4 hrs ago | WNYC-AM New York
Fifteen Years After A Vaccine Scare, A Measles Epidemic
Great Britain is in the midst of a measles epidemic, one that public health officials say is the result of parents refusing to vaccinate their children after a safety scare that was later proved to be fraudulent.
4 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville
Russian drunk driver who killed orphans sentenced
This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.
5 hrs ago | Examiner.com
California continues to lead nation in gun safety measures
Even as attempts to enact sensible gun safety legislation at the national level remain stalled and states like Missouri pass constitutionally-questionable measures to nullify all federal gun control laws, California continues to lead in the effort to stem the U.S. epidemic of gun violence.
9 hrs ago | Fairfax Times
Prescription drug abuse deemed epidemic by CDC
Caitlin Acosta, 24, said her life spun out of control after she took a bottle of prescription drugs out of her parents' medicine cabinet when she was in seventh grade.
10 hrs ago | Air & Space
The slopes of Alaska's Gastineau Channel framed the single-engine Cessna 172RG Cutlass on descent into Juneau on the clear afternoon of May 30, 1998.
13 hrs ago | WBNS
House panel seeks to curb military sexual assaults
Determined to check the growing epidemic of sexual assaults in the U.S. armed forces, a House panel is poised to approve a series of revisions to longstanding military law.
The new American epidemic: lack of sleep and increased neurological disorders:
Most Americans, even those hired by big corporations, do not earn enough to pay a decent apartment, buy needed fruits, pay their bills or take a four weeks' vacation.
This weekend was transformative, to say the least. Certainly for me, but even for the hundreds of soldiers in the Ohio Army National Guard Battalion 1-174th, who tossed the sexual assault and prevention training manual out the window and instead chose to play THE INVISIBLE WAR during their mandatory annual training.
Domestic violence is not only on the rise, it is pandemic
Staggering statistics from the United States Office on Violence against Women claim a woman is assaulted or beaten every nine seconds.
Revisiting the "Crack Babies" Epidemic That Never Happened
This week's Retro Report video on "crack babies" lays out how limited scientific studies in the 1980s led to predictions that a generation of children would be damaged for life.
The Growing Epidemic of Previously Important People (PIPs) and How to Solve It
Please don't feel sorry for the person I'm about to tell you about. Peter, a long-time friend and business associate recently sold his company, and life has not been easy for him.
1,125 case in measles epidemic
The number of measles cases in Swansea and Powys has risen by 20, bringing the total to 1,125, public health officials have said.
Nobel laureate plays down flu pandemic "shock-horror scenarios"
This undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and Sars, which was first identified last year in the Middle East.
After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.
Maley recommends ways to combat painkiller abuse
Prescription painkiller abuse is rampant in South Carolina, but there's no statewide effort to combat it, the state inspector general said Monday.
Rob Horowitz: Let's Get Serious About Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse is our nation's fastest-growing drug problem. Yet, so far natonal and state efforts in this area amount to not much more than baby steps.
Superbug Zapper Can Save Millions of Lives
Antibiotic resistant superbugs are on the rise in hospitals. A new "superbug zapper" is being used at UCLA Medical Center.
Monroe, Michigan man charged court fees for murder of his dogs
There has been a rising epidemic sweeping America and victimizing persons who choose to have a "bully breed" dog as their companion animal.
Case workers can re-engage a high proportion of HIV-positive people lost to long-term care
Caseworkers helped 50% of HIV-positive people in New York City who had dropped out of care re-engage with HIV medical care, investigators report in the online edition of AIDS .
Well: Many Fronts in Fighting Obesity
Sugar, and especially the high-fructose corn syrup that sweetens many processed foods and nearly all soft drinks, has been justly demonized for adding nutritionally empty calories to our diet and causing metabolic disruptions linked to a variety of diseases.