by Research Team | Aug 31, 2015 | Health News
A syringe exchange program aimed at slowing the spread of hepatitis C in a central Indiana county is off to a disappointing start, health department officials there say. Only three people have signed up for the program and a total of 54 needles were exchanged during...
by Research Team | Aug 31, 2015 | Health News
It was a slightly more portly Dylan Moran who took the stage at Founders Theatre than the man New Zealanders would be used to seeing: The misanthropic, cigarette and wine-dependant Bernard Black, the central character of Black Books, which shot Moran to fame in the...
by Research Team | Aug 31, 2015 | Health News
Congratulations, you’re now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we’ll send them straight to your inbox. A new report claims that e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful to health than tobacco and have the potential...
by Research Team | Aug 30, 2015 | Health News
Planned Parenthood Southeast on Friday filed a federal lawsuit over Gov. Robert Bentley’s effort to cut off Medicaid payments to the organization’s Alabama clinics. The organization said Bentley’s effort penalizes low-income women who seek...
by Research Team | Aug 30, 2015 | Health News
The percentage of children receiving the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on time has increased in Ohio, and a state official says a measles outbreak might have helped raise awareness. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports nearly 96 percent of children between 19...
by Research Team | Aug 30, 2015 | Health News
Health officials say a fifth person has died in Texas this year after contracting the West Nile virus, with two victims in the Dallas area. Dallas County Health and Human Services on Friday announced an elderly person died in Irving.
