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Mom was a Neanderthal. Dad was something else entirely. Meet the strangest hybrid in human history. From fragments of DNA in a 90,000-year-old finger bone, scientists have identified a fascinating new character in the story of our evolution: the first-known offspring of parents from two different branches of the human family tree.
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Ancient Bone Reveals Surprising Sex Lives Of Neanderthals In the Altai mountains of southern Siberia, there's a cave that was inhabited for millennia. It's called Denisova, and it shelters something remarkable: the bones of different types of ancient human relatives.
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'Flesh-eating' STD allegedly reported in England A rare sexually transmitted disease that causes flesh-eating ulcers on patients' genitalia has popped up in England, the Lancashire Post reported.
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The facts behind coconut oil is 'pure poison' claim (CNN) Cyanide is a poison. Rattlesnake venom is a poison. Certain household products can be a poison. But coconut oil? One professor seems to think so, colliding head-on with consumers who believe it's good for them.
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UK Woman Contracts Rare 'Flesh-Eating' STD A rare sexually transmitted disease (STD) that can destroy genital tissue has turned up in the United Kingdom, according to news reports.
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Louisiana, Mississippi top nation in worst West Nile illness NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana and Mississippi are leading the nation in the number of people who have become the most seriously ill from West Nile virus this year.
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Boy with autism will likely get to keep his ducks despite zoning dispute JENISON, MI - After a lengthy meeting Wednesday night, it appears that Dylan Dyke will get to keep his therapy ducks. The 12-year-old boy with autism and his therapy ducks were at the center of a zoning dispute after neighbors complained to township ...
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Ebola OUTBREAK: Death toll SOARS to 55 as authorities announce crisis plan THE death toll of the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus has risen to 55 since the start of August as authorities struggle to control the spread of the disease.
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Northern Michigan Doctor Accused of Sexually Assaulting Two Female Patients A Northern Michigan doctor is accused by Michigan's attorney general of sexually abusing patients. Dr. Jonathan Robertson was arraigned in Marquette County on Wednesday for eight counts of third degree sex crimes.
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Teenage drinkers triple their risk of deadly cancer Teenagers who drink a lot of alcohol triple their risk of deadly prostate cancer later in life, research suggests. A study in the US found the massively heightened risk of "high grade" aggressive prostate cancer in men who had at least seven drinks a ...
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Measles Warning: Exposure In Lamorinda, Walnut Creek CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA - A person with confirmed measles recently traveled during the contagious period to two places in Contra Costa County, and to Los Angeles County and Arizona.
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Plano man survives West Nile virus PLANO, Texas - Ben Harris, of Plano, was on a dove hunting trip in west Texas last August when he fell ill. He was already feeling the symptoms of the West Nile Virus before he went on the trip.
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Stop flushing your contact lenses down the toilet — it's contaminating the water Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the 45 million Americans who wear contact lenses commonly flush their lenses down the sink or toilet, according to a new study from scientists at Arizona State University.
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Cedar Park Mosquito Samples Negative For West Nile Virus CEDAR PARK, TEXAS - Expanded testing for the presence of West Nile virus in Cedar Park mosquitoes have yielded negative results for the past two weeks after one previous sample tested positive, officials said Wednesday.
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At what age do kids start smoking cigarettes? (CNN) Cigarette smoking may be declining worldwide, but tobacco use is still responsible for the deaths of about 6 million people globally each year, according to the World Health Organization.
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Do you flush your contact lenses? Here's why you should stop Ever wonder what happens to disposable contact lenses when it's time to actually dispose of them? Some scientists at Arizona State University asked that question and found that a lot of them are going down the sink or getting flushed down the toilet ...
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At what age do kids start smoking cigarettes? (CNN) - Cigarette smoking may be declining worldwide, but tobacco use is still responsible for the deaths of about 6 million people globally each year, according to the World Health Organization.
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Here's why you shouldn't flush your contact lenses down the drain About 15-20% of contact lens wearers flush their used lenses down the sink or toilet. That's up to 3.36 billion lenses flushed per year in the US alone.
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Flu spreads from Michigan convention to 12 states GRAND RAPIDS - Approximately 100 people have fallen ill following a convention held at the DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids, and the county health department is working to learn more.
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My car just won't drive to the state of ketosis I knew the Keto Diet was not for me when I witnessed a friend carefully eating the innards of a sushi roll while completely avoiding each and every grain of the surrounding rice.
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Smoking marijuana ages brain by almost three years, says study A new study has now found that smoking marijuana ages the brain by an average of three years. According to a study published in MailOnline, Cannabis was found to increase brain ageing by 2.8 years, making it worse for the mind than bi-polar disorder or ...
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Health-care worker infections add to Ebola challenge in Congo The numbers from the Democratic Republic of Congo continue to indicate that even though the country has become experienced in responding to outbreaks of Ebola - the 10th since the virus was identified - is likely to be the most challenging to control.
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Boy with autism expected to be able to keep ducks GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) - Members of the Georgetown Township Zoning Board of Appeals say they plan to allow a boy with autism to keep the ducks he uses for therapy, though they adjourned their Wednesday meeting without a formal ...
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'White nose syndrome' fear surrounds Carlsbad Caverns bats CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - The half a million Mexican free-tailed bats that call Carlsbad Caverns National Park home could face the threat of the deadly white nose syndrome.
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Measles case in Contra Costa County sparks concerns of outbreak A confirmed case of measles prompted Contra Costa County public health officials on Wednesday to warn residents and visitors they may have been exposed to the highly contagious airborne illness.
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Company recalls 32 children's medicines after finding a "microbial contamination" King Bio's recalling almost a year's worth of 32 homeopathic children's medicines that claim to treat everything from stomachaches to bed wetting.
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Health Department continues offering Hepatitis A vaccine to at-risk populations Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) officials have confirmed 78 cases of hepatitis A occurred in Nashville since December 2017. MPHD continues to work with the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH), as well as other Metro Departments and ...
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China culls thousands of pigs as African swine fever spreads More than 14,500 pigs have been culled in an eastern Chinese city, officials said Wednesday, as the world's largest pork producer scrambles to contain an outbreak of African swine fever.
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Northern Colorado restaurant closes for Salmonella investigation Colorado's Larimer County Department of Health and Environment (LCDHE) is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella illness at La Luz Mexican Restaurant in Old Town Fort Collins.
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2nd measles case in Portland area: 'Most Oregonians are vaccinated ... at very low risk' A second case of measles has been confirmed in the Portland metro area, bringing the statewide total to five measles cases in 2018.
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Heavily pork-reliant China battling African swine fever BEIJING - China, the world's largest producer of pork, is battling an African swine fever outbreak that could potentially devastate herds.
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Congo approves more experimental Ebola treatments KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has approved four more experimental treatments against the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said as it raced to contain an outbreak in its violence-torn east.
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Air pollution cutting a year off average life expectancy Air pollution is shaving months - and in some cases more than a year - off your life expectancy, depending on where you live, according to a study published Wednesday.
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Health Alert: Measles cases on the rise PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) -- It's a disease which puts 25 percent of its patients in the hospital. But with just a shot, and especially two, you can keep your family safe.
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China reports fourth African swine fever outbreak: ministry BEIJING (Reuters) - The deadly African swine fever has infected more than 400 pigs on three farms in the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province, the fourth outbreak of the deadly disease in the country that holds the world's largest pig herd, the ...
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Birth control app highlights emerging health tech market A women demonstrates using the Natural Cycles smartphone app, which has become the first ever digital contraceptive device to win FDA marketing approval, enabling women to track their menstrual cycle and uses an algorithm to determine when they're ...
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Tips for staying healthy this flu season It's back-to-school…and back to watching out for the flu. Schools are easy targets for getting sick. "We do see an uptick in influenza like illnesses when school opens, which happens to be our rainy season.
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Heavily Pork-Reliant China Battling African Swine Fever China, the world's largest producer of pork, is battling an African swine fever outbreak that could potentially devastate herds.
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