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A dog named Clover is being hailed by Canadian media as a hero for helping her human, Haley Moore, survive a seizure that struck her suddenly during a walk.

Lawmakers in Sacramento are one step closer to allowing medical marijuana in public schools.

Costa Rica issued a nationwide warning after at least 19 deaths were attributed to methanol poisoning from contaminated alcohol consumption.

More than two dozen suspects have been arrested and thousands of weapons and explosives were seized as part of a crackdown on a massive South Florida-linked international weapons trafficking operation, authorities said Friday.

You’ve probably seen it and perhaps struggled to understand the craze. CBD, or cannabidiol, a cannabis extract, has made its way up to food, drinks and dietary supplements almost everywhere. The hype has significantly grown in the U.S. in the last five years. However, its legality and benefits remain in a gray area and debated in the country, where 33...

An estimated 45 million Americans go on diets each year to improve their eating habits or lose weight. And while there’s no shortage of diets to choose from, the latest weight-loss trend gaining an increasing number of followers is the ketogenics diet. Halle Berry, Katie Couric and Al Roker are among the growing list of celebrities who stand behind the...

U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices. The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it has reviewed 35 reports of seizures among e-cigarettes users, mainly in young people. Regulators stressed it’s not yet clear whether vaping is responsible. But they said they’re concerned and encouraged the public to...

An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months for tetanus and almost died of the bacterial illness after getting a deep cut while playing on a farm, according to a case study published Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 2017 case is the first case of pediatric tetanus in Oregon in more than...

It’s the latest fit fad. The Keto diet, which features low carbs and high fat. But does it really work? NBC10 investigates.

Millie, a 7-month-old cat is looking for a stable home after she survived ingesting rat poison, the Peninsula Humane Society said.

U.S. health officials have traced a food poisoning outbreak from romaine lettuce to at least one farm in California, which voluntarily recalled red and green leaf lettuce as well as cauliflower because they may be contaminated with E. coli. Adam Bros. Farms in Santa Barbara County said Thursday it was issuing the new recall, for the listed products harvested between...

Chewable products that protect dogs and cats against fleas can cause neurological problems such as stumbling or seizures, and pet owners need more warning, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The FDA issued an alert to owners and veterinarians and said it was requiring clearer labels on the products.

In the future, Coca-Cola’s drinks may make you feel better but they won’t get you high. The Coca-Cola Company is interested in infusing cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive component in cannabis commonly known as CBD, into beverages.

The U.S. military said early Friday it seized over 1,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles being smuggled by small ships in the Gulf of Aden amid the ongoing war in nearby Yemen. The seizure by the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham may mark the first such interdiction of weapons at sea bound for Yemen in years for American forces patrolling the region....

Health officials are investigating a sudden spike in non-fatal drug overdoses in the Philadelphia area over the weekend.

One of the world’s most dreaded viruses has been turned into a treatment to fight deadly brain tumors. Survival was better than expected for patients in a small study who were given genetically modified poliovirus, which helped their bodies attack the cancer, doctors report. It was the first human test of this and it didn’t help most patients or improve...

Tamiflu is a prescription medication that can ease flu symptoms and stop them from getting worse, and it’s seen shortages this year amid a fierce outbreak that’s killed at least 37 children. But “Today” reports that a family in Indiana fears that Tamiflu’s effects may have led to the suicide of 16-year-old Charlie Harp. A legal guardian of Harp’s told...

The family of an Indiana teen says the drug Tamiflu may have played a role in his suicide. An aunt of Charlie Harp, 16, said Harp was a “happy” child before he took the drug for his influenza.

NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel was with U.S. troops when his toddler’s doctor told him the results of a genetic scan, “Today” reported. “‘We found something. It’s very, very severe. It’s life long, not treatable,'” Engel recalled the doctor said. “I was in a state of shock. I got back into this convoy, shaking. It was the worst...

U.S. health officials plan to crack down on a growing number of unproven alternative remedies, focusing on products containing dangerous ingredients that have occasionally been linked to serious injury and death. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued a new proposal for regulating homeopathic medicines that have long been on the fringe of mainstream medicine. The agency plans to...