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  • Child abuse climbs after Friday report cards, study says

    Child abuse increases the day after school report cards are released, but only when grades arrive on Friday, a study in Florida suggests

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  • What is Rift Valley fever?

    Rift Valley fever is a mosquito-borne disease that poses a risk to unborn children, much like the Zika virus.

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  • Health insurance on demand? Some are betting on it

    A startup is trying to shake up the health insurance industry with on-demand coverage

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  • Health insurance on demand? Some are betting on it

    A startup is trying to shake up the health insurance industry with on-demand coverage

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  • Doctors urged to increase depression screening for pregnant women and new moms

    The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging doctors to increase screenings.

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• Dec 17

  • The Future of Medicine

    An in-depth look at the cutting edge technologies changing medicine, including shining a light on maternal mortality.

    Dec 17

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• Dec 17

  • Vaping use skyrockets among kids, report finds

    ABC News' Dr. Jennifer Ashton shares what parents should know about the report's findings, including that more than one million teenagers are vaping...

    Dec 17

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• Dec 17

  • Most teen drug use is down, but officials fret vaping boom

    Twice as many high school students are using nicotine-tinged electronic cigarettes compared with last year

    Dec 17

• Dec 17

  • Female journalists shine a light on the sometimes-deadly process of giving birth

    Black mothers in the U.S. are particularly at risk, National Geographic reports.

    Dec 17

• Dec 17

  • Texas judge rules Obamacare 'unconstitutional'

    This ruling now may put the healthcare for millions of Americans in jeopardy, as President Donald Trump applauded the decision and Democrats condemned...

    Dec 17

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• Dec 17

  • Teen vaping on the rise as use of other substances remains steady or declines: Survey

    There was a drastic increase in teen vaping between 2017 and 2018.

    Dec 17

• Dec 16

  • Higher percentage of California pot passing safety tests

    But questions remain after closing of lab found to be falsifying test results.

    Dec 16

• Dec 16

  • Higher percentage of California pot passing safety tests

    Higher percentage of California marijuana products clear safety tests but questions remain after sudden closing of lab the state found was falsifying...

    Dec 16

• Dec 16

  • When drinking to overcome social anxiety backfires the next day

    People who drink to overcome social anxiety may experience a rebound effect.

    Dec 16

• Dec 16

  • Insider Q&A: CVS Health CEO seeks bigger role in your care

    CVS Health CEO Larry Merlo seeks bigger role in your care with Aetna acquisition

    Dec 16

• Dec 16

  • Judge's ruling on 'Obamacare' poses new problems for GOP

    GOP faces new problems with health care policy after judge's ruling against 'Obamacare'

    Dec 16

• Dec 16

  • 4 die in crash of Portuguese medical emergency helicopter

    Portuguese authorities say four people have died when a helicopter in the country's medical emergency service crashed

    Dec 16

• Dec 16

  • New figures show fewer Mormons in Utah's biggest county

    New figures show that fewer than half of the residents in Salt Lake County belong to the Mormon church, a significant milestone that illustrates how...

    Dec 16

• Dec 15

  • Ruling to strike down health law puts GOP in a quandary

    A ruling by a federal judge in Texas declaring the Obama health law unconstitutional has landed Republicans in a political quandary.

    Dec 15

• Dec 15

  • All evacuation orders lifted in deadly California wildfire

    All evacuation orders have been lifted in Paradise more than a month after a devastating wildfire that wiped out the Northern California town

    Dec 15

• Dec 15

  • Frequent sex associated with greater enjoyment of life for men, but not women: Study

    The study included almost 7,000 people, ages 50 to 89, in England.

    Dec 15

• Dec 15

  • Scientists getting ahead of Rift Valley fever after learning from Zika epidemic

    Hoping to prevent another epidemic, scientists are working on Rift Valley fever.

    Dec 15

• Dec 15

  • Sign-up deadline is Saturday for ACA health law coverage

    Saturday is the deadline for ACA health law coverage in most of the country

    Dec 15

• Dec 14

  • Federal judge in Texas rules Obama's health care overhaul unconstitutional

    Federal judge in Texas rules Obama's health care overhaul unconstitutional

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • Court: Testimony from OxyContin maker must be unsealed

    A Kentucky appeals court says the secret testimony from a former president of one of the world's largest manufacturers of dangerously addictive opioid...

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • J&J hammered by report it knew of asbestos in baby powder

    Johnson & Johnson reels on media report that it knew for decades about asbestos in its baby powder

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • Alaska groups sue EPA to enforce clean air law in Fairbanks

    Three Alaska groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for a fourth time, claiming the agency has not enforced federal clean air law in...

    Dec 14

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• Dec 14

  • More schools are starting classes later to let students sleep

    Adequate sleep has been linked to better health and performance in school.

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce traced to California farm

    There have been 59 reported cases connected to the outbreak.

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • Priest crisscrosses US performing random acts of kindness

    Three years after the pope appointed Father Jim Sichko to a fleet of Catholic missionaries tasked with spreading joy throughout the world the...

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • 'Young miracle:' Baby recovers from Ebola in Congo outbreak

    Congo's health ministry calls the baby the youngest survivor of the outbreak.

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • How a breakthrough new fertility test offers hope for families struggling to conceive

    The test looks at the DNA of the mother to find the optimal time to conceive.

    Dec 14

• Dec 14

  • How a breakthrough new fertility test offers hope for families struggling to conceive

    The test looks at the DNA of the mother to find the optimal time to conceive.

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• Dec 14

  • Fentanyl driving increase in drug overdose deaths

    A new federal report shows the astonishing pace in which fentanyl rose to become the drug associated with the most overdose deaths in the United...

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• Dec 13

  • New York sues Target and Walmart for selling toy jewelry kits high in lead

    New York sues Target and Walmart for selling Cra-Z-Jewelz toy kits.

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • Republican sparks pushback after vaccine comment

    A Tennessee physician recently elected to Congress is being criticized by top state leaders for alleging without evidence that vaccines may cause...

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • Woman writes letter about being targeted by parenting ads after stillbirth

    Gillian Brockell's tweet has been shared more than 25,000 times.

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • Tainted romaine lettuce traced to at least 1 California farm

    US officials trace E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce to at least 1 farm in California

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • Court: Trump can't let companies deny birth control coverage

    A U.S. appeals court has blocked rules by the Trump administration allowing more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • The drugs behind the stunning 54% increase in drug overdose deaths in 6 years

    Fentanyl alone caused nearly a third of all overdose deaths in 2016.

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • Human heart prompts Southwest flight to return to Seattle

    Southwest Airlines says a Dallas-bound flight returned to Seattle last weekend because a human heart had been left onboard

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • 5 convicted in meningitis outbreak case; 1 acquitted

    Four former employees and an owner of the Massachusetts facility responsible for a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that has killed more than 100...

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • With OK from Congress, US hemp market set to boom

    With federal legalization of hemp at hand, the US market is set to boom amid the popularity of CBDs, a non-psychoactive compound found in hemp as a...

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • US appeals court blocks Trump administration rules allowing more employers to opt out of providing free birth control

    US appeals court blocks Trump administration rules allowing more employers to opt out of providing free birth control

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • Woman agrees to become an 'Immortal Corpse' for science

    National Geographic reports on Susan Potter's decision to have her body sliced up 27,000 times and turned into a digital cadaver for medical...

    Dec 13

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• Dec 13

  • UNAIDS head to quit post early following scathing report

    The head of the U.N. agency AIDS says he'll leave his post in June, an early departure date that comes a week after an independent report looking into...

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • EU agency: Cocaine dealers' technology use complicates busts

    The European Union agency that monitors drug abuse says cocaine dealers are increasingly using social media and encrypted communications to do...

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • More sleep in Seattle: Later school start helps kids get zzz

    High school students are getting more sleep in Seattle thanks to a later start of the school day

    Dec 13

• Dec 13

  • Why one woman agreed to become an 'Immortal Corpse' for science

    Susan Potter, 87, had her body sliced 27,000 times for medical education.

    Dec 13