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Obama Announces New Measures To Fight Opioid, Heroin Abuse Epidemic

President Barack Obama and his administration have announced new actions to combat heroin and opioid...

Mar 30, 2016 12:50 AM EDT

Utah Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Declare Pornography as a Public Health Hazard, Calls on Education and Policy Change

A resolution introduced in the Utah State Legislature seeks to declare pornography a “public healt...

Feb 01, 2016 03:55 AM EST

Hold U.S. envoy Power defends Ebola guidelines, warns on Guinea

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended federal guidelines for monitoring healt...

Nov 01, 2014 07:44 AM EDT

U.S. diplomat travels to West Africa as Ebola quarantine moves take hold

As the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations embarked on a trip to West Africa, new rules in three U...

Oct 26, 2014 05:07 AM EDT

Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

Normally it takes years to prove a new vaccine is both safe and effective before it can be used in t...

Sep 28, 2014 11:06 AM EDT

U.S. pledges 3,000 troops to fight Ebola; experts say more needed

The United States has pledged to send 3,000 troops West Africa, using its military muscle to battle ...

Sep 16, 2014 12:23 PM EDT