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Amnesty: Yemen’s disabled are neglected, and sufferingAmnesty: Yemen’s war put huge toll on people with disabilities, on margins of society, excluded from badly needed aid
MRIs of dense breasts find more cancer but also false alarmsNew research finds that for women with very dense breasts, having an MRI scan in addition to a mammogram can led to fewer missed cancers but also to a lot of false alarms...
Study: For babies born with HIV, start treatment right awayWhen newborns are infected with HIV, a new study suggests starting treatment right away is better than waiting just a few weeks to months
Stop! Washing your Thanksgiving turkey could spread germs‘My grandmother taught me that:’ Food safety experts say not to wash Thanksgiving turkeys before cooking, even if relatives did
Utah banning ‘conversion therapy’ with Mormon church backingUtah set to become 19th state banning ‘conversion therapy’
Jimmy Carter out of hospital after treatment for brain bleedFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bl...
No more menthol cigarettes: New ban on tobacco, vape flavorsThe governor of Massachusetts has signed into law a groundbreaking ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes
Hospital: Kidney went to wrong transplant patientA New Jersey hospital says a kidney meant for one patient was mistakenly transplanted into another with the same name who was farther down the priority list
1 year later, mystery surrounds China’s gene-edited babiesOne year after Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had helped make the first gene-edited babies, mystery surrounds his fate as well as theirs
More clues point to chemical compound in US vaping illnessesU.S. health officials say more evidence points to a chemical compound as a culprit in vaping illnesses
DC government sues e-cigarette maker Juul over teen useThe District of Columbia is joining several states in suing e-cigarette maker Juul Labs over its marketing practices
Trump donates 3rd-quarter salary to help fight opioid crisisPresident Donald Trump donates his 3rd-quarter salary to help tackle the nation’s opioid epidemic
Ebola responders on ‘lockdown’ after Congo city’s unrestEbola responders on ‘lockdown’ after Congo city’s deadly unrest, UN health agency says
Kamala Harris proposes doubling mental health treatment bedsDemocratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to double the number of mental health treatment beds available across the country and increase access to virtual men...
Milan hospital displays X-rays of women attacked by menA Milan hospital is exhibiting X-rays of women beaten or stabbed by men to highlight gender violence
Local former smokers play harmonicas to improve healthA group of ex-smokers in Lynchburg are trying to help others quit smoking.
Suspected norovirus outbreak closes 46 Colorado schoolsThousands of students in Colorado are out of school because of a suspected outbreak of norovirus
Vape debate: Are e-cigarettes wiping out teen smoking? Teen smoking is plummeting amid a surge in vaping. Are e-cigarettes killing off cigarette use in young people?
Massachusetts OKs ban on flavored vaping, tobacco productsMassachusetts lawmakers passed a groundbreaking ban Thursday on the sale of flavored tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes
What’s News Today: Read to Me Day, car seat safetyHere's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines across the country and Southwest Virginia.
Divided US House committee backs pot decriminalizationA divided House panel has endorsed a proposal to decriminalize and tax marijuana at the federal level
French government to boost funding for public hospitalsThe French government says it will boost funding for the country’s public hospitals over the next three years by 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion), after years of cost cut...
AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping productsAmerican Medical Association calls for an immediate ban on all e-cigarette and vaping products
New York joins states suing e-cigarette maker JuulNew York has joined the ranks of states suing Juul, the nation’s biggest e-cigarette maker
Trump says he went through ‘very routine physical’President Donald Trump says he went through a ‘very routine physical’ when he went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, but complained that first ...
Warm ocean water delays sea ice for Alaska towns, wildlifeClimate warming is taking a toll on sea ice off Alaska’s northwest coast
Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ plan reignites health care clashElizabeth Warren wants to move the country to a government-funded health care system in stages over three years rather than immediately push for a full “Medicare for All”
Long-running coal plant on Navajo Nation stops productionA massive coal-fired power plant that served customers around the U.S. West for nearly 50 years has shut down
How This Mom Lost All Her Memory Giving Birth for 1st Time — and How She Rebuilt Her Life With Her Family
US panel backs wider use of fish oil to prevent heart attackUS health experts recommend wider use prescription-strength fish oil to help prevent heart problems
Vaping illnesses in US still rising, though at slower paceUS cases of vaping lung damage continue to increase but at slower pace
Old dogs, new tricks: 10,000 pets needed for scienceScientists need 10,000 pet dogs for the largest-ever study of aging in canines
Schools closed in New Delhi as air quality dips for 3rd daySchools in India’s capital are shut after air quality plunged to a severe category for the third consecutive day, enveloping New Delhi in a thick gray haze of noxious air
Doctor accused of unnecessary surgeries held without bailA Virginia doctor is headed to court to face allegations that he performed unnecessary surgical procedures on his patients
Alzheimer’s research conference coming to RoanokeThe Alzheimer's Association is hosting a one day research conference in Roanoke Thursday.
