FDA Unveils New Cigarette Health Warnings
Consumers are getting a glimpse of graphic images that will be alternating on all cigarette packages and advertisements within 15 months—an effort by health officials to discourage smoking by bringing…
Giant AIDS Ribbon on the 30th Year of Disease
For the first time ever, a massive red ribbon appears on the side of Twin Peaks to mark the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS in the…
Efforts Are On to Cure Unslept Zombies
The Better Sleep Council (BSC), as part of its Stop Zombieitis! campaign to inform the public about the sleep deprivation epidemic gripping America, has designated Friday, May 20, as the…
Bill Gates Suggests to Save 10 Million Lives
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, called on government leaders to increase their investments in vaccines and to hold themselves accountable for extending the benefits of…
Medicines for Diseases that Strike Women
Medical researchers are making progress into understanding why women suffer disproportionately from a number of diseases. Those insights are providing information to help develop medicines to attack diseases such as…
Dog Bites: a Serious Public Health Problem
Each year, almost five million people are bitten or attacked by dogs. Dog bites are a serious public health problem that can cause both physical and emotional damage to victims…