Health May 14 UN health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwide The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out artery-clogging trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years.
Nation Feb 15 Flu shot only 36 percent effective, making bad year worse The flu vaccine is doing a poor job protecting older Americans and others against the bug that's causing most illnesses.
Health Feb 09 This flu season is now as bad as the 2009 swine flu It's also surpassing every winter flu season since 2003, when the government changed the way it measures flu.
Politics Jan 23 CDC cancels climate conference, but doesn't say why A co-sponsor was told by the Centers for Disease and Prevention that the agency was worried how the conference would be viewed by the Trump administration.
World Oct 07 UPDATE: Madrid to euthanize pet dog of nurse with Ebola MADRID -- Three more people were placed under quarantine for Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nurse became infected, authorities said Tuesday. More than 50 other possible contacts were being monitored.