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The nation's top health official declared a public health emergency in Texas on Monday, saying it would speed up federal assistance as the state tries to accommodate almost ...5.5

A candle fell over and set fire to a crowded theater in the Egyptian town of Beni Suef on Monday night, killing at least 29 people and injuring 38, officials and survivors ...4.5

State health officials believe a new system evaluating the water quality at Lake Erie beaches based on the previous day's sample will give people a better idea whether it's ...3.2

The lectures are on the second Tuesday of each month, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the medical school, 1010 N. Kansas.3.1

New York - Doctors commonly view excessive daytime sleepiness as a cardinal sign of disturbed or inadequate sleep.2.7

Instant-read thermometer: Takes the guesswork out of cooking meats and poultry. * Liquid soap dispenser: To replace your bars of soap, which can become contaminated on the ...2.7

The rate of spina bifida and anencephaly birth defects has fallen by more than one-third since the addition in 1998 of folic acid to the nation's enriched flours, rice and ...2.7

Could the salt that preserves hot dogs also preserve your health? Scientists at the National Institutes of Health think so.2.7

RIVIERA BEACH A federal inspection of the Veteran Affairs Medical Center found nearly 3,000 patients were not provided CAT scans or MRIs in a timely fashion, including one ...2.7

A LOOK at the experiences of children and young people who are infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS, last Friday netted Gleaner journalists, Patricia Watson, Trudy Simpson ...2.7

Roche Products Ltd has agreed to provide an estimated $100,000 a year to support national testing for HER2 positive breast cancer at Auckland DHB's laboratory LabPLUS.

Bufallo: Human and animal corpses, disposed of in Indian rivers, may have been the original source of mad cow disease that has had a devastating impact on the British and ...2.9

Children as young as 2 years old are more likely to be influenced by their parents' smoking and drinking habits, a novel study has shown.2.7

Island Hospice is offering two training courses for new volunteers in September.3.1

More than 21/2 years ago, Las Crucen Martin Walker was diagnosed with HIV or human immunodeficiency virus.2.7

The DeSoto County Health Department has joined forces with the DeSoto County School District to battle and prevent tobacco use by students.2.7

Glenn May chats with his wife, Charlotte, in the backyard of their Massillon home, where the two keep busy landscaping and spending quality time with their grandchildren.2.9

Desperate parents of some Canadian children with autism are turning to a radical and unproven treatment -- using drugs to remove often disturbingly high levels of toxic ...2.9

An influenza vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Inc., a multinational research-based pharmaceutical company, has won the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration and is ...2.7

Sylvia and Matthew Marrs are trying to make it to Las Vegas, to stay with family.2.7

It might not have been a typical retirement plan, but it was the stuff of dreams for Larry and Susan Peterson.3.1

Research in the September issue of Nature Immunology identifying a new response factor triggered by intracellular sensors of many types of viruses may open up new ways of ...2.7

As a longtime chef in four-star restaurants, Joseph Pace had seen appreciative customers before.2.7

One of the most difficult things to deal with when confronted with a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis diagnosis is finding the support ...2.7

Damauli, Sept. 5: 1 crore 25 lakh 21,100 people of Nepal use drug, a statistic here shows.2.7

The South Australian Government has foreshadowed the first prosecutions under the state's new anti-smoking laws.2.7

An elderly Ukrainian holds a portrait of her husband at the Memorial of Chernobyl victims during a ceremony in Kiev, April 26, 2005.4

LOS ANGELES - New observations by the international Cassini spacecraft reveal that Saturn's trademark shimmering rings, which have dazzled astronomers since Galileo's time, ...2.7

KANZU PROTEST: Police evict Dr. Banegura from the convention over racist talk; Photo by Eddie Ssejoba By Opiyo Oloya & Eddie Ssejjoba in Minneapolis A US ambassador and ...2.9

The president of the United Nations-administered province of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, said yesterday that he was suffering from lung cancer, putting in doubt his ...3.1

Airlines has been flying Hawai - i's skies for nearly 60 years, providing a brand of service distinguished by the Island-style tradition that gives us our name.2.9

By Jude Etyang THE Uganda Medical Workers' Union yesterday defended health minister Jim Muhwezi, who is facing a censure motion due to the mismanagement of the Global Fund ...2.7

Bruce is being pestered by a friend back home who wants him to find a "heavy duty" pocket ashtray.2.7

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - The first patient at the state-of-the-art mobile hospital designed for disasters was a puppy.3.1

US experts say they have strong scientific proof that mind over matter works for relieving pain.2.9

Gwinnett Commissioner Lorraine Green will ask the board to vote Tuesday to stop buying land in secret and to ease its 17-month-old ban on indoor smoking.2.7

The amount of salt dissolved in streams in the Northeast is rising and chemicals used to clear snow and ice from the roads are being blamed.2.7