November 20, 2014 China Mass Measles Vaccination Plan Sparks Outcry China's plans to vaccinate 100 million children and come a step closer to eradicating measles has set off a popular outcry that highlights widening public distrust of the authoritarian government after repeated health scandals
November 20, 2014 Coroner: Alcohol Injection in Surgery Kills Baby An Ohio coroner says a 7-month-old boy whose heart was being operated on was flushed with alcohol instead of saline and died.
November 20, 2014 Same Needle Used on Group of Students During Blood Test A group of high school students in Tasmania may have been exposed to several blood borne viruses after a teacher decided to use the same needle while taking blood samples.
November 20, 2014 Abbott Identifies Recalled Baby Formula Lots Abbott Laboratories posted a list of lot numbers on Thursday for the millions of recalled containers of its Similac powdered infant formulas and expanded Internet and call center capacity to handle a deluge of requests for information from concerned parents
November 20, 2014 More Teens Get Unapproved Weight-Loss Surgery A type of weight-loss surgery not approved for adolescents is becoming more and more common among teens in California, according to a report published today.
November 20, 2014 Sandwich Bag Saves Premature Baby's Life A tiny, premature baby survived after doctors kept her warm by putting her in a sandwich bag from the hospital cafeteria
November 20, 2014 Oh $#*!, I'm 3! Kids Learning to Swear Earlier Children are learning to use profanity — swearing — at an earlier age, according to research presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium this month. And the researchers found children are also swearing more often than children did just a few decades ago.
November 20, 2014 California Teen Strangles Self While Trying to Experience High-Like State Parents of a California teen who died tragically in what at first appeared to be an exercise machine accident now say they believe their son was intentionally choking himself to experience a high-like state, The Union reported.
November 20, 2014 DEA: Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinets Saturday The national prescription drug "Take-Back" campaign will offer more than 4,000 sites around the nation where the public can drop off expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs
November 20, 2014 9th Infant in California Dies From Whooping Cough The California Department of Public Health is concerned about the rise in cases of whooping cough