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By Barbara Loe Fisher I remember the day in 2007, when I was standing in front of a Maryland country courthouse videotaping interviews with mothers and fathers lined up with children who had been thrown out of school for failing to show proof they had...

  Commentary by Travis King, Pharm.D, BCP By now, I’m certain you’ve all seen the news stories/headlines hinting that the next big viral pandemic is upon us – that virus being the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus...

When CDC Director Tim Frieden first announced, just a week ago and very erroneously, that he was "confident we will stop Ebola in its tracks here in the United States", he hardly anticipated facing the double humiliation of not only having the first...

UPDATE to main article: Two Florida healthcare workers who came in contact with a confirmed Mers case are being tested for the virus after beginning to show flu-like symptoms. Officials at Dr P Phillips Hospital said one worker is in the hospital and...

By Dr. Mercola Fitness trackers have come a long way since the original wristband that tracked your steps. Today’s models can track steps, monitor your sleep, give you GPS location, monitor heart rate and even your VO2 max data for runners. There is...