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Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.

2017 ended as a banner year for my family, but things didn’t look great at ...

2017 ended as a banner year for my family, but things didn’t look great at the start. A death sentence met us in a boxing ring, and we had to school ourselves on fighting to...

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The Health Care Industry Needs to Be More Honest About Medical Errors

Twenty years ago this fall, the Institute of Medicine—an U.S.-based indepen...

Twenty years ago this fall, the Institute of Medicine—an U.S.-based independent, nongovernmental organization widely regarded as an authority at the intersection of medicine and society—released a report titled “To Err Is Human.” It announced that...

One Person Has Died and Eight Are Hospitalized Due to Salmonella Linked to Ground Beef

As of Friday, there have been ten reported cases of Salmonella Dublin linke...

As of Friday, there have been ten reported cases of Salmonella Dublin linked to ground beef

Vaping products, including flavored vape liquids and pods, are displayed at Gotham Vape in Queens, on September 17, 2019 in New York City.

Vaping-Related Illnesses Have Now Been Reported in Every State

Vitamin E acetate may be to blame

A New Study Provides a Clue About Why People Are Getting Sick and Dying From Vaping

One prominent theory may be wrong

Vaping products, including flavored vape liquids and pods, are displayed at Gotham Vape in Queens, on September 17, 2019 in New York City. Michigan has joined New York in banning the sale of flavored e-cigarettes as federal health officials investigate the cause of hundreds of serious breathing illnesses in people who have used vaping devices.

CDC Says for First Time That Some THC Products Could Be Behind Vaping Deaths and Illnesses

During a press briefing on Friday, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), sa...

During a press briefing on Friday, the Center for Disease Control (CDC), said that Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) containing products plays a role in the recent cases of reported illnesses associated with vaping or e-cigarette use

As the Number of Vaping-Related Deaths Climbs, These States Have Implemented E-Cigarette Bans

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Kidney Swaps Are Revolutionizing a Broken Organ-Donation System in the U.S.

The Health Care Industry Needs to Be More Honest About Medical Errors

One Person Has Died and Eight Are Hospitalized Due to Salmonella Linked to Ground Beef

Vaping-Related Illnesses Have Now Been Reported in Every State

A New Study Provides a Clue About Why People Are Getting Sick and Dying From Vaping

CDC Says for First Time That Some THC Products Could Be Behind Vaping Deaths and Illnesses

As the Number of Vaping-Related Deaths Climbs, These States Have Implemented E-Cigarette Bans

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