4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (404+ words) An Australian woman has given birth to identical quadruplet girls after a pregnancy doctors described as incredibly rare. Jenitar Sau Na’amoana, who is 34 years old and already had four children, delivered the babies last week at Royal Brisbane and Women’s…...

5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (516+ words) Public Health France said regions hit by the heat from June 17 to July 2 recorded 21,674 deaths from all causes. But without a heat wave, those same regions would have been expected to have seen far fewer deaths, or 15,910, based on statistical…...

22+ hour, 51+ min ago   (244+ words) Bison that appear to be grazing peacefully are able to accelerate into a terrifying pace, making them among the most dangerous animals in Yellowstone, where one of the giant bovines recently charged at and tossed a grandfather. Carl McDaniel, 65, suffered…...

8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (874+ words) By DEVI SHASTRI and MARY CONLON More people are focusing on their gut health, as fibermaxxing goes mainstream, colorectal cancer rises among young adults and personalized gut microbiome treatments become increasingly popular. Now, a generation- and culture-spanning way of preserving…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago   (328+ words) The Health Ministry said hantavirus was also suspected in the deaths of two health workers in the southwestern state of Barinas. Those cases remain under investigation and were not linked to the three fatalities in the eastern state of Anzoátegui,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (760+ words) The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was deferring more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of “suspected fraud and noncompliance,” the latest in a series of punitive steps it has linked to allegations of fraud…...

2+ day, 51+ min ago   (588+ words) Food and Drug Administration officials on Monday said a laboratory test incorrectly identified a positive result for cyclospora on a sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms. The FDA posted the finding to its website on Saturday but then said Sunday…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (662+ words) Orlando Sentinel A headline about Ebola in Central Africa can feel very far from Orlando. As a doctorally prepared nurse, I see it differently: global outbreaks still test the same local systems we rely on every day, triage, travel history,…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (438+ words) The state’s latest quarterly report on theme-park injuries includes a death of a man after he rode “it’s a small world” ride at Magic Kingdom. On April 24, a 54-year-old male had a cardiac emergency on the attraction, a gentle boat ride…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (676+ words) That information could be reassuring or terrifying, but for now it’s a potential tool to speed drug development by helping to identify and enroll high-risk people into studies of possible Alzheimer’s treatments or preventive strategies. Already large clinical trials are…...