Found in County

The city of Davis in Yolo County was the heart of an intensifying wave of West-Nile-infected mosquitoes this week. Last year, there were 15 cases reported i...

Kirsten Gillibrand's 2020 Presidential Campaign Gets Publicity When it Closes Shop

She never surpassed two percent support in any major polls , and recent polling had her within margin of error of zero percent support. While it is certainl...

Georgia Sen. Isakson Announces He’s Resigning at End of the Year

Georgia is a Republican-leaning state where Democrats have made strong inroads due to northern migration to the Atlanta-metropolitan area. Meanwhile, three De...

More vaping illnesses reported, many involving marijuana

The agency is using an "electronic syndromic surveillance system", Scales said, which will be used to track and identify cases of respiratory illnesses that cou...

Purdue Pharma Looking to Settle Opioid Lawsuits

Purdue Pharma would become a "public beneficiary trust" and the Sackler family would no longer be involved with the company, the Times said. They would also s...

US probes link between vaping and lung disease as patient dies

Mitch Zeller, who leads FDA's Center for Tobacco Products , said FDA is working to determine which vaping products patients used, where they purchased the ...

Judge orders drugmaker to pay $572 million in opioid lawsuit

While Oklahoma is certainly not the only state dealing with the opioid epidemic, it has been particularly hard-hit by the scourge: As Judge Balkman remarked, mo...

Uganda: Travelling girl from Congo dies of Ebola

Ebola virus disease (EVD) first appeared in 1976 in two outbreaks, located in what is now known as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda ha...

Four European states lose measles eradication status as cases soar

However, two other countries - Austria and Switzerland - have now gained the measles elimination status, having "demonstrated the interruption of endemic tran...

Did Joe Biden Claim He Accumulated $280,000 in College Debt?

King had been assassinated in the '70s - the late '70s - I got engaged", Biden told the audience, before proceeding to ramble about the counter-culture movement...

Babies develop ‘werewolf syndrome’ after medical mix-up in Spain

One mother said her six-month-old son started growing "adult eyebrows" and hair all over his body. Read all about the "werewolf syndrome" on USA Today . The ...

Biden slips in latest national poll while Booker gains ground

His press secretary, Sean Spicer, later said the event featured "the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the g...

Opioid crisis: Johnson & Johnson hit by landmark ruling

The state also presented evidence illustrating that Johnson & Johnson packed Oklahoma with sales representatives whom were financially incentivized to convinc...

Donald Trump would lose presidency if election was held today, poll says

Markets looked like they were recovering from the announcement of tit-for-tat tariffs earlier this month after Wall Street suffered its worst session of the yea...