January 10, 2017 Did you catch the Queen's cold? At 90, stoic Queen Elizabeth II has rarely taken a sick day in the 64 years and 11 months she has ruled Great Britain, but a particularly brutal cold this past holiday season has had her laid up for more than two weeks.
January 10, 2017 Lawyers trade blame in meningitis outbreak trial The former president of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a deadly meningitis outbreak in 2012 put "profits over patients" and ignored repeated warning signs that drugs manufactured by his company were being contaminated by mold, a prosecutor told jurors Monday in a federal racketeering trial.
January 10, 2017 Mammograms tied to overdiagnosis of breast cancer Widespread breast cancer screening may catch more small, slow-growing tumors that are unlikely to be fatal without curbing the diagnosis of advanced cancer cases, a Danish study suggests.
January 10, 2017 France extends duck cull zone amid further bird flu outbreaks France on Tuesday widened an area in which mass culling of ducks is to take place as new cases of bird flu were confirmed in the southwest, the country's main foie gras producing region.
January 9, 2017 Happening Now: Executive set to go on trial in meningitis outbreak case Testimony is set to get underway in the racketeering trial of the former president of a compounding pharmacy blamed for a national meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people and sickened hundreds more.
January 9, 2017 Few black diabetes patients in US drug trials Even though diabetes rates are almost twice as high in black people as in whites, black patients may be far less likely to be included in drug safety trials, a recent study suggests.
January 5, 2017 China confirms latest human death from H7N9 bird flu A man in China's eastern province of Shandong has become at least the fourth person to die this winter from H7N9 bird flu, state media said on Thursday, while officials in southern Guangdong confirmed 14 cases of the virus in December.
January 5, 2017 Even after noncardiac surgery, heart attacks and strokes may be a risk A new study is shedding light on the risk of heart attack, stroke and death among patients who are hospitalized for surgery that doesn't involve the heart.
January 4, 2017 France orders massive duck cull to contain bird flu France on Wednesday ordered a massive cull of ducks in three regions most affected by a severe episode of bird flu, as it tries to contain the virus which has been spreading quickly over the past month, the agriculture ministry said.
January 4, 2017 Cities with the most bed bugs: Does your hometown rank? For the first time, Baltimore has topped pest control company Orkin’s list of top 50 cities with the most bed bug treatments, a ranking based on national home and commercial treatment data from Dec. 1, 2015 to Nov. 30, 2016.