Medical News

Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey returned to the Royal Free Hospital after a relapse. The British nurse was first infected in December 2014 after her work at Sierra Leone.

An analysis involving 370,000 children in Japan's Fukushima prefecture found large numbers of diagnosed thyroid cancer cases. Researchers expressed the rate is 20 to 50 times higher compared to cases in other areas.

A woman from Florida accidentally glued one of her eyes shut. This was due to someone handing her a bottle of it, mistaking it for eye drops.

Experts from the United Kingdom advise pregnant women to completely avoid drinking alcohol during the gestation period because of adverse effects. Various health groups say otherwise.

CDC said at least 171 million doses of flu vaccine are expected in 2015. CDC director Tom Frieden urged Americans to "just get one" for protection.

Research found one in every four children in the U.S. below three would catch measles. Findings showed 4.6 percent of teenagers below 17 years old have not received their MRR shots.

California passes three laws for the legal cultivation and use of medical marijuana. Industry players foresee the legalization of recreational cannabis is next.

California-based breast implant maker Sientra has issued a temporary suspension of its sale of products made by Brazilian contractor Silimed after health regulators launched a review of the South American company.

A man had a run in with a shark at Huntington Beach. A post attack check-up revealed that, aside from shark attack damage, he also had cancer.

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