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Hours after the FBI arrested pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli on securities fraud charges this week, the bureau announced it does not have in its possession the only known copy of the Wu-Tang Clan album “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.”

MUMBAI India’s largest drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has been warned by US health regulators for violating manufacturing standards at its Halol plant in India, even as it has been working on fixing issues at the plant for over a year. “It is the only...

Dec 19, 2015- More than 47,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2014 – the most ever recorded in one year, USA officials say.

Deaths from drug overdose has reached record high levels in 2014 with 47,055 people died from drug overdoses in America a year ago, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention latest report. Opioid overdose deaths increased 14 percent from 2013 to 2014. CDC analyzed...

According to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of drug overdose deaths in the Granite State increased from 203 to 334 cases, an increase of 73.5 percent year to year. The worst thing to note is that opioids are involved in 61%...

Though Lamar Odom‘s overall prognosis is still good, it appears the former National Basketball Association star has suffered something of a setback in his ongoing recovery from a seizure and drug overdose.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said drug overdoses hit record levels in 2014, with over 47,000 deaths – a almost 7 percent increase in just one year.

Drug overdose deaths surged in 14 states a year ago, pushing the nation to a record count, according to a government report released Friday.

Carter made the announcement to a crowded Sunday School class he was teaching at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, garnering a standing ovation from hundreds of people in the room. “He’s not going to stop doing the treatment, but at this point,...

Surprising as it may sound, coffee drinkers get health perks from five cups per day.

And, as predicted by many, instead of proving a stark warning to drug users, the eponymous sloth is already well on his way to becoming a stoner icon.

The report, released Friday, says the Commonwealth had 2,426 overdose deaths in 2013 and 2,732 in 2014, marking a 12.9 percent increase over that period.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken an important step closer to disallowing anyone under 18 years of age from indoor tanning devices and sun lamps.

“Rates of opioid overdose deaths also increased significantly, from 7.9 per 100,000 in 2013 to 9.0 per 100,000 in 2014, a 14% increase”.

The U.S. Center for Disease Control recommends that everyone 6 months and older receive an annual flu vaccination.