Naming a former Imperial Brands executive for a CDC job is the latest example, advocates say, of tobacco industry influence ...

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President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers ...

The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and ...

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Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control has confirmed the country's first domestic case of H7 avian influenza. The CDC says there is no evidence of further spread but it is also urging people to exercise ...

Taiwan's first case of COVID-19 variant BA.3.2 has been detected in a child traveling from Singapore. Health officials say the child had a positive COVID-19 test upon arrival after showing fever ...

Amazon MGM’s “Project Hail Mary” scored an impressive second weekend at theaters, grossing an estimated $54.5 million at domestic theaters and another $54.1 million at international theaters—pushing ...

“Project Hail Mary” directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller recently appeared on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast and revealed they showed a nearly four-hour cut of their space movie to a group of ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois officials announced the first influenza death in a child this season. The influenza activity in the state has moved to "very high." The Illinois Department of Public Health ...

In what is hopefully a sign of the times for the box office to quote the Harry Styles song in Project Hail Mary, non-franchise IP is excelling around the world with Amazon MGM Studios’ posting an ...

ATLANTA — At least 25 states have confirmed cases of a new COVID variant, with experts saying the mutation poses risks to people who were previously infected or vaccinated. The BA.3.2 variant was ...