WASHINGTON — The Senate approved a pair of bills Tuesday taking aim at urgent problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, clearing a $3.9 billion emergency spending package...
MOSCOW, Aug. 2 — India is considering a ban on electronic cigarettes after an expert panel concluded that e-cigarettes could be fatal due to possibly addictive...
TACLOBAN CITY, Aug. 1— The Department of Health (DOH) regional office will embark on a massive training of village health workers in Eastern Visayas to prevent...
CHICAGO – A popular TV series that showed a teen ending her life may have triggered a surge in online searches for suicide, including how to...
AUSTIN, Texas — Criticized over failing earlier to address skyrocketing pregnancy-related deaths, Texas lawmakers Monday pushed with renewed urgency efforts to examine why the state’s maternal...
CAPE TOWN, Aug 1 — The estimated overall HIV prevalence rate is approximately 12.6 percent among the South African population, the highest prevalence in the world,...
HONOLULU – Hawaii has approved its first laboratory to begin testing samples of medical marijuana. On Monday, the state Department of Health certified Honolulu-based lab Steep...
WASHINGTON — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Friday that it will seek to lower nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels as part...
BAGUIO CITY — Advocating to achieve the goal to be CPR-Ready by 2021, the Philippine Heart Association Baguio-Benguet (PHA-BB) chapter and the Department of Tourism Cordillera...
Toronto police say a rash of suspected drug-related deaths in a three day period is highly unusual for the city and prompted investigators to issue a...