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England women's skipper Heather Knight has been reprimanded and handed a fine of 1000 Great Britain Pounds by Cricket ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is offering to mail four test kits to any household that wants them.

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Since 2015, fentanyl and other synthetic opioids have been involved in more overdose deaths than any other drug across the ...

More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, ...

Enterovirus D68, which in rare cases can cause polio-like paralysis in children, is on the rise in California and across the ...

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Alaska’s life expectancy in 2021 was 74.5 years, down from the average of 76.6 years in 2020, according to the report from ...

Recent data from the CDC reveals that Oklahoma ranks among the states with the highest rates of obesity which significantly increases the risk of various serious health conditions, including cancer ...

The CDC's latest report shows that around 40% of U.S. adults are obese, the first time in over a decade the obesity rate has not increased, CBS News reports. The CDC's National Health and Nutrition ...

The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of continued increase for over a decade.