As part of the LEAD program, police officers Victor Maes and Lesley Mills are tasked with getting to know users in the Seattle neighborhood Belltown and target those most at risk. Credit: ABC News (SEATTLE) — In the war on drugs, Seattle police are on the Read More
Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that last week was the first since March 2014 without a single new confirmed case of Ebola. The international agency notes that that timespan represented the entirety of the West Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(OXFORD, Maine) — A petting zoo and animal barns at a Maine county fair are being investigated after two children who visited the fair were infected with E. coli, health officials said. The Maine branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — In an effort to keep minors and minorities from smoking, the Food and Drug Administration is using hip-hop culture to reach them. It’s called the “Fresh Empire” campaign. The agency will spend $128 million to Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — A 12-year-old Texas girl began sneezing uncontrollably three weeks ago and hasn’t been able to stop ever since. “I was walking out of a clarinet lesson and all of a sudden it kind of started in just like, little Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Annual performance reviews are often an uncomfortable moment of truth at work. But could performance reviews be good for your marriage? “Performance reviews are a growing trend in many marriages today and I think couples are Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — For years, government dietary guidelines have told us to avoid whole milk and drink either 2 percent, 1 percent or skim. But now, a number of scientists say that advice might be bad. The thinking was that whole milk contains saturated Read More
iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Women get breast implants for cosmetic or medical reasons. But some are deciding later in life they’d rather go au-natural. Former childhood actor Melissa Gilbert decided earlier this year Read More
David McNew/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The family of Brittany Maynard is speaking out one day after California Governor Jerry Brown approved controversial “right-to-die” legislation. Tuesday also marks the one-year anniversary of Maynard’s public Read More
Courtesy of the Exkorn Family(NEW YORK) — When he was 2 years old, Jake Exkorn couldn’t talk, make eye contact or follow instructions because he had autism. But today, Exkorn is a nineteen-year-old freshman at the University of Michigan and hardly even Read More
