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The outbreak is the largest in the US since 2006, when spinach tainted with a similar strain of E. coli sickened more than 200 people. (Photo: Pixabay)

Tainted lettuce in US sickens 98

E. Coli symptoms generally include diarrhoea, severe stomach cramps and vomiting.

28 April 2018 8:55 AM GMT

Most children who have irritability, depression or anxiety dont have suicidal thoughts. (Photo: Pixabay)

Irritability in childhood linked to teen suicide risk

Irritability usually shows up in children as frustration and anger.

15 April 2018 9:22 AM GMT

Dr. Glenn Lopez administers a free COVID-19 test to Jesus Pineda at a St. Johns Well Child & Family Center mobile clinic set up outside Walker Temple AME Church in South Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.(AFP)

Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries

COVID-19 data, which influence the United States' response to coronavirus pandemic, will now be collected by a private...

16 July 2020 4:09 AM GMT

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, Friday, Nov. 19, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. (AP)

US makes negative COVID-19 test report mandatory for all incoming...

Air passengers will also be required to confirm in the form of an attestation that the information they present is true,...

5 Dec 2021 6:32 AM GMT

: Passengers, wearing masks, leave from Chaudhary Charan Singh airport after arriving by a domestic flight following its resumption, during the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, in Lucknow. PTI Photo

US eases travel advisory for India to second-lowest level

In April, the US issued a level 4 travel health notice for India as the country was reeling under the second wave of...

17 Aug 2021 7:31 AM GMT

Anaphylaxis is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition that typically occurs within seconds to minutes of an allergic exposure. (Photo: Pixabay)

Experts offer advice for extreme allergic reaction

Anaphylaxis is increasingly preventable and treatable, which is wonderful news.

10 March 2018 11:17 AM GMT

This undated photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine in March 2018 shows Dr. Robert Redfield Jr. (Photo: AP)

Longtime US AIDS researcher picked to run CDC

Redfield, a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore succeeds Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald.

22 March 2018 4:29 AM GMT

Nearly half of the kids who had experienced sexual orientation discordance 46 percent reported suicidal thoughts or behaviours.(Photo: Pixabay)

Teens who hide their sexual orientation have higher suicide risk

Nearly half of the kids who had experienced sexual orientation discordance 46 percent reported suicidal thoughts or...

20 March 2018 9:44 AM GMT

Apart from late working hours, people who visit clubs also tend to be drowsy drivers risking their life while driving. (Photo: Pixabay)

Poor sleep quality explains some racial differences in drowsy driving

Sleepiness is thought to be a factor in anywhere from 2 percent to 20 percent of all crashes resulting in fatalities or...

11 May 2018 8:05 AM GMT

More than a third of people with epilepsy continued to have seizures despite treatment. (Photo: Pixabay)

Epilepsy drugs work for most patients, but there's room for...

The overall likelihood of seizure control was lowest for individuals with numerous seizures in the year before treatment...

30 Dec 2017 7:47 AM GMT