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Beware of parasites in raw/undercooked fish, warn doctors

The report comes after a 32-year-old man in Lisbon was found to have parasite larvae on his gut lining after he suffered from severe upper gut pain, vomiting ...

$5 million sought for measles outbreak response

Minneapolis St-Paul has the largest Somali community in the United States , estimated to about 70,000 in total. In the Somali community, that number plummeted ...

New South Korean president vows to address North Korea, broader tensions 'urgently'

As he took the oath of office Wednesday, Moon Jae-in said he was open to visiting Pyongyang under the right conditions to discuss its nuclear program. The cen...

'Good Faith' unlikely from North Korea

The CIA and the White House declined to comment on the statement from North Korea's Ministry of State Security, which accused the CIA and South Korea's Nation...

Medicare levy hike matters to tight family budget

The federal opposition leader has also committed to keeping the coalition's budget fix levy on high-income earners, and says his party will back a $6.2 billion ...

Three water rides at UK theme parks reopen after safety review

Drayton Manor also announced it would likely remain closed on Friday as investigations continue. The theme park said: "The Splash Canyon ride has been closed ...

MannKind Corp. Posted gains of 10.89% in the Last Trade

The biggest holder now is Hakan S. Edstrom who owns 1,114,340 shares (1.10% of those outstanding), whilst Alfred E. Mann holds 1,005,990 (1.00% of shares outsta...

State plans enforcement action at nuke site

This image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Ric...

United States committed to protecting Turkey's security: USA defense secretary to Turkish PM

Washington says arming the Syrian Kurdish forces is necessary to capture Raqqa , which Islamic State has used a hub for planning attacks overseas. U.S. "We'r...

Nigeria negotiating with Boko Haram for more Chibok releases

The mass abduction of almost 300 schoolgirls from a boarding school three years ago brought world attention to Boko Haram's deadly rampage in northern Nigeria...

AG Sessions avoids talks of FBI director in West Virginia

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote the memorandum that President Trump relied upon to justify firing Comey. A special counsel could be appointed b...

Heroin epidemic pushing up hepatitis C infections in US

The study reviewed birth records from 2009 to 2014. A release states that the rate has nearly doubled between 2009-2014. While the disease is more common in t...

Attorneys say 8-year-old Ohio boy was bullied before killing himself

On Jan. 26, Taye killed himself at his Cincinnati home after school. "Though the connection between this incident at school and Gabriel's suicide are not cl...

Pop sensation Justin Bieber sends fans into tizzy in Mumbai

India got a big dose of Justin Bieber, 23, this week, and even some of the biggest celebrities in the country showed up for his goal world tour show at DY Pa...

Snapchat's growth stalls in Facebook's shadow in 1Q report

Shares in Snap , the company behind social photography app Snapchat, have dropped 20 per cent in value in after-hours trading following the company's first qua...

Pentagon: 45 civilians killed by coalition strikes

Three separate strikes near Mosul in early March of this year left 26 civilians dead. Some 382,000 inhabitants of western Mosul have fled since February, a...

Michael Flynn Russia ties earn Federal Bureau of Investigation subpoena

He also said Flynn didn't disclose the payment one month later when he tried to get his security clearance renewed. House and Senate committees are now invest...

Floyd agrees to sign with hometown Vikings

He was sentenced to a 120-day jail sentence in February, and in March he was allowed to finish the rest of his sentence under house arrest. Floyd is one of ma...

UN chief: drought-stricken Somalia 'hangs in the balance'

The UN Secretary General said growing food insecurity is affecting millions of Somalis. Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and United Nations Secreta...

EU hails growth but warns of uncertainty in UK over Brexit

This would follow "robust growth" of 3.4 per cent in 2016, which exceeded EC's last growth forecast (repeatedly revised upward over the course of past year, fro...

Scientists use artificial womb to support premature lambs

Although neonatal intensive care has improved over the past decade, there are high rates of chronic lung disease and other complications - often due to oxygen d...

The FBI's Russian Federation investigation is 'accelerating,' and it cost Comey his job

If Comey offered the president such assurances, in the early days of a sensitive Federal Bureau of Investigation probe of possible ties between Trump campaign o...

Team player Fabregas leads Chelsea to brink of EPL title

Antonio Conte wants Chelsea to claim the Premier League title at the first opportunity at West Brom on Friday. "Honestly this is a big step because now ther...

No radiation detected after tunnel breach at Washington nuclear site

It's not clear how, exactly, the rift occurred, but one theory is that vibrations from nearby roadwork may have contributed to the tunnel's collapse. The cave...

Suspect proclaims innocence in deadly Phoenix shooting spree

The man called "the serial street shooter " usually struck at night, standing outside his auto and blasting away with a semi-automatic pistol. Aaron Saucedo...

Nasimuddin Siddiqui with son faces expulsion from BSP for 'anti-party' activities

The Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders demanded arrest of Naseemuddin Siddiqui over derogatory remarks made against women members of expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Sing...

Side effects emerge after approval for many United States drugs

CHICAGO (AP ) - Almost one-third of new drugs approved by US regulators over a decade ended up later with warnings about sometimes serious side effects. Problem...

No radiation reported after collapse of plutonium plant tunnel in Washington

Federal officials at midday said there was no sign so far that any radioactive material had leaked following the collapse of part of the tunnel, which contain...

Troops deployed as Canada braces for worse flooding

He believes municipality authorities in his town and others could have warned residents earlier that water levels were going to rise in order to give people mor...

Marijuana compound may help reverse memory loss

Mice have a relatively short lifespan and show cognitive deficits often after one year. However, once given the drug, the older mice thrived and their test sc...

Cotton-tip swabs send dozens of kids to the ER every day

Jatana warns parents to keep cotton swabs out of the reach of young children, and to teach kids about the dangers of using them directly in the ear canal . Most...

Giant rabbit owners seek details, payment from United,

The hare was then cremated without the owners' consent, Cook said at a news conference Monday , pointing to United Kingdom tabloid reports written at the ti...

Rep. Raul Labrador joins Idaho governor's race

Labrador plans to complete his current term in the House while seeking the governorship, according to the Huffington Post . "Idaho is not Washington, D.C., a...

Warm Days Ahead; Showers and Storms Return Friday

After that, sunny skies, clearer conditions and temperatures shooting back up to the 90's. On Monday, we do it all over again. It's yet another lovely day i...

Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction erased, judge rules

Attorneys for Hernandez's family had filed a motion to abate the conviction in compliance with MA common practice that defaults to abatement when a defendant ha...