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The Louisiana House Ways and Means Committee moved forward 32 bills that could potentially increase taxes.

The Minnesota Department of Health said Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, that consumers should not eat alfalfa sprouts from Jack & The Green Sprouts of River Falls, Wis., after several E. coli cases were linked to the sprouts. The illness affected people ages 18 to 84; five were...

“Pharmacists are medication experts and play a significant role in the dispensing and monitoring of medication to ensure safe and optimal use”, company spokeswoman Tammy Smitham said in an email.

Three pregnant women in Florida have tested positive for the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health announced Wednesday.

Andrews’ lawsuit stems from a 2008 incident in which she was secretly videotaped naked inside of her hotel room at the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University.

The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Texas in early February by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite.

She was not pregnant but experienced Zika symptoms upon her return to the state. Currently, doctors have to send blood samples to specialized labs available in only a handful of states or to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, which can...

If confirmed, the high number would have major implications for controlling the virus, which is usually spread by mosquito bites. These males are released into the target area, where they compete with wild males to mate with the wild females.

USA health officials are investigating whether 14 new Zika virus infections may been transmitted through sex, raising questions about the role of sex in spreading a disease that has been linked to birth defects in Brazil. In all the cases, women in the continental United States...

The state of Florida announced Wednesday that three pregnant women who had traveled outside the United States tested positive for Zika virus.

It was not the way the 34-year-old wanted to retire, as Australia completed a 2-0 series sweep by winning the second Test by seven wickets.

The research of analyzed data of over 430,000 participants discovered that drinking two additional cups of coffee each day reduced the risk of developing liver cirrhosis by 44 percent.

A 16-member team of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is starting work on a “case-control” study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus really does cause babies to be born with the devastating birth defect microcephaly, as Brazilian researchers...

The federal opposition says the government has finally acknowledged Labor was correct in deciding Australia needed 12 new submarines.

Voting against his confirmation were Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday in a statement.