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In night of introductions to national audience, Jeb Bush underperforms
Bush was uneven and tepid in his first debate as a presidential candidate.
40 Lies You Tell Yourself When You're Drunk
Next week is St. Patrick’s Day, and while certain people will be staying inside the house lest we run into leprechauns (aka the scariest creatures on the planet that are not the least bit…
Jon Stewart's final 'Daily Show': A funny long goodbye
The expanded farewell includes appearances by everyone from Stephen Colbert to Bruce Springsteen.
9 Famous People You Probably Didn’t Know Had Epilepsy
Well known people — writers, athletes, entertainers and more — who lived with a seizure disorder.
Facing epidemic, Cincinnati hospitals test mothers, newborns for drugs
By Mary Wisniewski CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Bubbly and athletic, Heather Padgett, raised in a loving family in the Cincinnati suburbs, would not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict. Until she got clean last August, she was part of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called a heroin epidemic – a 100 percent rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013. The sharp rise
Facing epidemic, Cincinnati hospitals test mothers, newborns for drugs
By Mary Wisniewski CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Bubbly and athletic, Heather Padgett, raised in a loving family in the Cincinnati suburbs, would not fit the stereotype of a heroin addict. Until she got clean last August, she was part of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called a heroin epidemic – a 100 percent rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013. The sharp rise
After the Debate, Fact-Checking GOP Candidates on Abortion
From a “DNA schedule” to allegations that it’s been “consistently proven” that mothers have safe alternatives besides abortion when they have a life-threatening pregnancy condition, Thursday night’s GOP debate was rife with contradictions when it came to issues of reproductive rights.
Meningitis epidemic threat in West Africa, but few vaccines
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — International health officials are scrambling, without much success, to find meningitis C vaccines as an outbreak of the child-killing disease threatens to balloon into an epidemic.
Meningitis epidemic threat in West Africa, but few vaccines
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — International health officials are scrambling, without much success, to find meningitis C vaccines as an outbreak of the child-killing disease threatens to balloon into an epidemic.