1+ hour, 21+ min ago  (220+ words) June 21 (UPI) -- French police issued a ban on certain alcoholic drinks Sunday amid unusually high temperatures coinciding with one Paris' largest street parties. The order banned people from consuming certain high-alcohol content drinks after 8 a. m. Sunday along areas of Canal Saint-Martin…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (354+ words) June 19 (UPI) -- The Trump administration plans to stop funding HIV programs in South Africa under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief over policy differences. The U. S. State Department is winding down the funds South Africa receives from PEPFAR to care…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (330+ words) June 19 (UPI) -- A major outbreak of flu has hit Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, less than two months after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth dropped the requirement for flu vaccines. The disease has run through an Air Force basic…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (347+ words) June 18 (UPI) -- Women have nearly zero chance of death from cervical cancer if they were vaccinated against human papilloma virus at age 12 to 13, a new study shows. Between 2020 and 2024, there were no cervical cancer deaths reported in women ages 20 to…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (364+ words) The researchers said the study involves early plague strains from outbreaks starting about 5, 500 years ago among hunter-gatherers living near Lake Baikal in southeast Siberia. The graves studied contained skeletons from multiple generations, the study said. Testing on the skeletons' teeth…...

4+ day, 27+ min ago  (175+ words) June 17 (UPI) -- A kangaroo on the loose for several days in Quebec was captured by provincial officials and taken to a new permanent home at a zoo. The kangaroo, which had previously been kept in a stable that wildlife rescuers…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (289+ words) June 17 (UPI) -- South Korea's Penetrium Bioscience said Wednesday that the company would start a clinical test combining its investigational cancer drug Penetrium with Merck's immunotherapy Keytruda. The Seoul-based company noted that the phase-1 trial would enroll patients with certain types…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (895+ words) June 12 (UPI) -- Twelve cases of the flesh-eating fly called the New World screwworm have been detected in the United States as of Friday and what took decades to eradicate only took a few years to return. Since first being detected…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (248+ words) June 14 (UPI) -- Nara Organics is voluntarily recalling its powdered infant formula over concerns of a potential risk of Clostridium botulinum contamination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced the recall on Saturday, citing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (96+ words) Director of the Center for Medicare Chris Klomp (L), U. S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (C), and Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Dr. Mehmet Oz (R) attends a healthcare affordability event announcing an expansion of Trump Rx. Gov,…...