The federal minimum age for buying tobacco products has been raised from 18 to 21 as part of the $1.4 trillion spending bill President Donald Trump...
The cities of Brandon and Flowood, Miss., are banning vaping for minors. The move comes as a result of a roundtable discussion that leaders of several...
A study of nearly 47,000 women has linked the use of hair dyes and straighteners to an increased risk of breast cancer, especially among African American...
If you haven’t gotten a flu vaccine this year, it’s not too late. Mississippi is seeing one of the highest incidences of flu in the U.S....
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced two voluntary recalls of flour due to possible E. coli contamination. UNFI voluntarily recalled five-pound bags of its...
There’s never a good time to mess with a body builder, even if she’s 82-years-old. Willie Murphy, from Rochester, N.Y., can deadlift 230 pounds, and she...
On Friday, Nov. 22, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert due to illnesses caused by E. coli...
Two doctors pleaded guilty, Nov. 21, in federal court to conspiring to commit health care fraud and mail fraud. The doctors, Shahjahan Sultan, 37, of Madison,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified a potential common link behind the outbreak of lung injuries caused by vaping: vitamin E acetate. The...
The number of vaping related cases of lung injuries and deaths continues rise while the nation’s premiere health organization searches for the cause. New statistics were...
