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The panel’s chief, Barbara Stocking, a ex- head of Oxfam GB, said it didn’t single anyone out.

In August 2014, the WHO declared it a public health emergency of worldwide concern. A press release recalled scenes from the worst of the crisis, including “gates locked at overflowing treatment centers, patients dying on the hospital grounds”, before extolling...

Metro Vancouver has issued an Air Quality Advisory for Metro Vancouver because of high concentrations of fine particulate matter, due to smoke from wildfires outside our region.

Abbas Dulleh-AP Health workers wash their hands after taking a blood specimen from a child to test for the Ebola virus in an area where a 17-year old boy died from the virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, on June 30, 2015.

“The flag flying on the city of Hartland fire truck becomes the city of Heartland statement just like that flag in our parade has unfortunately become a statement about Albert Lea and our parade”. Brian Nielsen, a almost 10-year veteran with the department proudly...

A smoke advisory has been issued for all of northeastern Colorado and parts of the Denver area through Tuesday morning because of large wildfires burning in Canada. However, the recent passage of a cold front will allow the smoke to drop closer to the ground, decreasing air...

Spurred by the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which entered into force in 2005, most countries have launched comprehensive tobacco-control programs. It recommends that at least 75% of the price of a pack of cigarettes should be tax. If the...

The free clinic operated by the health department was located at Memorial Hospital of Salem County in Mannington Township, but the hospital was not affiliated with the free clinic other than providing space.

We are not now treating these pregnancies at high risk, so an overall shift may be needed in our perception of the risk in pregnancy for women in epilepsy.

We think of those who love fine food and trying new dishes as being indulgent and even gluttonous, yet a new study suggests the opposite: Foodies weigh less and could be in better health than the less adventurous among us. Those who had eaten the most eclectic variety of foods,...

Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia reviewed survey responses from 480 attending physicians and 256 APCs, finding that 95 percent believed that working while sick put patients at risk but 83 percent nonetheless had worked at least once in the previous...

In a statement on the UFC website, Melendez said, “Regrettably, I tested positive in my post-fight urine sample for UFC 188”.

A sentencing hearing begins Monday and could last at least a week. “His name causes an instant headache”, the 62-year-old autoworker tells NBC.

More than 75 per cent of Irish women’s pregnancies involve exposure to alcohol despite warnings about the health effects of drinking, according to a new study.

But time seems to stand still for others, with some appearing not to have aged at all. Based on their scores on these measures, researchers calculated a biological age for each volunteer.