Posts in category Health

ATLANTA — Public health officials said Saturday that a number of Americans will return from West Africa to be monitored after possibly being exposed to Ebola. …

MIAMI — Four child welfare workers have been charged with forging documents designating children as at-risk in order to obtain government funding for child care. The …

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Medical Center is hosting a job fair this week for health professionals. The job fair at Atlanta Medical Center’s Health Pavilion is …

By JIM KUHNHENN and JOSH HOFFNER PHOENIX — President Barack Obama is making a first-time visit to the Arizona veterans’ hospital that triggered a national examination into how the …

LONDON —  A British military health care worker in Sierra Leone who has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus is being transferred back to Britain …

By MATTHEW PERRONE   WASHINGTON —  Google-backed genetic testing company 23andMe is launching its own drug development unit, betting that it can translate its database of …

Ubiquitous. To say the least.  I am speaking of the way electronic devices seem to have taken over our lives.  Now don’t get me wrong, …

By Paul McKellips   Each year, one in five U.S. children suffers from a mental disorder. These illnesses range from depression to anxiety to alcohol …

By LARAINE WESCHLER WATERTOWN, Conn. —  A year ago, Nancy Demers, 71, was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a deficiency in the bone marrow. The disease can …

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN  PARIS — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency promised further investigation Monday into a “sordid incident” of collusion between Lance Armstrong and cycling’s …