PINEAPPLE EXPRESS: Marijuana App Offers On-Demand Home Delivery
A new San Francisco smartphone app promises to promptly deliver cannabis right to your door. It’s the latest in a new crop of apps aimed at making access to pot...
OBAMA: I ‘Hugged and Kissed’ Ebola Nurses
President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that the US response to the Ebola outbreak is effective and that the chances of the deadly virus taking hold in the United States are...
UNITED NATIONS: Ebola Epidemic Could Trigger Major Food Crisis
The United Nations and non-governmental organizations believe an Ebola crisis that continues to strengthen in the coming months will cause food shortages that could devastate regions in West Africa hit...
[VIDEO] “YOU’RE ALL SCREWED!” Man Jokes About Having Ebola, Removed From Plane
He didn’t yell “bomb,” but he might as well have. Common sense dictates you might not want to joke that you have Ebola on a crowded airplane several thousand miles in...
BREAKING: FDA Approves Experimental Vaccine For Ebola Treatment
Regulators in the United States have approved an experimental drug for treating patients suffering from the Ebola virus one week after health officials in Dallas, Texas diagnosed a Liberian national...
ALERT: Global Aid NGO: ‘1 Month To Stop Ebola Before It’s Totally Out Of Control’
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), on behalf of 34 NGOs battling Ebola in West Africa, has warned that the number of cases is doubling roughly every three weeks and the...
BREAKING NEWS: Texas Gov. Rick Perry ‘First US Ebola Patient Was In Contact With School-Aged Children’
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has confirmed that the first US diagnosed Ebola patient, who is now in serious but stable condition in Dallas, had contact with children before he showed...
UN OFFICIAL: ‘Ebola Far Worse Than HIV, SARS…’
The man leading the UN response to the Ebola epidemic, Dr. David Nabaro, says Ebola poses a worse threat to humanity than HIV or SARS and the global effort to...
Ebola worst-case scenario: Over half a million people infected
As of Sunday, there were 5335 probable, confirmed and suspected cases of Ebola across Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. Of those, 2622 people have died, the World Health...
[WATCH] US Navy nurse facing expulsion and losing career after refusing to force feed Gitmo detainees
A Navy nurse who refused to force feed hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees over the summer, once threatened with court-martial, could now lose his career. The nurse, a Navy lieutenant who has...
SUPERBUG TIME BOMB: FDA only vets 10% of antibiotics that farm animals share with humans
The regular administration of antibiotics to US farm animals could have disastrous effects for humans, scientists fear. Many of the drugs are same as those given to humans and there...
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: Ebola out of control, more than 2400 dead
West Africa’s explosion of Ebola cases is outpacing the ability of healthcare workers to manage the situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, as more countries have stepped up to...
UP IN SMOKE: Philadelphia set to decriminalize marijuana possession
The Mayor of Philadelphia has agreed to endorse legislation that decriminalizes the possession and public consumption of marijuana, making it one of the largest American cities to turn back punitive...
OBAMA: ‘America needs to do more to fight Ebola in Africa’
US President Barack Obama says the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa “could be a serious danger to the United States.” He pledged the US military will get involved, helping...
FORGOTTEN: Vials of ricin and plague discovered in US lab
Infectious, deadly diseases and toxins like plague, botulism and ricin have been uncovered at government laboratories in the United States. The discovery also revealed some of the vials had been...
STUDY: Marijuana compound (THC) may halt Alzheimer’s disease
In recent research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, scientists from University of South Florida revealed their findings, that may shed light on controversial therapeutic qualities of marijuana. Extremely low levels...