Keep calm and vape on: UK embraces e-cigarettes, U.S. cautious
While the U.S. scrambles to crack down on vaping, Britain has embraced electronic cigarettes as a powerful tool to help smokers kick the habit.
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Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people...
Boy with rare disease gets brand new skin with gene therapy
Doctors treating a critically ill boy with a devastating skin disease used experimental gene therapy to create an entirely new skin for most of his body in a desperate attempt...
Lab-made “mini organs” helping doctors treat cystic fibrosis
This experiment to help people with rare forms of cystic fibrosis in the Netherlands aims to grow mini intestines for every Dutch patient with the disease to figure out, in...
For 1st time, over half of people with HIV taking AIDS drugs
For the first time in the global AIDS epidemic that has spanned four decades and killed 35 million people, more than half of all those infected with HIV are on...
Alleged London mosque attacker made anti-Muslim slurs, neighbors say
Neighbors and acquaintances described the man who allegedly attacked a group of Muslim worshippers as an unemployed lout who was drinking heavily and making anti-Muslim remarks in the days before...
London fire may have destroyed DNA needed to ID victims
The devastating fire that struck a high-rise tower in London may have been so powerful that it destroyed much of the DNA evidence needed to identify its victims.
Strapped World Health Organization spends big on travel
The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel 鈥� far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public...