Health

[ad_1] A Seattle woman in her 40s is the first person known to be infected locally with the West Nile virus. In the past, reported cases in King County residents were likely …

[ad_1] Gun injuries, including many victims of assault, sent 75,000 American children and adolescents to emergency rooms over a nine-year period, costing nearly $ 3 billion, a study found unprecedented. The researchers …

[ad_1] The Latest on a viral outbreak at a pediatric center in New Jersey (all times local): 4:55 p.m. New Jersey health officials say they’ve confirmed another case of adenovirus in an …

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[ad_1] Janet Winston had a rash that wouldn’t go away. The English professor from Eureka, Calif., always had been sensitive to ingredients in skin creams and cosmetics. This time, however, the antifungal …

[ad_1] When they are not sucking the blood of animals, sand flies tend to nibble the marijuana plant (Cannabis sativa), suggests a new search. An international team of scientists discovered that, in …

[ad_1] ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. ………. Gun injuries, including many victims of assault, sent 75,000 American children and adolescents …

[ad_1] Nearly one in five children ages 10 to 17 are obese in Kentucky. At 19.3 percent, that's the third-highest rate in the nation, according to a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report …

[ad_1] If the world looks rosier lately, it's because October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and everyone, from national brands to your coffee shop, uses different products and promotions to educate the …

[ad_1] Fewer than half of North Carolinians got a flu shot last winter, the lowest vaccination rate in six years, and one likely reason why the state saw the most deaths from …