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Recent advances have made PSA screening for prostate cancer more effective – so much so that current federal guidelines that now recommend against routine screening for men should be updated, a top doctor argues. The study included men with tumors classified as stage...

However an official with the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said that two days of talks would begin on Wednesday.

Lady Barbara Judge called on business leaders to fight the case for an ambitious EU-US trade deal and win over a sceptic general public across Europe, at a dinner at London’s Mansion House last night.

Mark Leno, would extend restrictions that are already applied to tobacco cigarettes to their electronic counterparts. He voted for the amendments after noting that the USA Food and Drug Administration is studying federal regulation of e-cigarettes.

You can still enjoy your water ice but Rita’s Italian Ice chain has stopped offering its popular custard due to the national egg shortage.

A delegation from Afghanistan’s president is meeting representatives of the Taliban in the Pakistani capital, officials said, in the first publicly acknowledged talks with the insurgents fighting to topple the government in Kabul.

He has begun to come into his own this season and, with help from Sano and friends, led the Twins to an 8-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Target Field. Minnesota put up three runs in the first, getting a one-out single from Joe Mauer, who advanced to second on a wild...

Of those 184, 18 are of note and eight evacuation orders or alerts are now in effect.

New numbers from the feds are shedding light on what’s being called a heroin epidemic across the country.

Opponents, who conducted a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #hearus, argued that the vaccines also carry risks and said parents should have the right to choose whether to use them or seek a religious exemption.

A woman in Washington State has died from the measles, marking the nation’s first death from the disease in 12 years.

Seven weeks after being declared Ebola-free, Liberia has found a second case of the deadly disease, sparking fears that the country could find itself back in the middle of an epidemic if precautions are not put in place.

An official from the Afghan government’s high peace council told The Associated Press that the meeting took place Tuesday in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. As security has deteriorated, a handful of Afghan districts have fallen under Taliban control. That toll includes...

A dead cat in Monterey tested positive for rabies last week, Monterey County health officials announced Monday. Low-priced rabies clinics are provided by the health department and St. Mary’s Animal Welfare League (SMAWL) during March – November. Prior to that...

The new cases come amid anger among health workers claiming they are owed hazard benefits unpaid since Liberia was declared Ebola-free on May 9. On June 21, the victim – who lives near the airport – exhibited signs of the disease.