WASHINGTON -- Health education is about to meet the information age.
Expectant mothers now have a new tool to help keep themselves and their babies healthy: pregnancy tips sent directly to their... Full story
DALLAS -- The American Heart Association has outlined seven essentials for keeping the heart healthy and living a long life.
The group is also posting an online test to help people check their progress.
The keys to heart health are: Stay away from... Full story
CHICAGO -- An influential advisory panel says school-aged youngsters and teens should be screened for obesity and sent to intensive behavior treatment if they need to lose weight.
The new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force... Full story
NEW YORK CITY -- Johnson & Johnson is again expanding a recall of Tylenol caplets due to a moldy smell that made some users sick.
The company says the problem also affects some lots of its fever and pain drug Motrin.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- New standards for teaching social studies and other lessons in Texas that could affect students nationwide are scheduled for a vote.
The Texas State Board of Education is expected to vote Friday, a day after wading through... Full story
CHICAGO -- A new study has found that more high school and college students are dealing with mental health issues than people the same age did during the Great Depression.
The study, released Monday, confirms what counselors on campuses nationwide... Full story
ALBANY -- More than 800 New York school districts and charter schools have committed to participate in the state's application for a federal grant of up to $700 million.
The Board of Regents said on Sunday that 94 percent of the eligible districts... Full story
ALBANY -- The state Health Department gives high marks to retailers for complying with the law forbidding tobacco sales to kids under 18.
A report released by the agency says nearly 92 percent of retailers who sell tobacco are complying with the... Full story
ALBANY -- If you're making a list of New Year's resolutions, Governor Paterson has one for you to add: Get a swine flu shot.
Paterson says the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, is still active in New York, and increasing the number of people who get the... Full story
National Grid has launched its new interactive power outage Web site called “Outage Central.”
The goal, according to the company, is to give customers more timely information about outages and response.
There’s a new interactive... Full story
MIAMI -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are warning holiday shoppers to stay away from imported toys that might be dangerous for kids or violate copyright laws.
Items intercepted this year so far include black toy guns that could be... Full story